Re: Sprinkler system filled with antifreeze cause house to explode when activated

["Rockytsquirrel" <gafa@xxxxxxx>]

got one better,  had an AHJ (ie.. state inspector)  require us to remove all
smoke/fire detection equipment from elevator shaft after a single sprinkler
head was installed at the top of a 3 story shaft...
RTS



"nick markowitz" <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 12:38 am, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Feb 24, 8:21 pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20100224/NEWS/100229982&parentprofil...
>>
>> > and they want to put sprinklers in every new home built and many areas
>> > there going to have to use antifreeze and this is what happens when
>> > not mixed properly.
>> > some times i think we are going backwards not forward with technology.
>>
>> I didn't know that antifreeze could ignite!
>>
>> What the hell are they doing for crisake!
>>
>> I can just imagine how that design was arrived at:
>>
>> Ok now guys, we have to put something in the sprinkler system that
>> will stop the lines from freezing. What should we use?
>>
>> We can use antifreeze, of course, and it's cheap too.
>>
>> Does anyone know if antifreeze is flamable?
>>
>> Nobody knows?
>>
>> No. not for sure. But I think I remember hearing that if you mix it
>> just right with water, it wont ignite.
>>
>> OK, sounds good to me. That's what we'll use.
>>
>> But we'll have to put a disclaimer on the container that warns them
>> that it's dangerous to mix in too much and that we're not liable if
>> they do. Make sure it's written in Spanish too.
>
> several things had to conspire to make this happen .but why you would
> use a substance you know is flammable in the first place  is beyond
> imagination.  you mix it and them it sits there and degrades over time
> in pipes and you never know what the result could be.
> I just cant wait to see what the idiots on the code panels are gong to
> come up  with this time for an excuse.
> some code panel members need to have there professional licenses
> removed and jailed. for even thinking about some of this stuff like
> putting sprinkler heads in elevator shafts and then designing the code
> that someone could be trapped in a car and die.