And a CAF system might work but when talking about CAF, Vortex or Hi-X the operative term is might. Is their an engineer willing to bet on it and is there a NICET tech stupid enough to do engineering? Probably yes to both but not me.
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Matt Grise <m...@afpsprink.com> wrote: > My understanding of boat rack fires (not a huge volume of knowledge) is that > they can be successfully controlled/suppressed by systems that are designed > to handle an equivalent storage of group a plastics...but that the racks > generally collapse because the boats fill with water. Even when boats are > wrapped or covered, the covers burn off quickly enough, and it only takes one > boat-load(ha ha) of water to bring a hot rack down. (bob kaputo and james > lake hit on this topic at the conference last year) > > I liked the idea of a vortex system. I saw a pretty cool presentation about > those this week. They hardly use any water and don't have trouble with > obstructions. A high-expansion foam system would probably do the trick too... > if you don't mind a huge-normous up front cost of installation. > > And yes, in my professional opinion, "huge-normous" is a legitimate > description of the cost. > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org > [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Thom McMahon > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 12:54 PM > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > Subject: RE: boat storage > > It would be less risky to just go ahead and post all of your credit cards, > with verifier #'s plus your driver's Lic. and Social #'s here on the forum. > Your potential loss would be far less, and at least you'd be helping > someone. > > If Scott is offering to help design this thing, take him up on it. I'd love > to know what you all would end up doing. Now there would be some fodder for > the forum. > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: AFT WA 4184/AFL-CIO, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
