Dammit Scott. Are you going to make me one up you. Do I have to go to NBFU? :-p
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Scott A Futrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Just for fun I looked in my first red book, 1974, it allows 1/2" and 3/4" > close nipples - no pipe weight or schedule indicated. 3-7.5. > Scott > > (763) 425-1001 Office > (612) 759-5556 Cell > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Shoulder Nipple > > My trusty 1978 edition allows 1/2 or 3/4 starter nipples when revamping > for an arm over. Doesn't have the 4" or less in length proviso. No rule not > allowing this in a seismic zone. And bno proviso about weight of pipe. > > Brad, In piping manufacturer lingo it is close, shoulder, then the > shortest specified length in inches for the given pipe size. > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Rod DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I haven't looked it up but will. I believe that previous editions > > mandated schedule #80. That is what we have always done and I believe > > that it was code driven at some point. If I can find it I will post. > > > > Rod at Rapid > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.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
