Re: NFPA Code Question

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You guys inspect residential fire? The only residential fire stuff that gets
inspected here are firesprinklers.


"Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Attics are notoriously hot here.  This house is a three story home in West
| University Place, a real upper class, yuppie neighborhood.  Its new
| construction, you can stand in the attic w/ no problem and the undlayment
| for the roof is a material called "Cool Ply".  The attics in homes with
the
| Cool Ply do not really get too hot.  The panel is at the head of the attic
| stairway so you don't have to actually go into the attic to access it,
just
| stand on the stairs.
|
| I don't think it is a code violation.  I would not normally install a
panel
| in an unfinished attic such as this, but other than a diminished battery
| life, I don't see any real problem.
|
| "alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| >
| > "Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:25zAf.6398$NS6.5680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> Thanks Nick,
| >> It is a residential home alarm (Networx 6) with smoke detectors wired
in.
| >> No need to access the panel.  The keypads are the remotes.  I know that
I
| >> would not have tagged for this.
| >> Allan
| >
| > What kind of attic are we talking about here? Is it insulated, finished,
| > heated, etc? Can you stand up in there? Or is it like the ones we have
| > with
| > a 4 in 12 max pitch where the poor service tech has to crawl up there in
| > 150
| > degree heat to service the panel? How do your batteries and circuit
boards
| > hold up?
| > js
| >
| >
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