Yes. And solving a problem that likely exists in less than 1% of installations seems like nothing more than mental masturbation. But hey, if this floats your boat, more power to you.
Travis Mack, SET MFP Design, LLC "Follow" us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 Send large files to MFP Design via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 8, 2018, at 6:11 PM, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, and don't forget that the fasteners have to be listed for use in > seismic zones. > > > > > > Steve Leyton > > (Sent from my phone; please excuse typos and voice text corruptions.) > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Matthew J Willis <[email protected]> > Date: 7/8/18 3:02 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: Forum <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Sidewalls in Partial Soffits > > Let us know when you get that UL/FM stamp and pricing. > > R/ > Matt > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid > On Jul 8, 2018 3:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > A final (ya right) fine point: > > The Standards allow for some leeway when dealing with existing > buildings and systems so heat directors might find some applications, > the most obvious being to replace any heat collectors out there. > In the building where I work I see the max deflector distance being > exceeded by about a foot in some places but because they don't > have heat collectors and they are small compartments I know the hot > upper layer will move not only horizontally but will build down too > fairly quickly and activate the sprinkler. > > I'm going to tweak the design of heat directors (Kyle and Steve). I > envision (2) heavy metal triangles perpendicular to each other, with > the base length equal to the deflector distance, installed upside > down, the tip a few inches above the head. Using my custom made design > fires I'll try to pinpoint when 'the buoyancy exceeds the momentum and > the downward flow starts to curl back up' (Roland). > > Brad > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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