Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

[jamesgangnc <jamesgangnc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 13, 7:46=A0am, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 11:22=A0pm, Smitty Two <prestwh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <e44ecd7c-97da-4094-9b03-a80076a6c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>
> > =A0Evan <evan.news.re...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > All I claimed was that such things would not be
> > > required if
> > > there was not a trend of accidents...
>
> > Bzzt. Incorrect. GFCIs became law for one reason: Someone who stood to
> > make tens of millions of dollars selling them lobbied for the law. Ther=
e
> > is no trend of accidents.
>
> I have seen GFCI prevent many accidents over the years but I have also
> seen them bypassed as well.
> where back to the people who get zapped are the ones using frayed
> extension cords or cords with grounds cut off and plugged in back
> wards etc etc.
> Every time you read an electrocution report in any of the trade
> magazines the individual has done something to cause the accident.
> latest article was on a farm where pressure washer was totally
> corroded safety shields off and =A0no ground and gfci bypassed wonder
> why some one died.

So exactly what is the "maintenance" on a basic sprinkler system?  I'm
asking because I'm installing sprinklers in the garage I'm building.
I ran water pipes off the main cold coming in and I bought some of
those sprinklers with the little expansion glass pieces in the
centers.  You certainly can't test tripping one of them because then
you have to replace it.