Sprinkler Fitting level 3

A typical deluge system application would be____________.

• restaurant dining areas

• conveyors

• supermarkets

• any industrial structure

Relative to the deluge valve, the fire department connection is located ______________.

• upstream

• anywhere convienant

• downstream

• to prevent flooding of the municipal water supply

In a deluge valve, the release system operates the ___________ chamber.

• inlet

• valve

• outlet

• priming

Most manufacturers require that the hydraulic release line piping be a minimum of __________.

• 1/4"

• 1/2"

• 5/8"

• 3/4"

Returning the manual emergency release to the closed position will stop water flow through the deluge valve.

• True

• False

A deluge release system that can only be installed where the ambient temperature can be reliably maintained at 40-degrees For above is a (n) ________ release.

• pnumatic

• electric

• fixed-temperature

• hydraulic

Standard sprinklers, fixed-temperature, rate-of-rise, and manual emergency release devices are used with __________.

• pneumatic release lines

• pneumatic and hydraulic release lines

• hydraulic release line only

• electric release line only

In the normal sequence of operation of an electric release mechanism, the next thing that happens after the solenoid valve opens is ____________.

• the electric release devices activates

• the control panel energizes

• water drains from the priming chamber

• water is held in the priming chamber

In an electric release system, the purpose of the release control panel is to _____________.

• discharge water to all open discharge devices

• drain water from the priming chamber

• send power to the solenoid valve

• activate the alarm mechanism

The sprinkler fitter is responsible for trouble-shooting and repairing all detection systems.

• True

• False