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: The difference between an upright head and a pendent head is, an upright sprinkler is designed to be installed upright in the branchline piping of a sprinkler system. The pendent is designed to be in the pendent or 6 o clock position, with the deflector facing downward. It is important that you always install sprinklers in accordance with their designed listing; you cannot install an upright sprinkler in the pendent position, for example. you can usually find this information with the data sheet supplied with the sprinkler. If in doubt, contact the sprinkler manufacturer. Sprinkler installation is regulated by National Fire Protection Association or NFPA for short, document number 13.. This standard gives the codes for proper location, selection, and installation of fire sprinklers.
Upright heads
It is usually engraved on either the top of the reflector or the side of the sprinkler head.
Open head sprinkler Closed Head Sprinkler (1874)
There are many variables. The sprinkler heads come in different sizes. Rate of flow will be determined by the head-size, the frictional losses in the supply pipework, and the head of water available. In a single building example, sprinkler heads of exactly the same type, and fed by exactly the same bore pipework, on three different floors will give three different flow rates. Simple answer? "It varies"
25-150 gallons per minute is standard depending on the type of sprinkler head. Residential sprinklers will be closer to 25. That flow is for a SINGLE sprinkler head. Typically the fire will be extinguished by just activating one sprinkler head.
The sprinkler turns when water flows through it because water pressure causes the sprinkler head to rotate. The design of the sprinkler head causes it to rotate in the opposite direction of the water flow to achieve a more uniform distribution of water over the area being irrigated.
Over Your Head - 2006 Backyard Sprinkler 1-2 was released on: USA: 11 November 2006
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form_title=Sprinkler System Repair form_header=9633 Please describe this location.*= () Home/Residence () Business Choose all the problems that your are currently having with your sprinkler system.*= [] Time clock needs to be reprogrammed [] Time clock isn't functioning properly [] No water to one sprinkler head [] No water to one area of sprinkler heads [] Water is running continuously [] Sprinkler direction/spread needs adjustment [] Sprinkler head(s) need(s) to be relocated [] System needs to be blown out and shut off (Fall shut down) [] System needs to be reactivated (Spring activation) [] Sprinkler head is broken Is this need emergency in nature?*= () No () Yes
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