® OTAL Page iii Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL Table of Contents Dry Pipe System General Section ......................Section 1- General description 2- Listings and approvals 3- Applicable standards 4- Environment 5- Features 6- Configuration description Mechanical Section ........................
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® OTAL Page 1 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System General Section - Dry Pipe 1- General description ® 2- Listings and approvals This T 3 integrated fire protection system by OTAL Systems Inc. consists of a dry pipe system trim In addition to being fabricated under tight ISO-9001 totally pre-assembled, pre-wired and factory tested.
® OTAL Page 2 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System General Section - Dry Pipe 5- Features 6- Configuration description ® ® The T 3 unit is superior to many other products 3 regular dry pipe system is built around the OTAL OTAL which are actually available on the fire protection market.
® OTAL Page 1 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System 1- Installation, operation & maintenance instructions 1.2 Preliminary inspection before placing the system in Note: Numbers indicated between brackets refer to figure 1 service DETAILED SYSTEM TRIM SCHEMATICS from this section and section AIR SUPPLY.
® OTAL Page 2 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System To SET the dry pipe valve clapper 1.3 Dry pipe valve clapper settings 1. With the hand-hole cover removed from the dry pipe 1. OPEN main drain valve (D3) to completely drain the valve (A1), raise the latch to release spring loaded system piping network.
® OTAL Page 3 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System The intermediate chamber is normally at atmospheric CAUTION ! Never exceed 60 PSI (414 kPa) air pressure in pressure and is connected to the alarm line. When the dry the system piping with the dry pipe valve clapper closed.
® OTAL Page 4 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System 1.7 Inspections and tests 1.6 Emergency instructions To take system out of service NOTICE : The owner is responsible for maintaining the fire protection system and devices in proper operating WARNING ! Placing a control valve or detection system out condition.
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® OTAL Page 5 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System 1.7.2 Full flow trip test 1.7.3 Main drain test Performance of a full flow trip test is recommended A main drain test shall be conducted to determine whether annually during warm weather.
® OTAL Page 6 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System 1.8 Maintenance 1.8.3 Semi-annually 1. Main water supply valve (D1) switch shall be operated NOTICE: The owner is responsible for maintaining the fire to verify the switch actuation upon movement of the protection system and devices in proper operating hand wheel.
® OTAL Page 7 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System 2- Dry pipe system Note: Numbers indicated between brackets refer to figure 1 DETAILED SYSTEM TRIM SCHEMATICS from this section and section AIR SUPPLY. 2.1 Normal condition 1.
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® OTAL Page 8 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System Figure 1 - Detailed system trim schematic Typical dry pipe system (4" (100 mm) system shown) FIELD CONNECTION TO SPRINKLER PIPING NETWORK To Air Supply System Trim To Accelerator Option 1 inch connection...
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® OTAL Page 9 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Mechanical Section - Dry Pipe System Figure 2 - Cross section of the dry pipe valve Latch Dry Pipe Valve Resetting Tool Clapper Arm Hook FM-061H-0-274A Figure 2A figure 2B figure 2C FM-076A-0-57C...
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® OTAL Page 1 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System Trim Options Dry Pipe trim options 1. Semi and full-flanged option 2. Anti-column device option ® When required by the user, T 3 unit can be The model LD-1 anti-column device is an optional trim OTAL provided in either a semi-flanged of full flanged component designed for use with dry pipe sprinkler...
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® OTAL Page 1 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe 1. Cabinet Air Supplies 1.2 Air supply Style "B" (refer to figure 3) Dry pipe sprinkler system using air pressure for supervisory or releasing purposes is provided with either Used only for the sprinkler piping network of dry pipe internal or external supervised air supply.
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® OTAL Page 2 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe 2. Operation 2.1 Air supply Style "A" (refer to figure 2) 2.2 Air supply Style "B" (refer to figure 3) To apply air supply To apply air supply Establish AC power for the air compressor by activating 1.
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® OTAL Page 3 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe 3. Maintenance and inspection 3.2 Air supply Style "B" (refer to figure 3) Important : Advise local authorities of the necessary work The Viking Model D-2 APMD (air pressure maintenance over the fire protection equipment.
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® OTAL Page 4 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe Figure 2 - Air supply Style "A" Pressure relief valve This section replaced by Dehydrator option (when used) Copper tubing (plugged with SureFire or non interlock preaction trim) TO OPTIONAL ACCELERATOR (plugged when not used) TO DRAIN COLLECTOR...
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® OTAL Page 5 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe Figure 3 - Air supply Style "B" This section replaced by Dehydrator option (when used) (plugged with SureFire or non interlock preaction trim) Contractor external Air or Nitrogen connection TO PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR...
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® OTAL Page 6 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe Figure 4 - Air supply Style "D" Air supply connection for external air supply (plugged with SureFire or non interlock preaction trim) Contractor external air or Nitrogen connection TO PNEUMATIC TO OPTIONAL ACCELERATOR...
® OTAL Page 7 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe 4. Air supply options 4.1 Dehydrator Operation of dehydrator Viking dehydrator is a manually regenerated The dehydrator directs the incoming air down through the desiccant-type air dryer. The desiccant acts as a moisture silica gel desiccant.
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® OTAL Page 8 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe Figure 5 - Dehydrator option for air supply Style "A" From air supply Dehydrator bowl To sprinkler riser Desiccant sight glass FM-061H-0-124B-1 Figure 6 - Dehydrator option for air supply Style "B" To air Style "B"...
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® OTAL Page 9 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe 4.2 Accelerator To reset the accelerator device The Viking Model E-1 accelerator is a quick-opening Make sure the system is properly drained and reset. device featuring automatic reset. When installed with the Observe the upper chamber pressure of the accelerator.
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® OTAL Page 10 of 10 Integrated Fire Protection System Air Supply - Dry Pipe 5. Verify that all other trim valves are in their normal 4. Check the upper chamber pressure of the accelerator. operating position. The air pressure should be equal to the air pressure maintained in the system on which it is installed.
® OTAL Page 1 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System Control Section 1. Remotely controlled unit without release control panel 1.1 Product description Figure 1 – Cabinet layout ® The T 3 dry pipe unit is provided without release OTAL control panel.
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® OTAL Page 2 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System Control Section Figure 2 - Junctions box layout for system without release control panel AC POWER POWER LIMITED CIRCUITS 120VAC, 50/60Hz or TBB Terminals 220/240VAC, 50/60Hz All conduits are installed by the Contractor through 1/2"...
® OTAL Page 1 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System Electrical Section - Dry Pipe System 1. Remotely controlled configuration ® This T 3 unit has been provided without an OTAL integrated control panel since all internal supervisory and releasing devices are to be connected and supervised from a remote releasing control panel.
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® OTAL Page 1 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System ® 1- Cabinet for TotalPac 3 unit ® The TotalPac 3 unit cabinet is made of sturdy 14 gauge ® IMPORTANT ! TotalPac 3 unit is NOT designed to be steel.
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® OTAL Page 2 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System Figure 1 - Cabinet and inlets/outlets dimensions TBA, TBB & TBC TBA & TBC ØB ØC DRAIN - SCH.40 GROOVED OUTLET ØA WATER INLET SCH.40 GROOVED OUTLET FM-061H-0-276A...
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® OTAL Page 3 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System Figure 2 - Floor anchoring dimensions Table 3 - Floor anchoring dimensions 5" (127mm) Unit size 4" 37¾" 15" (959mm) (380mm) (100mm) TOP VIEW 6"...
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® OTAL Page 4 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System Figure 5 - Open drain details for single unit Table 5 - Manifold dimensions Unit OTAL Shown Without Unit size Front Doors Unit Drain Pipe 4"...
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® OTAL Page 5 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System ® 2- Skid mounted TotalPac 3 unit ® The TotalPac 3 unit skid base is made of sturdy 11 gauge ® IMPORTANT ! TotalPac 3 unit is NOT designed to be and 7 gauge steel.
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® OTAL Page 6 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System Figure 8 - Skid and inlets/outlets dimensions for 6" (150mm) unit (figure is shown without trim for clarity) ØB A = Main Inlet Manifold Diameter B = Sprinkler Riser Diameter C = Drain Manifold Diameter ØC...
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® OTAL Page 7 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System Figure 9 - Floor anchoring dimensions Table 8 - Floor anchoring dimensions 5" (127mm) Unit size 4" 37¾" 15" (959mm) (380mm) (100mm) TOP VIEW 6"...
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® OTAL Page 8 of 8 Integrated Fire Protection System Dimensional Data & Cabinet - Dry Pipe System Figure 11 - Open drain details for single unit Unit Drain Pipe (dia. = C) Table 10 - Manifold dimensions Air Gap Unit size Water Supply Pipe 4"...
® OTAL Page 1 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System Limited Warranty Limited Warranty FireFlex Systems inc. (known herein "the In consideration of the warranty provisions contained Manufacturer") warrants to its customer that its products herein, the Customer hereby waives the benefit of any shall be free of defects in material [or part(s)] and statutory warranty or protection or remedy to which he may workmanship for a period of twelve (12) months from the...
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® OTAL Page 2 of 2 Integrated Fire Protection System Limited Warranty User Notes FM-076A-0-96C...
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