The year on the head is 1954 and it is marked SSU. I took a spare with me.
At 10:30 AM 11/26/2011, you wrote: >Todd - > >I remember back in the 70's that the practice was to replace a >conventional head with an ssp pendent head in the upright position. Maybe >that's what you ran into? What's the year on the head? Should be marked on the >'pill' >or deflector. > >At 07:34 AM 11/26/2011, you wrote: >>If it is a conventional head, it is unlike the others I am familiar with. The >>diameter, tine to tine, is 1-1/2". The tines are straight out, as they would >>be for a pendent sprinkler. However, the material that was between the tines >>has been bent down, pointing towards the base of the sprinkler. Installed, it >>looks like a pendent sprinkler in the upright position (which is what I told >>the owner and Fire Marshal) >> >>I have contacted Reliable, but have not heard back from them yet. These are >>installed under a variety of flat ceilings in a school building. I am going >>to be making the recommendation to replace all of the heads and want to make >>sure that there is nothing I need to know about first >> >> >>At 11:45 AM 11/25/2011, you wrote: >>>I bet it's a conventionall head. Bay & beam spacing? >>> >>>[] >>> >>> >>>Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. >>>11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 238-4800 Fax 440 >>>238-4876 >>>____________________________________________________________________ > > >Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. >11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 238-4800 Fax 440 >238-4876 > >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
