How to Use the Different Parts of a Fire Sprinkler
| What is a fire sprinkler? | in temperature and other aspects. | |||
| Fire sprinklers are the devices which are used to put | 2) Pipe: - When the detector detects the flames | |||
| off the fires whenever a fire breaks out. They | smoke then after two minutes the water gushes out | |||
| generally are used for domestic purposes. Fire | of the pipe and through the pipe it gets out through the | |||
| sprinklers can be automatic or open orifice. Automatic | opening called sprinkle head. | |||
| fire sprinklers operate at a predetermined temperature, | 3) Sprinkler head: - A fire sprinkler head is mouth if the | |||
| utilizing a fusible link, a portion of which melts, or a | fire sprinkler from where the water gushes when a | |||
| frangible glass bulb containing liquid which breaks, | fire is broke. About 20-40 gallons of water per minute. | |||
| allowing the plug in the orifice to be pushed out of the | In sprinkler head is the back bone of the fire sprinkler. | |||
| orifice by the water pressure in the fire sprinkler piping, | The fire sprinkler cannot work without having a fire | |||
| resulting in water flow from the orifice. There is a | sprinkler head. The fire sprinklers head are much more | |||
| detector which detects when a fire is broken and | expensive than the standard type. Whenever a fire | |||
| water flows through the pipes and gushes out through | breaks out the sprinkler head is opened or activated | |||
| the sprinkle head. Fire sprinklers are very useful for | by either the fire or the smoke detector. After a | |||
| domestic purposes they prevent lots of losses when a | minute or two water flows into the pipe and then | |||
| fire breaks, occupants are left with enough time to | comes out of the sprinkler head. . The fire sprinkler | |||
| escape before the fire brigade comes. Fire sprinkler | heads can operate at very high temperature as well | |||
| thus is great boon to human being. It not helps to | as very low temperatures. | |||
| prevent economic losses but also prevents human | 4) Alarms: - An alarm rings when the detector detects | |||
| losses. | the fire/smoke and it warns the occupants so they get | |||
| Parts of a Fire Sprinklers | sufficient time to escape the premises where the fire | |||
| 1) Detectors: - A detector which detects when a fire is | has broken. | |||
| broken and water flows through the pipes and gushes | Muna wa Wanjiru is an Agricultural Engineer and Has | |||
| out through the pipe and then the sprinkle head. There | Been Researching and Reporting on Irrigation for | |||
| are different types of smoke detector which changes | Years. |