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Cary Frame, President NEW NFPA STANDARDS EXPLAINED Hot & Cold Aisle Containment Wha hats di s di fff er erent: r ent: rooms within a r ooms within a room oom Sources of Confusion NFP NFPA A 2013 NFPA 75 Covers Aisle

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NEW NFPA STANDARDS EXPLAINED

Cary Frame, President

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Hot & Cold Aisle Containment

Wha hat’s di s difffer erent: r ent: rooms within a r

oms within a room
om

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Sources of Confusion

NFPA A

– 2013 NFPA 75 Covers Aisle Containment – NFPA Standards Local Fire Code

Fact

actory Mutual Global

ry Mutual Global

– 2012 Aisle Containment Added to Data Sheet 5-32 – Loss Prevention Data Sheets Site Requirements

Manuf

Manufactur acturers ers

– Marketing Materials Reality

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Easy: 2 Key Topics

Materials erials

– ASTM e84 Flame Spread and Smoke Development – FM4910 for Factory Mutual Global – UL-94 Flammability Rating

Sprinkler Obs

Sprinkler Obstructions tructions

– New Build à Proper Coverage From The Start – Retrofit à Modify Existing – “Removable Obstructions”

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NFPA ASTM e84 Class B Flame 50 and Smoke 450

Material ¡ ASTM ¡e84 ¡ UL-‑94 ¡ FM4910 ¡ Brand ¡Name ¡ Twin-‑wall ¡ Polycarbonate ¡ Class ¡A ¡ no ¡ no ¡ Lexan ¡by ¡Sabic ¡ Makrolon ¡by ¡Bayer ¡ Solid ¡ ¡ Polycarbonate ¡ Class ¡A ¡ no ¡ no ¡ Lexan ¡by ¡Sabic ¡ Makrolon ¡by ¡Bayer ¡ uPVC ¡ Class ¡A ¡ V-‑O ¡ no ¡ Ceilume ¡(Drop-‑Away ¡Panel) ¡ CPVC/FM4910 ¡ no ¡ no ¡ yes ¡ Boltaron ¡ LaminaIons ¡ Acrylic ¡ no ¡ V-‑0 ¡ no ¡ Plexiglass ¡ Lucite ¡ Acrylite ¡ ABS ¡PlasIc ¡ no ¡ V-‑O ¡ no ¡ Sabic ¡ Bayer ¡(Lego) ¡

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UL UL-94

– Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances – Small Scale Flammability Test – Not Part of NFPA75

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Sprinkler Obstructions

hree Options ee Options

– Add/Move Sprinkler Heads – “Removable Obstruction” – Open Top/Partial Containment

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Removable Obstructions

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– Roll Up – Louvered Down – Slide Down – Swing Down

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– Fuseable Links – uPVC Drop-Away Panels

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NFPA 75 Removable Obstructions

5 Part T art Tes est t

– Removed by Smoke Detection (Thermal Mechanical and Fusible Links not permitted) – Releasing devices are listed for the purpose – Remove all obstructions for entire suppression zone – Removal doesn’t impact egress (per NFPA 101) – Doesn’t lower intended level of protection

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Fuse Links

NFPA7 A75 Does Not Allo 5 Does Not Allow w

– FM Global Does Not Allow – Elsie – No Annual Replacement – Globe – Annual Replacement – Local Fire Marshal May Still OK Rec ecommended

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Not R Not Rec ecommended

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Factory Mutual Global

Los
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s Prevention Da ention Data Sheet 5- ta Sheet 5-32 32

– “Starting Point” – Each Site Gets Customized Solution – Field Engineer – Seems Like A Different Answer Every Time – FM4910 is 10X more expensive than twinwall polycarbonate

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