Uh... If there wasn't a hole somewhere to relieve the pressure, it could have exploded. I have my doubts.
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2010, at 9:54 AM, "Richardson, R" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend who claimed to have filled a small section of CPVC sprinkler > pipe with water, capped it, threw it into the campfire, then went back to > drinking. The following morning the pipe was intact amongst the ashes the > next day. Could be a BS story, I don't know. > > Rich Richardson > Seattle Fire Department > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Arbel > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 04:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Concealed plastic pipe > > Probably when exposed to fire it is protected by the water spray whilst > above the tiles there is no immediate direct exposure no spray protection > was afforded. > > Dan > > http://www.riskmanage.com > Dan Arbel > T+972-4-8243337; > F+972-4-8243278; > M+972-52-2810593 > M+972-52-6611337, > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geir Jensen > Sent: 16 December, 2010 2:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Concealed plastic pipe > > We are assessing a case of plastic sprinkler pipework in concealed space. > There is an issue of correct listing or not. This is under European > standards, however fairly similar to NFPA 13. > > What I want to know: What is the actual risk of using plastic wet sprinkler > pipe in a lowered ceiling space, given a listing as exposed plastic wet > sprinkler pipe? Maybe no concerns? I read NFPA 13 Annex A6.3.6 on this and > cannot really get my head around. Why is there a risk of removed ceiling > tile when the pipework is elsewhere directly exposed to fire? > > Geir Jensen > COWI Fire > Technical Director > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
