FireFlex DUAL Owner's Operation And Maintenance Manual

FireFlex DUAL Owner's Operation And Maintenance Manual

Double interlocked preaction novec 1230 remote controlled

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Integrated Fire Protection System
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DUAL
Owner's Operation and Maintenance Manual
Double Interlocked Preaction
NOVEC 1230
Remote Controlled
FM-
0860-0-31F

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  • Page 1 Integrated Fire Protection System ® DUAL Owner's Operation and Maintenance Manual Double Interlocked Preaction NOVEC 1230 Remote Controlled 0860-0-31F...
  • Page 2 ® DUAL is a registered trademark of F Systems Inc. Systems Inc. reserves the right to make changes to this manual and the data sheets herewith at any time, without prior notification.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ® DUAL Page iii of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL Table of Contents 1. GENERAL ................................. 1 1.1 APPLICABLE STANDARDS .............................. 1 1.2 LISTINGS & APPROVALS ..............................1 1.3 ENVIRONMENT ................................1 1.4 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ..............................1 1.5 FEATURES ..................................
  • Page 4 AINTENANCE ANUAL 6. CONTROLS ................................23 6.1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION .............................. 23 ® 6.2 REMOTE CONTROLED F DUAL ........................23 7. WIRING DIAGRAMS ............................. 24 ® 7.1 REMOTE CONTROLLED F DUAL ........................24 8. CABINET................................. 25 9. LIMITED WARRANTY ............................28...
  • Page 5: General

    Each cabinet is provided with two frontal locked doors, reducing space requirements for ease ® DUAL unit shall be installed in a dry and clean of installation and maintenance. Furthermore, all doors location. Verify that all equipment are properly heated and are provided with a neoprene gasket to reduce vibrations protected to prevent freezing and physical damage.
  • Page 6: Features

    1.6 CONFIGURATION ® Configuration for DUAL: ® DUAL main features are: • Engineered NOVEC 1230 single cylinder with electric • Trouble-free design for safe and easy application release • Available in 3 cabinet sizes • Double interlocked preaction with electric / pneumatic •...
  • Page 7: Clean Extinguishing Agent

    2. CLEAN EXTINGUISHING AGENT 2.1 AGENT 2.4 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ® The clean extinguishing agent used in DUAL total 2.4.1 TOXICITY flooding system is NOVEC 1230. The table 2.1 identifies the toxicological data on NOVEC 1230 and compares this with HALON 1301.
  • Page 8: Preaction System

    Water will flow from any opened sprinklers in the 3.2 CONFIGURATION system piping. ® DUAL preaction system is built around the Viking trim using deluge valve model F-1. Note: If the detection system does not operate The valve is rated up to a maximum of 250 psi (17.2 bar) properly, the deluge valve (A1) will not open.
  • Page 9: Installation, Operation & Maintenance Instructions

    ® IMPORTANT ! The DUAL unit ® DUAL cabinet shall be firmly anchored designed to be installed in area subject to freezing to the floor. conditions. Refer to section 1.3 for additional details. 2. Open door to mechanical section. ®...
  • Page 10: Placing System In Service

    ® DUAL Page 6 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 4.3 PLACING SYSTEM IN SERVICE Table 4.1 - Cylinder pressure versus temperature 1. Check all connections to the remote releasing control Cylinder pressure Temperature panel.
  • Page 11: Sequence Of Operation

    ® DUAL Page 7 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 4.4 SEQUENCE OF OPERATION 4.4.2 Manual release The remote releasing control panel shall be configured for the 1. Actuation of a manual release pull station within the following operation.
  • Page 12: Emergency Instructions

    ® DUAL Page 8 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 4.5 EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS To take system out of service: WARNING ! Placing a system out of service may eliminate the fire protection capabilities of the system.
  • Page 13: Placing The System Back In Service After Operation

    ® DUAL Page 9 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 4.6 PLACING THE SYSTEM BACK IN SERVICE AFTER 4.7 ELECTRIC ACTUATOR OPERATION When the electric actuator (C) gets energized, it stays in See figures 4.5 & 4.6 at the end of the current section.
  • Page 14: Inspections & Tests

    ® DUAL Page 10 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 4.8 INSPECTIONS & TESTS When testing is complete, return the system to service: NOTICE: THE OWNER RESPONSIBLE 1. Verify that the pressure indicated on pressure...
  • Page 15: Maintenance

    ® DUAL Page 11 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 4.8.3 Main drain test 4. Check all piping supports to insure they are tight and properly secured. A main drain test shall be conducted to determine whether there has been a change in the condition of the water supply 5.
  • Page 16 Page 12 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL ® Figure 4.4 - DUAL (shown without doors) Junction box TBA & TBB Clean agent outlet Air compressor Isolation switch Releasing circuit disable switch Air compressor...
  • Page 17 Page 13 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL ® Figure 4.5 - DUAL - Double interlocked preaction trim From air supply trim Hydrostatic test port (system side) Field connection to sprinklers piping From air supply trim...
  • Page 18 Page 14 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL ® Figure 4.6 - DUAL - NOVEC 1230 trim Field connection to NOVEC 1230 piping DUAL base (shown without enclosure) FM-076Z-0-16B-2 Components: A Cylinder E Liquid level indicator...
  • Page 19: Optional Shut-Off Valve And Sight Glass

    The shut-off valve & sight glass option is intended to be used ® When required by the user, DUAL unit can be for applications where testing of the system operation without provided in a semi-flanged configuration. filling the sprinkler piping network is desirable and where it is...
  • Page 20: Preaction Air Supplies

    (E15) also provided ® DUAL cabinet (see figure 6.2) and is factory ♦ Air supply Style "B" wired, allowing powering off the air compressor while some See figure 5.4. maintenance work on the unit is done, without disturbing the Used only for the sprinkler piping network of the preaction rest of the system.
  • Page 21: Operation

    ® DUAL Page 17 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 5.3 OPERATION Figure 5.2 - Front view of the air compressor cut-off pressure switch ♦ Air supply Style "A" See figure 5.3. Turn clockwise to increase...
  • Page 22: Maintenance And Inspection

    ® DUAL Page 18 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL ♦ Air supply Style "B" 5.4 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION See figure 5.4. ♦ Air supply style "A" The Viking model D-2 air pressure maintenance device See figure 5.3.
  • Page 23 ® DUAL Page 19 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL Table 5.3 - Pressure adjustments Air supply Compressor Compressor Low air Low air System type style regulator Start Stop supervisory alarm 30 psi 35 psi...
  • Page 24 ® DUAL Page 20 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL Figure 5.3 – Air supply Style "A" (Cabinet mounted air compressor) Pressure relief valve This section replaced by Dehydrator option (when used) (plugged with...
  • Page 25 ® DUAL Page 21 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL Figure 5.4 – Air supply Style "B" (APMD without air compressor) This section replaced by Dehydrator option (when used) (plugged with SureFire trim) Contractor external Air...
  • Page 26: Dehydrator Option

    ® DUAL Page 22 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL 5.5 DEHYDRATOR OPTION 3. The maximum air flow rating is 15 ft /minute (0.425 m /minute) at 100 psi (6.89 bar) for each unit.
  • Page 27: Controls

    (Without integrated releasing control panel) ® For application with DUAL unit provided without integrated releasing control panel, such as in retrofit application where the unit is connected and controlled by a central control panel already installed in the building or premises, a field wiring junction box (see figure 6.2) is...
  • Page 28: Wiring Diagrams

    DUAL 7.1.2 Double interlocked preaction electric release ® DUAL unit provided without integrated releasing Release trim for the double interlocked preaction system control panel is factory wired for the following configurations: utilizes a normally closed solenoid valve (F1) connected to an approved release control panel.
  • Page 29: Cabinet

    8. CABINET ® Figure 8.1 - Drilling details DUAL cabinet is made of sturdy 14 gauge steel. Refer to table 8.1 and figure 2 for dimensions. All surfaces are rust proof coated, inside and outside, with fire red, oven baked polyester powder on phosphate base.
  • Page 30 ® DUAL Page 26 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL Figure 2 - Cabinet dimensions R Ø 12'' 12'' 22'' FM-061H-1-49B-7 Ø3/4" 2"Ø H Ø FM-061H-1-49B-1 FM-061H-1-49B-6 Table 8.1 - Cabinet dimensions Table 8.3 - NOVEC 1230 piping installation Size 77⅛"...
  • Page 31 ® DUAL Page 27 of 28 Integrated Fire Protection System & M WNER PERATION AINTENANCE ANUAL FM-0860-0-31F...
  • Page 32: Limited Warranty

    Tel.: (450) 437-3473 ◊ Fax: (450) 437-1930 The Customer acknowledges that the Manufacturer is not an Toll Free: (866) 347-3353 insurer. The manufacturer shall not be liable for any loss or Web site: http://www.fireflex.com ◊ damages of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited Email: info@fireflex.com...

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