Sounds like an excess pressure pump. Used all the time in the 80s by the Navy. The work great preventing false alarms if they are set up correctly.
Thanks, John August Denhardt P.E. > On Jan 31, 2014, at 11:55 AM, "Matt Grise" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I ran across a system where the owner has elected to use a small pump to > pressurize the system in order to prevent municipal water surges from causing > false trips on the flow switch. Has anyone seen this before? Are there any > codes that address something like this? > > (not something that we installed, or specified... just found it this way) > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP, NICET II > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > 130 w 9th Ave. > North Kansas City, MO 64116 > > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
