This has been in the standard for a long time. I believe it was a suggested solution for small canopies over loading docks when a dry or antifreeze system would be overly expensive. I have heard in some situations they actually used sprinklers with one side of the deflector bent at 45 degrees (probably in house) Today you wold be more likely to used a dry sidewall listed for OH.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Apr 10, 2014, at 4:37 PM, "Steve Leyton" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Anyone out there, committee members or clairvoyants, who can say why > this illustration shows a dry-pendent sprinkler in what appears to be a > non-conforming orientation? > > Thanks, > SML > _______________________________________________ > 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
