We had a little go-round on "which NFPA edition do we test on" at the NICET discussions, FYI.
At first, the knee-jerk reaction was to use the most recent. However, looking at how the I-Codes most of us are under are back an edition, it made a lot more sense to stay back an issue until the I-codes were adopting the next edition. That way, we're in a code we use, not one we're going to be using in a few years. NICET had real-life sprinkler people look at since they test and certify, they don't use the codes. This is the sort of thing that those of you who weren't involved might not know otherwise, all you see is CHANGE and of course, human's have a innate aversion, or at least resistance, to change. Not always bad, not always good. In our case, the committee felt it was a change for the better. Anyone who has handcalc'd some of the advanced hydraulics questions can see a change could be for the better! George Church -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A.P.Silva Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: CC sprinklers Not quite (at least in my opinion). 8.15.1.6 doesn't specify the hazard, so it would apply for both LH and OH. But for some reason, the manufacturer obtained listing for LH only. So whether you provide CC sprinklers in OH occupancies or not,you lose. But I think the lesser evil is providing it. I'm not on '07 yet, but ironing out issues for the future. If we talk about this now, maybe, by the time '07 is implemented the CC will be listed for LH and OH. Tony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Sent: July 28, 2008 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: CC sprinklers It's only in 2007. If the manufacture on list them as for use in light hazard occupancy then by the wording of 8.15.1.6 doesn't apply because you have an ordinary hazard situation. Don't you think? _______________________________________________ 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)
