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- If water flow greater than 10 gallons per minute is detected, the vane or paddle triggers a switch, sending a signal to an alarm panel and bell.
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Dec 18, 2023 · A waterflow alarm can be caused by a fire, an accidental sprinkler head discharge, an inspector’s test valve or main drain valve opened, a broken sprinkler pipe, testing, maintenance, a...
Feb 26, 2013 · A water flow detector, also known as a flow switch, is an electro-mechanical device designed to send a signal to a local alarm or monitored panel and/or fire department when a continuous flow of water occurs through a fire sprinkler system’s piping.
Oct 19, 2009 · 17.13.1* The provisions of Section 17.13 shall apply to devices that initiate an alarm indicating a flow of water in a sprinkler system.
- Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitters
- Installation Requirements For DACTS
- 2013 Edition of NFPA 72
- Voice Over Internet Protocol and DACTS
- The End of The Era?
Digital alarm communicator transmitters, or DACTs for short, have been one of the primary methods of monitoring sprinkler waterflow and fire alarm systems for nearly 40 years. Originally approved in the fire alarm code back in the 1980s, DACTs quickly became the default method of fire sprinkler system monitoring up until a few years ago. Put simply...
DACTs are required to be connected to the fire alarm panel upstream of any customer owned equipment. Customers with a private branch exchange (PBX) network, or a phone system that requires a person to dial 9 to get to an outside line, must be connected downstream of the fire alarm equipment. NFPA 72 does not want the fire panel to dial 9 to get an ...
The 2013 Edition of NFPA 72 made a change specific to DACTs that had a significant impact on their continued use. The backup transmission channel could no longer be a second phone line. The change required the secondary transmission channel to be cell, internet, or radio. In previous editions, and for many years prior to adoption of the 2013 editio...
Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP for short, is technology that was first introduced in the mid to late 1990s but did not become prevalent as a phone service option for the public until the early 2000s. VoIP converts a person’s voice to a digital signal and allows the customer to make calls directly from a computer, VoIP phone or data-driven de...
Since DACTs were the default method used for monitoring for many years, some were under the assumption that all methods used for monitoring needed to have two transmission channels. As mentioned in Part 1 of this series, cell, internet, and radio are all approved by NFPA 72 as single communication technologies and do not require a backup. However, ...
It’s critical that the sprinkler control valves remain open because, otherwise, the water will not flow through the pipes when there is a fire emergency. Valve tamper switches transmit a supervisory signal to the FACP if the valve is partially or fully closed.
Aug 17, 2023 · A fire alarm system activates an alarm signal to warn building inhabitants when it detects heat, smoke, pull, flow, or other indicators of a fire. Alarm signals are most triggered by the following devices: Heat or smoke detectors. Water flow switch. Manual pull stations.
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Mar 29, 2021 · The fire sprinkler water flow switch is a device inside the fire sprinkler that detects the flow of water through the system’s pipes. High heat, not smoke, trigger a fire sprinkler. Most fire sprinkler heads come equipped with a glycerin-filled glass bulb.
