Hello Dwight, Actually you can order butterfly valves set to be monitored in the closed position, I think Viking is the only one that has them now.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 8:20:53 PM, you wrote: > Even better question, since the switches used to electronically > supervise sprinkler control valves have to operate within two turns > of the fully open position, does electronically monitoring a > normally closed valve do anything for yo, because it only operates > just before the valve is fully open? > Dwight > ________________________________ > From: "Kramer Design, LLC" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:04 PM > Subject: RE: Full Forward Flow Test Control Valves > > Next questions: does it have to be 'listed' or just 'approved'? Does it > have to be 'slow-close'? > Ed Kramer > Lawrence, KS > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve > Leyton > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:44 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Full Forward Flow Test Control Valves > No. > The building code requires, "All valves controlling the water supply ... > " for automatic sprinkler systems, pumps, tanks, etc. be supervised. A > test valve is not a fire protection water supply control valve. > Steve Leyton > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg > McGahan > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 10:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Full Forward Flow Test Control Valves > Without going back through the rest of the mile long thread....... > IF there is a control valve in the normally closed position for Full Forward > Flow Testing, is it REQUIRED to be monitored? > Thanks, > -- > Greg McGahan > Living Water Fire Protection, LLC <http://www.livingwaterfp.com> > 1160 McKenzie Road > Cantonment, FL 32533 > 850-937-1850 > fax 850-937-1852 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
