DO NOT USE A RETAIL AIR COMPRESSOR FOR A FIRE PROTECTION APPLICATION. The air compressors that we manufacture at General Air Products are specifically designed to meet the code set out by NFPA and therefore the demands of a fire protection application. The air compressors that many contractors buy “off-the-shelf” at a home supply store… Read more …
On October 6, 2011 we received an email from Teresa M. King, S.E.T. from Front range Fire Protection in Colorado, Terry asks: “Can you tell me why you recommend a tank mounted air compressor when there is an accelerator used in a dry pipe sprinkler system?” In short, yes we can. I’ll refer to Ray… Read more …
On September 28th, 2011 we were asked this question by Chris Redmond, PE at Redmond Engineering & Design in Michigan: “I have specified and used General Air for years and have recently come up with a dilemma. An AHJ states that the air compressor must meet NFPA 13 requirements (2007 Section 7.2.6.2) that the air… Read more …
On September 27, 2011 we received an email from Fred Davidson of Metro Swift Sprinkler Corp. in Massachusetts. Fred was looking for clarification on the requirement of an air maintenance device, he asks: “It has come up a number of times, on the installation of air compressors on fire protection systems. NFPA 13 requires an… Read more …
This LT Series lubricated, tank mounted reciprocating fire protection air compressor was installed in a dry pipe sprinkler system in the Pittsburgh area. Our customer notified us that the unit was too noisy. After trying to troubleshoot the issue over the phone, while the unit was still in the field (our preferred method), we determined… Read more …
On June 15, 2011 we received an email from Michael Perrin a representative for a condominium in Surrey, B.C. Canada regarding the mounting of an air compressor to the fire protection systems’ riser. Michael asks: “We had an air compressor installed by our local fire protection contractor. The compressor was attached to the riser by… Read more …
On July 7th, 2011 we received an email from John Roddick of Bruce Carscadden Architects in Vancouver regarding the installation location of one of our OL Series compressors for a dry pipe system John in working on. He asks: “We have specified an OL Series Oil Less Air Compressor and were planning to locate it… Read more …
Residential NFPA 13D Sprinkler System Pump Live Burn Test A few weeks ago Mike Faustina from the Centre Region Code Administration in Pennsylvania stopped by to give us a live burn demonstration of a residential fire sprinkler system using the NFPA 13D Econo RFP System that we donated to them. The traveling demonstration system, used… Read more …
We received an email from Tim Toth of Able Engineering in Oregon regarding the amount of oil that should be added to one of our LT Series, tank mounted lubricated compressors. Tim asks: “I am trying to locate the oil capacity information for the LT620100B compressor, can you supply that information?” Before we get into… Read more …
On May 17, 2011 we received an email from Bruce Hall of Advanced Fire Protection in North Dakota. Bruce was looking for clarification on the requirement of an air maintenance device. Bruce asks: “Do your riser mount air compressors need to be installed with an air maintenance device to meet NFPA codes?” Ray DeCecco, our… Read more …