No don't use a wet drop. Use a dry sprinkler. Had to do this several years ago. The mfgr told us they could provide the 650deg head on the dry barrel but it wouldn't be UL listed. Need to check if that's an issue or not with AHJ.
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark.Phelps Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Industrial Ovens - 500 degrees Ask the AHJ if he wants the system to be wet, or dry? Then think about what happens to water at 212 degrees. Mark at Aero -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Industrial Ovens - 500 degrees The Local AHJ is requiring sprinklers in some Industrial Walk In ovens - the largest of which is 12' x 20' - BUT the highest expected temperature is 500 degree in the space and the highest temp sprinklers I am aware of are 500 degrees. Ideas? Thanks, Greg > > -- Greg C. McGahan Living Water Fire Protection, LLC. 1160 McKenzie Road Cantonment, FL 32533 850-937-1850 Fax 850-937-1852 _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
