On May 10, 2011 we received an email from R. John Phillips of Kootenay Sprinkler Installations Inc. in British Columbia, Canada. John had recently completed work installing one of our OL Series oilless riser mounted compressors in an office building. A call from the general contractor prompted John to ask us: “Under normal operating conditions… Read more …
Introducing the RFP Econo – NFPA 13D Residential Fire Protection Pumping System – Highest Quality at the Lowest Price General Air Products has expanded its residential product line! Along with our Basic and Complete residential pump systems we now offer the Econo RFP System for NFPA 13D applications (click here for a complete features list).… Read more …
High quality, dependable air compressors supplied by General Air Products rarely have any installation start-up issues that are caused by the compressor itself; however, there is an occasional installation issue that results in a troubleshooting phone call. The #1 issue that accounts for 90% of our troubleshooting calls is actually one that we are unable… Read more …
There is another sizing misconception that we would like to shed light on today regarding NFPA 13D pumps. Many times, when designing and building a development or series of houses in the same area, a pump calculation from the first house will be used to size the pumps for all of the houses – the… Read more …
Don’t Get Stuck on Horsepower When Sizing a 13D Pump System! A typical call to our customer service staff regarding our 13D pumping systems starts like this, “I’m working on a 3,000 square foot house, what horsepower pump do I need for the sprinkler system?” This question assumes that square footage and horsepower are the… Read more …