Just another thought, most maint. Or janitorial accidents happen on off hours. Most of the equipment you've described will have "Dust Covers" in place at those times, and power off. The discharge even from an accident at those times should not cause a total loss of that equipment.
Thom McMahon, SET Firetech, Inc. 2560 Copper Ridge Dr P.O. Box 882136 Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 Tel: 970-879-7952 Fax: 970-879-7926 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stewart Kidd Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: worried about Sprinklers leakage Haji Stick with the sprinklers - gas systems discharge due to spurious sensor actuations, lightning and other stimuli. I know that it can be difficult to source replacement gas supplies in the Kingdom and the cost and delay could impair the lab's mission. If you really are worried about sprinkler heads being hit by accident then by all means consider recessed or institutional heads. If you are really worried about spurious actuation of sprinklers go to a pre- action system. Don't worry about electrical issues - IBM sprinkle all their labs, workshops and factories ! Masalaama ! Stewart Stewart Kidd Loss Prevention Consultancy Ltd UK On 23 Jun 2008, at 13:44, Haji, Jaber M wrote: > Newly constructed research and development lab facility is protected > by a wet type sprinkler system, one of the lab scientist is worried > about the accidental release of the automatic sprinkler heads on top > or in the vicinity of the high tech., expensive analytical > instruments such as NMR, FTMS, autospec GC/MS and ESEM , which present > a potential risk of damage to these instruments in case these > sprinklers kick off during actual emergency or broken by mistake by a > maintenance personnel or a lab personnel. He suggests gas suppression > instead. I explained to him that accidental leakage of wet type > sprinkler system is very minimal. The question is what the probability > of activation and how much will it cost to replace the existing system > with a gas suppression system. Your recommendations/insights are > highly appreciated. > Jaber Al-Haji > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
