The air maintenance device needs to be listed but not the compressor. See NFPA 13/2010 7.2.6.5.1 and A7.2.6.5.1. "Compressors are not air maintenance devices and this section does not require compressors to be listed."
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Ed Vining <[email protected]> wrote: > It's late on a Friday afternoon, so you might not get a more authoritative > answer. Unless there has been a change, the compressor does not have to be > listed. It doesn't even have to be dedicated to the system. In fact there > doesn't have to be one. I have seen one installation with several systems, > and no power available. Pressure was obtained from a wheeled gasoline > powered compressor, toted from one system to the other as needed. > > You should wait until you get other responses before confronting the AHJ. > > Ed Vining > 4819 John Muir Rd > Martinez CA 94553 > 925-228-8792 > Cell 787-0465 > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Justin Scanlan <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > AHJ is not satisfied with UL listing on a tank air compressor bought from > a > > local hardware store. As I read the NFPA 13 3.2.3. concerning equipment > > listing, it shall be "listed". This air compressor performs as it should; > > however it is not listed for fire sprinkler use, as per AHJ. So my > question > > is this are nitrogen bottles listed for fire sprinkler use as well as > their > > regulators and hoses? Are all shop air compressors listed for fire > sprinkler > > use that we tap into? The UL listing on any air compressor is valid? I > didnt > > feel confident enough to challenge the AHJ (Local Fire Captain) > concerning > > these questions or my interpation of codes. So what will the forum say? > > > > Thank you for any input > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ 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)
