Ask them if they flowed it at a specified pressure instead of velocity and you will avoid glazed eyes. Speak their language
And no, outside its listing they likely won't stand behind it because there is nothing to stand on. Sent from my iPhone On May 24, 2013, at 8:52 AM, "Brad Casterline" <bcasterl...@fsc-inc.com> wrote: > ...epilogue... > > The next time a similar situation comes up I will weigh Options A & B: > > Option A, step 1- start with a listed head with listed RTI and listed Temp > rating. step 2- remove RTI, Temp Rating, chance of accidental fusing, and > chance of not fusing when it should. step 3- spend a year and a hundred > grand getting it listed in this unusual condition. We would measure the > pattern at various pressures playing like there used to be operating parts, > then re-test playing like there never were, then once more with our backs to > the pattern, using a mirror. > > Option B, step 1- ask the manufacturer if she/he would stand behind the head > in the above condition, as elementary as it has become. step 2- if yes to > step 1, ask if they have ever flowed water through the head at 28 ft/sec and > measured the pattern, and if not will they please and let me know, speaking > very slowly. > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
