Actually, the word "head" appears 14 times in the 2013 edition referring to a sprinkler, in many cases as "sprinkler head"
Instead of ceiling clouds, they should be referred to as "those #@%*&^% things". Everyone will know what you mean. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Feb 28, 2014, at 10:20 AM, David Autry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ceiling clouds: > I don't refer to them as Ceiling Clouds any more. I call them sprinkler > obstructions. > > Sprinklers: > The term "head" is not found anywhere in 13, only in 20 (I believe). > > > David Autry > > Meininger Fire Protection Inc. > 2521 W L St. Suite No.4 > Lincoln, Ne 68522 > Voice (402) 466-2616 > Fax (402) 466-2617 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Interstitial Space Sprinklers, segue to definitions > > So no more referring to "calc's", it shall be called the "Hydraulically > Calculated Water Demand Flow Rate". We won't "flush the underground pipe" > we will perform a "flushing test" on the underground? Why not call it a > "debris test" but then I guess we would fail the test if there was no > debris. And I'm still trying to figure out to how pump "supplemental > water" into a FDC (hehe). In 1970 I was told it was called a "sprinkler > head" so I will keep using that term. Let's start a movement to eliminate > the use of metaphors in fire protection. > Happy Friday, > Ron F > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
