Re: Ever done this?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Coulda been worse, you coulda forgotten to put the system on test at cs.


"ranger" <hd_ranger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| One very embarrassing moment for me was a demo to a teacher in our school,
| who had just set off a false panic alarm . After the staff and students
were
| calm and settled, I went to the room that sent the panic and talked to the
| teacher.  Look, I told him, you have to hold the button down for two
seconds
| (5802MN) to set off the alarm. Watch, I said.  Push, push, push,
| SIRENS!!!!!!!!!   What a way to find out the remote samples at two sec,
and
| doesn't care what you do in between!
|
| Rick
|
|
| "JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > So this is how my day went....
| >
| > Installing a Vista 32-FB in a county building to monitor hte sprinkler
| > system (they have both wet and dry systems)
| > Got flex to all the flow and tamper boxes except one and am working on
| > the last...
| > First step, knock out the knock out on the back of the box - careful of
| > the 110 bell circuit already wired to one of the switches.
| > Put my punch on the perimeter of the knock out and tap with my
| > hammer...nothing...
| > Second tap and the box breaks off, the bell starts ringing and air
| > shoots out of whats left of the pipe (it was the low air alarm)
| > I put my finger over the hole to keep whats left of the air pressure
| > (now at just over 30 lbs) in the system until I can get the water shut
| > off (lesson learned there - shut it off FIRST)
| > The water valve is chained and no key in sight.  Bell ringing right over
| > my head but nobody seems to notice.  For at least 5 minutes I am
| > standing there under a ringing bell with my finger blocking the hole.  I
| > figure If the clapper releases I will then have water shooting out of a
| > 1/4 inch hole with a lot more pressure than the air currently is.
| > Finally someone notices me and I send them looking for the key to the
| > chain holding the butterfly valve open.
| > No key can be found and it takes several more minutes before bolt
| > cutters can be found to cut the chain and shut off the water.
| > The sprinkler guys show up later and replace the switch.  The fella I
| > spoke with said he has never seen one do that before, but theyt have
| > recently started using plastic fittings to connect the tamper boxes to
| > the pipes.  (Plastic pipe, 3/4 od and 1/4 id)
| > We tapped out both knockouts BEFORE mounting the box this time....
| >
| > Question: Anyone got a better way of getting rid of those knockouts?  I
| > thought of a 7/8 hole saw next time but not sure how well that may work
| > since they tend to get grabby and either twist off the box or slam my
| > drill (and hand) into something delicate or energized.
| >
| > I would rather not go through this again....
| >
| > BTW, I later found the key in the spinkler repair parts box next to the
| > wet risers on the other side of the building (which is the first place I
| > told them to look)
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