Sprinkler Test 2

Here is a video of how one of my sprinklers activates.

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Science & Technology

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• sprinkler
• test
• international
• automatic
• co.
• water
• solder
• PurrBall101

[daveakarap]

@Npanagakis color indicates at what temperature the sprincleur should explode to let water off the fire example, red is 155 ° F, blue is 286 ° F ... im a sprinkler

[bajennings10]

@futbolram accualy its the air bubble that expands and causes the glass to burst witch allows the water in the pipes to flow, and like you said it is colored water, the color indicates at what temp the bulb will burts.

[Pat88885]

@LolitsDeformed those to levers have sort of a clip on them with some solder on it holding the levers together once the solder melts the lever release and let the water fly.

[Pat88885]

@omenroc1 it plastic pipe which has the same c factor as copper

[omenroc1]

@uaskmewhat Looks like copper. Less friction loss in copper pipe, so the pipe size necessary is usually smaller.

[futbolram]

@Npanagakis no its just colored water in a tube with a small air bubble inside. water expands with increase of temperature and bursts when the pressure in the bulb gets to high.

[Npanagakis]

@LolitsDeformed I think that there is a small glass tube with a little mercury in it and wen it gets hot the mercury rises and it rises so much that the tube breaks and next thing you know there is a new ocean.

[CLAYTHEMAN22]

asshole

[FACP07]

I have a frame by fame picture group of the activation of a similar link and lever style head taken by a high speed camera. This actually didn't turn out that bad!

[uaskmewhat]

how come its only 3/4 inch pipe