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    1. Sprinkler heads consist of a plug held in place by a trigger mechanism, most commonly a glass ampule filled with liquid that expands when heated and breaks the ampule. 2. When the liquid in the ampule reaches a certain temperature, usually 155 degrees, it expands and breaks the ampule, releasing the plug. 3. The released plug allows pressurized water behind it to spray out in an even pattern to extinguish the fire.

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    1. Sprinkler heads consist of a plug held in place by a trigger mechanism, most commonly a glass ampule filled with liquid that expands when heated and breaks the ampule. 2. When the liquid in the ampule reaches a certain temperature, usually 155 degrees, it expands and breaks the ampule, releasing the plug. 3. The released plug allows pressurized water behind it to spray out in an even pattern to extinguish the fire.

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    1. Sprinkler heads consist of a plug held in place by a trigger mechanism, most commonly a glass ampule filled with liquid that expands when heated and breaks the ampule. 2. When the liquid in the ampule reaches a certain temperature, usually 155 degrees, it expands and breaks the ampule, releasing the plug. 3. The released plug allows pressurized water behind it to spray out in an even pattern to extinguish the fire.

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    1. Sprinkler heads consist of a plug held in place by a trigger mechanism, most commonly a glass ampule filled with liquid that expands when heated and breaks the ampule. 2. When the liquid in the ampule reaches a certain temperature, usually 155 degrees, it expands and breaks the ampule, releasing the plug. 3. The released plug allows pressurized water behind it to spray out in an even pattern to extinguish the fire.

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    of 1

    2 This liquid is

    How fire designed to


    expand and break

    sprinklers work the tube at a certain


    temperature. The
    most common are
    designed to break at
    The typical sprinkler head consists of a
    1 plug held in place by a trigger mechanism.
    155 degrees. In the
    average sized room,
    The most common type of trigger is a glass a 5mm diameter
    ampule filled with a glycerin-based liquid that ampule will usually
    expands when heated. break in about one
    to one and a half
    minutes from
    contact with a heat
    A less commonly used type of source. Ampules as
    trigger consists of two metal thin as 1mm are
    plates held together by a solder manufactured for a
    point. When the solder melts, faster response time.
    two spring arms pull the plates
    apart, releasing the plug.
    3 The plug is
    forced out by
    Plug
    the pressurized
    Air bubble water behind it and
    allows for deflected away by a
    normal beveled edge. The
    expansion water sprays over
    of liquid the deflector plate
    Plug Spring which is designed to
    arms Vacuum-
    sealed
    distribute it in an
    glass tube even pattern. Water
    will continue to flow
    Soldered plates Deflector until the main valve
    plate is shut off.

    How an uncontrolled How a sprinkler system


    fire spreads puts the fire out
    1 Smoke and toxic 1 Even a small smoldering
    gases rise from fire acts like a heat engine
    the source of the fire. as it steadily increases
    They spread quickly the air temperature
    along the ceiling directly above it.
    and heat the air The hot air fans
    in the room. out across the
    ceiling, heating
    up the nearest
    sprinkler head.

    The current of hot As soon as the trigger


    2 air forces a curtain of 2 mechanism is heated
    deadly gases down to the required
    the walls, making temperature, it
    155º
    escape more trips and the
    difficult. In a water is released.
    few minutes The immediate
    the air will cooling of the
    become so hot heat source
    that the entire usually prevents
    contents of the other sprinkler
    room will ignite heads from
    spontaneously. activating. Often,
    This is known one or two
    as flashover and sprinkler heads
    usually occurs are enough to
    between 1,000 and control a fire.
    1,500 degrees.

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