I told you they were semi-civilized. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Thom <[email protected]> wrote: > He must have called Roland after your first post! > > Oh happy days! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carrol Glimstad > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Residential "Room Design Method"? > > Update. I responded to Mr. Caputo by asking if it the intent to disregard > 2002, > 13:8.6.2.12 when determining the "Protection Area of Coverage." He replied > "Negative. The sections you refer to provide spacing rules – providing the > area > of coverage for the sprinklers. The comment related to 11.2.3.5.2 (2) applies > to the discharge flow rate which is usually taken as A x D = Q but in the > case > of small rooms, is technically s x l = A > > > I doubt anyone would complain or object if you applied the actual area of the > room method to apply the density hydraulically. It’s a subtle nuance which is > not addressed. I am fairly certain if a proposal were to be submitted to > clarify this point, the discharge committee would agree that either method is > acceptable. " > > So, another check in the winner's column and my faith has been restored! > > Carrol Glimstad > > > > > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
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