Good shot man! Good job not touching the panel until Seimans showed up, I've been in that same situation. Not with that much water, but not wanting to touch the wrong system!
@paul9511 this system belongs to the transit way...the city buses. the building that this system is in belongs at a hospital. The Hospital panel that looks after this system. Its a brand new seimens MXL. we DO NOT have the contract for the hospital and there for we can NOT touch it. I was waiting for seimens to show up and make sure I was able to touch the system with out fucking up the hospital panel.
@westsidemonster yeah your right, Most stuff that are electronics use a pre action.. where the head could fall out or open up and water wont flow until an alarm set if off....pull station, heat detector.
@TERRELL465 chemical? the only one that comes to mind would be a FLCS (fire loss control systems). they are used in kitchen hoods in restaurants and such. they use a liquid that turns to foam once it hits the fire.
@twoplyboy I love preaction systems! I think out of everything I do; kitchen systems, fire extinguishers, back-flow preventors, fire alarms, wet & dry systems, preactions are the most interesting. I like how they are integrated into the FACP. They are usually protecting the most important kind of stuff too. Although I did have a blast doing a full trip on a deluge system over transformers at a power plant. That was a kick!
@hedzred yeah I dont mind them either...the fun is trying to find the cross zoning for it to trip....lol. We also have place that has a deluge. its for the transformers as well in a dynamite plant. When you trip the alarm the power is cut and they arc as they open.
@twoplyboy Right on man! Good to talk to a fellow fire inspection tech who likes his job! Looks like you guys have a lot of good accounts and it's good to see you have fun with your job. I've been doing this for about 12 years and love it. There's no other field I would rather be in. Every day is different, every job is different and there's always more stuff to learn. Keep the posts coming, I enjoy watching them
@markzins yeah its hard to believe. when I found the drop it had no tapered end to it! you could literally screw the whole drop into the tee. Most sprinkler has a tapered end to it and it get tighter when you tighten it. This one doenst from some reason. Maybe pipe dope held it into place. We are not going to use the same kind to replace them. We'll use tapered pipe dry pendents. Victaulic.
Good shot man! Good job not touching the panel until Seimans showed up, I've been in that same situation. Not with that much water, but not wanting to touch the wrong system!
Nice!
hedzred 1 month ago
Wow ! nice swimming-pool ! Why you didn't quickly closed the valve ? Also, was there a floor drain ?
paul9511 4 months ago
@paul9511 this system belongs to the transit way...the city buses. the building that this system is in belongs at a hospital. The Hospital panel that looks after this system. Its a brand new seimens MXL. we DO NOT have the contract for the hospital and there for we can NOT touch it. I was waiting for seimens to show up and make sure I was able to touch the system with out fucking up the hospital panel.
twoplyboy 4 months ago
@paul9511 there were storm sewers
twoplyboy 4 months ago
@twoplyboy Paul9511, who cares?
hedzred 1 month ago
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paul9511 4 months ago
Good to have you back!!
StopDropandLOL 5 months ago
was there a fire alarm?? hahahaha
1909bigdawg1 5 months ago
that would be devastating if it happened over electronics..
westsidemonster 5 months ago
@westsidemonster yeah your right, Most stuff that are electronics use a pre action.. where the head could fall out or open up and water wont flow until an alarm set if off....pull station, heat detector.
twoplyboy 5 months ago
@twoplyboy I understand that there is special chemical type suppression for some places
TERRELL465 5 months ago
@TERRELL465 chemical? the only one that comes to mind would be a FLCS (fire loss control systems). they are used in kitchen hoods in restaurants and such. they use a liquid that turns to foam once it hits the fire.
twoplyboy 5 months ago
@twoplyboy its called Sinorx, or something like that and its a siemens product
TERRELL465 5 months ago
@TERRELL465 well that one is new to me but i have herd of halon, intergen and FM200
twoplyboy 5 months ago
@twoplyboy I love preaction systems! I think out of everything I do; kitchen systems, fire extinguishers, back-flow preventors, fire alarms, wet & dry systems, preactions are the most interesting. I like how they are integrated into the FACP. They are usually protecting the most important kind of stuff too. Although I did have a blast doing a full trip on a deluge system over transformers at a power plant. That was a kick!
hedzred 3 months ago
@hedzred yeah I dont mind them either...the fun is trying to find the cross zoning for it to trip....lol. We also have place that has a deluge. its for the transformers as well in a dynamite plant. When you trip the alarm the power is cut and they arc as they open.
twoplyboy 3 months ago
@twoplyboy Right on man! Good to talk to a fellow fire inspection tech who likes his job! Looks like you guys have a lot of good accounts and it's good to see you have fun with your job. I've been doing this for about 12 years and love it. There's no other field I would rather be in. Every day is different, every job is different and there's always more stuff to learn. Keep the posts coming, I enjoy watching them
hedzred 3 months ago
time to start using threadlok? heh heh
starlite528 5 months ago
What would cause one of those to fall out?
Gb755c 5 months ago
I just don't see how it was just able to unscrew it self
markzins 5 months ago
@markzins yeah its hard to believe. when I found the drop it had no tapered end to it! you could literally screw the whole drop into the tee. Most sprinkler has a tapered end to it and it get tighter when you tighten it. This one doenst from some reason. Maybe pipe dope held it into place. We are not going to use the same kind to replace them. We'll use tapered pipe dry pendents. Victaulic.
twoplyboy 5 months ago
Where was this?
PlausableApple4 5 months ago
@PlausableApple4 at a transitway station
twoplyboy 5 months ago
@twoplyboy oh it looked like it was under a highway bridge for some odd reason
PlausableApple4 5 months ago