I'd say they want the Fire Sprinklers to SHUT-OFF if the City water drops below 20 psi.
They must consider back-siphonage into the CIty Water system more dangerous than the fire that is NOT getting water poured on it from Sprinklers. I wonder if the Fire Dept. has the same instructions? Jeff Garrison Detroit On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Timothy W Goins <[email protected]> wrote: > How are others addressing the 20 PSI minimum operating pressures of the > fire > sprinkler system? Here is a quote from a spec that I have received. > > "The fire protection systems shall not be designed to operate if the > residual > > pressure of the existing water service falls to 20 psi or lower at design > flow > > requirements." > > > > Timothy W Goins > A & T Services > > > > "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God > unto salvation to everyone that believeth;." KJV Romans 1:16 > > > > Reply to <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected] > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121112/9c2eef0f/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20121112/2378f6b7/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
