×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Hydraulic Placards - # Sprinklers in Design Area or Building

Hydraulic Placards - # Sprinklers in Design Area or Building

Hydraulic Placards - # Sprinklers in Design Area or Building

(OP)
Hi All,

Quick question. I realize that NFPA 13 doesn't require the number of sprinklers on a new hydraulic placard, but a lot of templates have a spot for this information.

When applicable, would it be more useful/better to include the number of sprinklers in the design area or the total per the building? What are the pros/cons to each option?

Thanks!

RE: Hydraulic Placards - # Sprinklers in Design Area or Building

In the design area. The placard is all about hydraulics.

Things could shift that dictate more sprinklers in an area. Or less.

The placard is based on the old hand drawing days when we listed such things on the drawing.

R/
Matt

RE: Hydraulic Placards - # Sprinklers in Design Area or Building

It is for the number of sprinklers in the remote area, hazard classification, flow and pressure demands. See Figure A.23.3.2(a) of NFPA 13 2013 edition.

I've never seen a placard with the total number of sprinklers in the system but it may have been customary when sprinkler system risers were limited to 400 sprinklers.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources