Maybe he's thinking they aren't the same because bulbs and links have
mildly different nominal operating temperatures. As Travis says, educate
him.



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On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 7:44 AM Travis Mack <[email protected]> wrote:

> As Matt said. You won’t find anything to back your position because link
> vs bulb is not addressed. It simply says to match response. Educate the
> inspector.
>
> Travis Mack, CFPS, CWBSP, RME-G, SET
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> On May 20, 2019, at 7:42 AM, Matthew J Willis <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> NFPA makes no distinction as to how the response is achieved.
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> Only that it meet the tables.
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> However, if it is a food or healthcare type facility, there may be
> extenuating circumstances..
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> R/
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> Matt
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> *From:* Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> *On
> Behalf Of *John Irwin
> *Sent:* Monday, May 20, 2019 8:38 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Bulb type vs link type sprinklers
>
>
>
> We have completed a relocate project and the fire inspector says that we
> need to match link type sprinklers with the existing link type sprinklers.
> We installed standard response GBs to match the standard response link type
> that are currently installed. Is there any documentation to support my
> belief that this should be acceptable?
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> John Irwin
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