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There's a big fire in the building and suddenly all the sprinklers turn on -- that's not really how works. Let science extinguish this myth.
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How do sprinklers work?
http://www.firesprinklerinitiative.org/advocacy-tools/fact-sheets/how-sprinklers-work.aspx "Contrary to what many Americans think, we are not at greatest risk from fire in hotels or other public places; it is at home, where most of us feel the safest, that we are actually at highest risk of fire."
Sprinkler system types
http://wiginton.net/pdf/Wiginton-Fire-Protection.pdf "Wet - Wet type systems are the most common type of sprinkler system that is installed. A wet pipe system has water in the pipes in the ambient or normal condition and has heat responsive elements on all sprinklers. Thus, water is instantaneously discharged from a sprinkler when it actuates."
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robdotContrary to every movie you have ever seen, pulling the fire alarm will not activate sprinklers, and ,activating one sprinkler head WILL NOT activate all the other heads in the building or room. It only activates that one. Can you imagine the destruction if activating one, activated all?
RFlaggYeah, one of my pet peeves is when setting off one sprinkler activates them all. Heck, if I was building a new home, I'd install a home sprinkler system, which can be very discreet (they hide behind a flat bit, which, while noticeable, still hides the sprinkler itself and melts a bit before the sprinkler would activate).
That said, I didn't know the bit about color.
ant*water
siftbotAdding video to channels (Water) - requested by ant.
kingmobsays...Good stuff.
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