automatic wet-pipe sprinkler system
A sprinkler system in which all piping and sprinkler heads, at all times, are filled with water under pressure; the […]
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sprinkler system
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automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system
A sprinkler system in which the piping up to the sprinkler heads is either filled with compressed air or air
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alternating sprinkler system
A fire sprinkler system that can be changed from a wet-pipe sprinkler system in the summer to a dry-pipe sprinkler
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dry-pipe sprinkler system
1. A complete fire-protection sprinkler system with sprinkler heads in which there is no water unless the system is actuated
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fire department inlet connection
A piping connection through which the local fire department can pump water into a standpipe system or sprinkler system in