THE "GRINNELL" SPRINKLER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 7

THE "GRINNELL" SPRINKLER.

demonstration of ; tha , effectiveness' of th 6; Gtiniiell Automatic. Sprinklerand" ■Pird Alarm.'; .frM given on roof, of Mcssrs.-Kirkcnldip and Stains' : ferrb-cohoj'ete' building on'AVednesday imorhirig,: .of -: a • i-opresdntative-. gßthorinj'i.men., ;Tho' sy'stainjxph-',' :.(lists- tho!jretioiilation- of. a. buijding.'; : watsr-pipes>vthttt' travprso -the ■ cp.ilihp. '.dbttei! atVregular: intervals/with; sprinklers;. which' are brought into ;play by, a rise of temperature .'to, .155?..3figre'es.v/ : Tnip"'.pipes'-'are fed• 'with .water - from 'a huge'- lank,. as well as: the ordinary: .city supply, ;so that- if anything ;h&tpcned<to the latter (as was. the/ense on'a,notable occasion) •tho tank containing 15,000 saltans ; would always be.available. . At'ycstcrday a ,t'est a .bis fire woij lighted in the space beneath'the tank, oh the voof,.''and •in less than a. minute, the. sprinkler "immediately abovo came.into'action, and.dbuscd the loapingilamej in a few seconds'. It was ovident that 310. nre, how.over : fierce, could livo Under : Eiich' an ■ insistent dowapour as the "Grinncll" ejects. '- Messrs. Tlios. Ballinger and Co.; Ltd,: who installed- the system,- state' that the' installation in Kirkbaldie's" is the largest in Neyt Zealand. : The building is divided into throa :&sctions, each with itis own 'alarm, which acta automatically on the bursting of one of the sprihklors. A rebate on insurance premiums io the eitent of 20 per cent, is allowed by New Zealand underwriters where'the, "Qrinnell" is installed, and each sprinkler may be regarded os a watchman who docs not' sraoko or go to sleep, or want double pay. -' ! - An .announcement regarding- .the . sprinkler will.be found in our advertising columns. ,