Don't wrap it on the in rack piping. We had a warehouse freezer where a fork 
lift driver took out the sprinkler pipe and broke the Protectowire. I don't 
need to tell you what a mess it was

Todd G Williams, PE
Fire Protection Design/Consulting
Stonington, CT
860-535-2080
www.fpdc.com


> On Apr 15, 2015, at 10:38 AM, Brian Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Working on a 30,000 sq.ft freezer with a pre-action system for the ceiling 
> and a pre-action system for the racks, was curious to see what is the 
> preferred way to add the detection. If you use protectowire will it even trip 
> if you install it on the rack piping since there is nothing to collect the 
> heat? Do you only wrap the pipe at the ceiling? Etc?
> 
> Brian Harris, CET
> BVS Systems Inc.
> Sprinkler Division
> bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/>
> Phone: 704.896.9989
> Fax: 704.896.1935
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