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T y c o F i r e
P r o d u c t s
Installation
(Continued)
The Model A Upright & Pendent Sprin-
klers
must be maintained and serviced in
accordance with the following instructions.
NOTES
Absence of an escutcheon which is used
to cover a clearance hole, may delay the
time to operation in a fire situation.
Before closing a fire protection system
main control valve for maintenance work
on the fire protection system it controls,
permission to shut down the affected fire
protection systems must be obtained from
the proper authorities. All personnel who
may be affected by this action must be
notified.
Sprinklers which are found to be leaking
or exhibiting visible signs of corrosion
must be replaced.
Automatic sprinklers must never be
shipped or stored where their tempera-
tures will exceed 100
°
F/38
°
C and they
must never be painted, plated, coated or
otherwise altered after leaving the factory.
Modified sprinklers must be replaced.
Sprinklers that have been exposed to
corrosive products of combustion, but
have not operated, should be replaced if
they cannot be completely cleaned by
wiping the sprinkler with a cloth or by
brushing it with a soft bristle brush.
Care must be exercised to avoid damage
- before, during, and after installation.
Sprinklers damaged by dropping, striking,
wrench twist/slippage, or the like, must be
replaced.
Frequent visual inspections are recom-
mended to be initially performed for wax
and/or lead coated sprinklers, after the
installation has been completed, to verify
the integrity of the wax and/or lead
coating. Thereafter, annual inspections
per NFPA 25 should suffice; however,
instead of inspecting from the floor level, a
random sampling of close-up visual
inspections should be made, so as to
better determine the exact sprinkler
condition and the long term integrity of the
wax and/or lead coating, as it may be
affected by the corrosive conditions
present.
The owner is responsible for the inspec-
tion, testing, and maintenance of their fire
protection system and devices in
compliance with this document, as well as
with the applicable standards of the
National Fire Protection Association (e.g.,
NFPA 25), in addition to the standards of
any other authorities having jurisdiction.
The installing contractor or sprinkler
manufacturer should be contacted relative
to any questions.
It is recommended that automatic
sprinkler systems be inspected, tested,
and maintained by a qualified Inspection
Service.
Care &
Maintenance
sprinklers. With reference to Figure 1 &
2, both the Combination Wrench and
the adjustable Crescent wrench are to
be applied to the wrench flats only.
When installing wax coated sprinklers
with the adjustable Crescent wrench,
additional care needs to be exercised to
prevent damage to the wax coating on
the sprinkler wrench flats or frame arms
and, consequently, exposure of bare
metal to the corrosive environment. The
jaws of the wrench should be opened
sufficiently wide to pass over the wrench
flats without damaging the wax coating.
Before wrench tightening the sprinkler,
the jaws of the wrench are to be
adjusted to just contact the sprinkler
wrench flats. After wrench tightening the
sprinkler, loosen the wrench jaws before
removing the wrench.
After installation, the sprinkler wrench
flats and frame arms must be inspected
and the wax coating retouched (re-
paired) whenever the coating has been
damaged and bare metal is exposed.
The wax coating on the wrench flats
can be retouched by gently applying a
heated 1/8 inch diameter steel rod to the
areas of wax that have been damaged,
to smooth it back over areas where bare
metal is exposed.
NOTES
Only retouching of the wax coating
applied to the wrench flats and frame
arms is permitted, and the retouching is
to be performed only at the time of the
initial sprinkler installation.
The steel rod should be heated only to
the point at which it can begin to melt
the wax, and appropriate precautions
need to be taken, when handling the
heated rod, in order to prevent the
installer from being burned.
If attempts to retouch the wax coating
with complete coverage are unsuccess-
ful, additional wax can be ordered in the
form of a wax block. Care should be
exercised to assure that the proper
rated temperature wax block is ordered.
Only the correct temperature wax is to
be used, and retouching of wrench flats
and frame arms is only permitted at the
time of initial sprinkler installation. With
the steel rod heated as previously
described, touch the rod to the area
requiring additional wax with the rod
angled downward, and then touch a
portion of the wax block to the rod
approximately one-half inch away from
the area requiring retouching. The wax
will melt and run down onto the
sprinkler.
Products manufactured by Tyco Fire
Products are warranted solely to the
original Buyer for ten (10) years against
defects in material and workmanship
when paid for and properly installed and
maintained under normal use and service.
This warranty will expire ten (10) years
from date of shipment by Tyco Fire
Products. No warranty is given for
products or components manufactured by
companies not affiliated by ownership with
Tyco Fire Products or for products and
components which have been subject to
misuse, improper installation, corrosion, or
which have not been installed, maintained,
modified or repaired in accordance with
applicable Standards of the National Fire
Protection Association, and/or the
standards of any other Authorities Having
Jurisdiction. Materials found by Tyco Fire
Products to be defective shall be either
repaired or replaced, at Tyco Fire
Products' sole option. Tyco Fire Products
neither assumes, nor authorizes any
person to assume for it, any other
obligation in connection with the sale of
products or parts of products. Tyco Fire
Products shall not be responsible for
sprinkler system design errors or inaccu-
rate or incomplete information supplied by
Buyer or Buyer's representatives.
IN NO EVENT SHALL TYCO FIRE
PRODUCTS BE LIABLE, IN CON-
TRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR
UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY,
FOR INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
LABOR CHARGES, REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS
WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE POSSI-
BILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND IN
NO EVENT SHALL TYCO FIRE PROD-
UCTS' LIABILITY EXCEED AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO THE SALES PRICE.
THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS
MADE IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL
OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Limited
Warranty
Ordering Information: When placing an
order, indicate the full product name.
Please specify the quantity, model, style,
orifice size, temperature rating, type of
finish or coating, and sprinkler wrench.
Refer to price list for complete listing of
Part Numbers.
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