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Originally posted by BentNotTwisted
Fascinating stuff, thanks for all the answers DerBlitzkrieger.
Two questions:
First, I took a close up look at a sprinkler head once and it looked like there was a skinny red piece of plastic running vertically from the deflector up into the interior of the sprinkler. Was that one of the glass bulb type heads?
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yes, that is a glass bulb type sprinkler head.
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Second, can you dispell some of the myths those of us watching movies have gotten used to. You mentioned one at the start of the thread about only individual sprinkler heads going off instead of all of them at once. When I saw this happen in the movies I assumed Hollywood was accurate (silly me) and figured there was some sort of cascade effect going on where one open head would trigger all the others. Thanks for explaining that one. Any others you can think of would be appreciated. How about the actors making it look so easy to set off a sprinkler system. If I were in a situation where I wanted to set off a system (let's say the guys in the black suits are after me), how hard would it be?
Thanks,
Bent
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well, you really wouldnt want to set a sprinkler head off with you underneath of it. what comes out of the head isnt what you or i would call "water." its a black, smelly, staining, foul, and sickening fluid that was at one point in time potable water. this shit will stain your skin, ruin your clothes, and could make you very sick because of the metal sediements, and microbes present in it.
now, if you wanted to set off sprinkler heads, the only way to do it fast would be to simply take a crowbar, or something like that and just start knocking heads out. of course, whoevers following you can just follow the trail of open heads. there really is no way to open every head easily, or at once.