Can we talk about that scene in The Office where Michael proposes to Holly, and sets off the sprinklers and everybody just shrugs it off and it is never spoken about? It’s a paper company. Everything would be ruined.
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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Basically every single time a sprinkler system goes off in movies and TV it’s wrong. They get it wrong so consistently that it’s a trope at this point, and would confuse people if they did it right at this point.
Each sprinkler head is triggered by heat individually, so smoke won’t make the place get flooded out, and holding your lighter up to the head will only make that one head go off. The systems would be so poorly designed to work like in the movies, with false-triggers and flooding areas nowhere near the fire.
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 months ago
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 months ago
I don’t know about residential sprinklers, but industrial ones will trigger a cascade of sprinklers to flood. The first one drops the pressure on the line, which activates the high volume pump, which will cause all sprinklers heads to open.
FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The water in those sprinklers is disgusting too! It’s been sitting, stagnant in that pipe for years. It won’t be clear water like from the tap and it will stink.