They were telling him that they needed to test the system with the open heads in place to make sure there were no obstructions in the pipe such as bugs It's on an outside canopy so it kind of made sense.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 2:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: air test for open head deluge system These questions intrigue me because it's about what might be an arcane application. What I found was that an open head deluge system is essentially just a type of sprinkle system in 25 and so tested the same as any other. When it starts being defined is something having to do with a special application (water-spray, foam, etc.) then there are additional operational tests. So when you look at deluge it sends you various places within 25. One took me the ultra high speed stuff. Another to water spray. And yes there is one for foam and it sent me to the foam section for plain old sprinkler systems. In no case did I run into the air test tree while wandering around the NFPA 25 forest. Have your client ask this other guy for the reference that says this is a test, much less a mandatory one. Maybe he was saying he needs to test the air compressor...oh,..wait..., open head system?...Air compressor?...Something isn't making sense. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Martinez, Dewayne < [email protected]> wrote: > I have a owner calling me because another contractor is stating that > he needs to have an air test done on his open head foam deluge system. > > I have never heard of this and was wondering what the test entails. > Any takers? > > Thanks, > > > > Dewayne Martinez > > Fire Protection Design Manager > > Total Mechanical > > 414-406-5208 (c) 262-522-7110 (w) 262-522-1006 (f) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org > -- 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, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler .org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
