JohnB
JohnB
I have been doing this fire equipment stuff since 1989 and I had a customer call yesterday he said someone with a fire equipment company came in and told him that he had to red tag the fire system because it was not UL300..
He told this guy that the system was a wet unit and it was UL and it did cover all the appliances.. but it was not UL300..
Ok in Mississippi according to the fire Marshals office they have the final say.. So the way I see it the fire equipment guy should have explained why the need for a UL300 system.. He should have told the customer the reason for an upgrade such as more chemical to fight higher heat grease fires from different types of cooking oils.. And he should know his local fire codes and be familiar with the fire inspectors in the certain area in question..
I made a point of explaining all this to the customer yesterday.. He told me that while he was sure he could get by with what he had , for me to please work him up a quote on a new UL 300 system..
I think fire equipment companies today are to eager to just throw a RED TAG on a system in hopes to scare the customer into buying something that their local fire inspector may not require them to have .. But if explained well enough and being careful not to insult their intelligence you can probably tell a customer why he needs a ul300 vs a UL system .. Then he will see the benefits of actually changing the system out ..
He told this guy that the system was a wet unit and it was UL and it did cover all the appliances.. but it was not UL300..
Ok in Mississippi according to the fire Marshals office they have the final say.. So the way I see it the fire equipment guy should have explained why the need for a UL300 system.. He should have told the customer the reason for an upgrade such as more chemical to fight higher heat grease fires from different types of cooking oils.. And he should know his local fire codes and be familiar with the fire inspectors in the certain area in question..
I made a point of explaining all this to the customer yesterday.. He told me that while he was sure he could get by with what he had , for me to please work him up a quote on a new UL 300 system..
I think fire equipment companies today are to eager to just throw a RED TAG on a system in hopes to scare the customer into buying something that their local fire inspector may not require them to have .. But if explained well enough and being careful not to insult their intelligence you can probably tell a customer why he needs a ul300 vs a UL system .. Then he will see the benefits of actually changing the system out ..