Victaulic VicFlex VS1 Installation Instructions Manual

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Victaulic VicFlex
®
• Read and understand all instructions before attempting to install
any Victaulic ® VicFlex ™ Style VS1 Dry Sprinklers.
• Wear safety glasses, hardhat, and foot protection.
• These installation instructions are intended for an experienced,
trained installer.
• The installer must understand the use of this product and why it
was specified for the particular application.
• The installer must understand c ommon industry safety standards
and potential consequences of improper product installation.
Failure to follow these instructions could cause improper sprinkler
operation, resulting in death or serious personal injury and property
damage.
TECHNICAL DATA
• It is the system designer's responsibility to verify suitability of
stainless steel components for use with the intended fluid media
within the piping system and external environment.
• The material specifier must evaluate the effect of chemical
composition, pH level, operating temperature, chloride level, and
oxygen level on stainless steel components to confirm system
life will be acceptable for the intended service.
Failure to follow these instructions could cause product failure,
resulting in serious personal injury and/or property damage.
Maximum Working Pressure Rating:
175 psi/12 Bar/1207 kPa (UL Listing)
Connection to Branch Line (Inlet):
1 inch/25 mm NPT or BSPT
Minimum Bend Radius:
2 inch/50 mm (UL Listing)
K-Factor of Sprinkler:
5.6 US/80 metric
Maximum Number of 90° Bends:
4 Bends (UL Listing)
BEND CHARACTERISTICS
NOTE: For out-of-plane (three-dimensional) bends, care must be taken
to avoid imparting torque on the assembly.
2X
Minimum
Bend
Radius
Minimum
OR
Bend Radius
90°
Minimum
Bend Radius
REV_C
Style VS1 Dry Sprinkler
™
WARNING
WARNING
2X
Minimum
Bend
Radius
OR
Minimum
Minimum
Bend Radius
Bend Radius
Minimum
Bend Radius
Minimum
Bend Radius
SIDEWALL
Face of
Fitting
PENDENT
Face of
Fitting
The following table is used when the ambient temperature is maintained
between 40° F/4° C and 60°F/16°C around the wet piping system.
Ambient Temperature
Exposed to Discharge
End of Sprinkler
°F/°C
40
4
30
-1
20
-7
10
-12
0
-18
-10
-23
Minimum
Bend Radius
-20
-29
-30
-34
-40
-40
-50
-46
-60
-51
NOTE: Exposed minimum barrel lengths are inclusive up to 30-mph/48-kph wind velocities
I-VICFLEX.VS1
Y
Unheated
Heated
Space
Exterior
Unheated
Space
Y
Heated
Exterior
Space
Exposed Minimum Barrel Length "Y"
inches/mm
40°F/4°C 50°F/10°C
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
4 0
100 0
8 1
200 25
12 3
300 75
14 4
350 100
14 6
350 150
16 8
400 200
18 8
450 200
20 10
500 250
20 10
500 250
Space
60°F/16°C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
25
3
75
4
100
4
100
6
150
6
150
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