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Jonathan wrote:
On May 31, 12:37 am, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Wed, 30 May 2012 23:52:36 +0100, John Rumm

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18266064

**** the moaning *******s. This is good thing.
I'm fitting sprinklers in my gaff and it's not so much to save my
life, although that's important enough; it's so that I don't have to
stand at the side of the road watching my house burn to the ground
while the local volunteer fire brigade get their act together.
I don't mind clearing up some water damage - who gives a ****e about
that if the majority of the house is intact.

Our smoke detectors are very sensitive. Would sprinklers be triggered
by the same mechanism, resulting in a wet house whenever the toast is
burnt!

The sprinklers that I have seen close up - admittedly a few years ago -
rely on the fire melting a blockage in the water line. I don't think toast
would set those off. Relying on an electrical circuit in the case of fire
would not be reliable - using electricity to hold off the sprinkers could
result in soggy houses every time here was a power failure.

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