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AHJ - Literally the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Should be worshiped as such.

..wait, we were making jokes?

Hoo boy, you hear a lot of misconceptions over the years: The classics, When one sprinkler goes off they all go off. Pulling a pull station sets off the sprinklers (all of 'em) Every fire alarm device detects smoke You can 'turn off' the system by 'turning off' the pull station Calling any false ala...

I've got one...

How many wall-mounted visual notification appliances are required in a space that is 40x40 feet, and what intensity must the strobe be?

Is your system dry-pipe? The concern I have is that the standing water in the drops will freeze and thus obstruct the orifice for the water to flow. Expansion is also a problem, like you mentioned. Would it be fesable to go back and pull every head and make sure the residual water is drained out? It...

I stopped drinking soda a few months ago - now its water or sparkling water.
I do drink alcohol occasionally though.

Here we go. I remember when: Color TV was the big new advance. There were only 2 or 3 channels. (I was the remote control.) Telephones only had dials - no buttons. The first transistor radios came out. The first Sony and Ampex home video recorders came out - open reel tape. My first two years in te...

Utah is known for being the headquarters of the LDS church, so likely lots of Mormon churches (temples?) are there.

When you wanted to talk to a friend outside of school, you called their house. You hoped they would be home, and if their mother answered, you'd have to ask for them. At the end of the school year, you'd exchange email addresses. I remember when Columbia broke up and killed the crew. I remember the ...

Howdy y'all! This semester I'm working on a fire suppression class, and later this semester we're supposed to have a practical exam for the inspection and testing of wet and dry systems. I know bits and pieces, but if any of you professionals do sprinkler inspections, how do you generally do it? I'l...

I guess that's why in all of twoplyboy's tests he calls them all "bell test" even though half of them are horns.

I for one welcome the new theme. It looks clean and logical.

For real, guys...

After basically being forgotten about for almost two years, the second someone actually tries to update things here and y'all get huffy.

Get the cheapest one on that list you can find.

No, seriously.
They all have similar functions and are pretty simple to program, so you'd be well off with just about any of them.

I was getting 502 errors as well as the bad cert.

Here's what I think ought to happen - and I've discussed this with my father who is a school administrator. Once a year (at the very least) conduct a lockdown drill with a simultaneous fire alarm activation. Instruct students and teachers that the lockdown supersedes the fire alarm, not the other wa...