Fire Alarm Valve

Shield - Alarm Valve
Model
:SD- A
TECHNICAL DATA:
Nominal Size
: 200, 150, 100, & 80NB
RATED WORKING
PRESSURE
: 12.3 Kg./Sq.Cm. (175 PSI)
THREADED OPENING
: BSPT (NPT - Optional)
MOUNTING
: Vertical mounting
FRICTIONAL LOSS
IN TERMS OF
EQUIVALENT LENGTH
: 200NB - 13.00 Mtrs (42.6 ft)

150NB - 7.50 Mtrs (24.6 ft)
100NB - 6.46 Mtrs (21.2 ft)
OF PIPE (C-120)
80NB - 3.65 Mtrs (12.0 ft)
APPROXIMATE
NET WEIGHT
WITH OUT TRIM
: 200NB - 84 Kg.
150NB - 59 Kg.
100NB - 38 Kg.
80NB - 28 Kg.
: Fire red epoxy painted
: UL listed
: Size of valve
flange connection and
trim details
: NFPA 13 and NFPA 25
FINISH
APPROVAL
ORDERING
INFORMATION
REFERENCE
Alarm Valve is a double seated clapper check valve with

grooved seat design, which ensures positive waterflow for
alarm operation and is designed for installation in wet
pipe sprinkler system. External bypass prevents false
alarm under all supply pressure condition. Retarding
chamber under variable pressure condition prevent false
alarm, thus the design allows for installation under
both variable and constant supply pressure condition.
By the operation of one or more automatic fire sprinklers,
the water flows into the sprinkler system and the alarm
valve opens, allowing continuous flow of water into the
system and transmittal of an alarm, both electrical and
mechanical.
alarm valve, which allows water pressure surge to

pass without lifting the valve clapper off it's seat,
there by causing excessive high pressure surge
entrapped in the system side due to presence of a
check valve, which generally prevents false alarm.
Sudden high pressure surge, as might be encountered
by the start-up of a large fire pump may lead the
valveclapper to lift momentarily, allowing water to
flow through the valve seat grooves to the retarding
chamber. The water in the alarm line is automatically
drained out, which helps to prevent false alarm due
to successive transientsurge in supply pressure.
Restriction assembly located beneath the retarding
chamber consists of an inlet and drain restriction
orifice, which are established by considering the
volume of the retarding chamber to meet the listing
and approval requirement with regard to time-to
alarm. These requirements represent a balancing of
the need to reduce the possible false alarm due to a
transient surge in supply pressure and to achieve
desired minimum time-to-alarm following a sprinkler
operation. In constant pressure installation, the
retarding chamberis not required and the water
passing through the groove in the alarm valve seat
flow directly through restriction drain assembly to
activate the mechanical and electrical alarm.
OPERATION
The fire protection system initially when being pressurised, will allow water to flow into the system until the
water supply and system pressure is equalised and the
clapper closes the waterway. Once the pressure is
stabilised, the fire protection system is ready to be placed
in service and then the alarm control valve must be
opened. Under normal condition, the water pressure
gauge connected to the system side of the alarm valve
would show a higher or equal pressure reading than the
water pressure gauge connected to the supply side of the
valve. This occur because the 20 NB bypass line
connecting downstream and upstream side of the
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Shield/2005 Shield reserves the right to change the contents without notice.
FACTORY HYDROSTATIC : 25Kg./sq.cm. (350 psi)

TEST PRESSURE
Shield - Alarm Valve
INSTALLATION
FALSE ALARM
1. Shield Sprinkler alarm valve, Model SD-A must be

installed vertically.
2. The alarm valve must be installed in a readily visible and
accessible location and provision to be made in such a
way that alarm line drain is visibly clear.
3. Where water pressure fluctuates the variable pressure trim
with retarding chamber must be used. Under non-fluctuating water pressure condition, the constant pressure trim,
which does not include retarding chamber may be used.
4. The valve must be installed with trim in accordance with
the trim data. Failure to follow the appropriate trim connection guidelines may prevent the device from functioning properly as well as void listing, approval and the manufacturer's warranty.
5. Care must be exercised while installing the check valve in
the trim to ascertain that they are located with the arrow
mark on the check valve body and pointed in proper
direction.
6. The contraction and expansion associated with an excessive volume of trapped air could cause the waterway clapper to cycle open and shut. This may result to false alarm
or an intermittent alarm. To avoid these, it is recommended to have breather valve in the system piping network
and a vent valveat the extreme end of the system to bleedoff the air.
7. The ball valve provided on the alarm line must be kept
open and strapped in set position of the alarm valve.
8. Pipe connecting the retarding chamber and sprinkler
alarm bell must be supported properly to avoid loading on
the retarding chamber.
9. All the newly installed system pipes must be flushed properly before alarm valve is put into service.
1. Inspect the valve rubber clapper face. If worn or damaged,

replace it. Be certain that dirt, stone or any other foreign
object have not accumulated under the clapper face and
lodged in the groove or holes. Clean the clapper face
thoroughly. If the seat ring surface is nicked or scored, it
might be possible to repair the same using lapping
compound. If not, replace the complete valve or return it to
the manufacturer's works for repair.
2. If sprinkler alarm bell is not functioning or the impeller is
jammed, please follow the maintenance guideline provided
in the catalogue for sprinkler alarm bell.
3. If pressure alarm switch gives a steady signal, but sprinkler
alarm generates an intermittent alarm, check sprinkler alarm
bell shaft. If both the sprinkler alarm bell and pressure alarm
switch are generating intermittent alarm then check for the
possible air which is trapped within the sprinkler system.
Trapped air is to be bleed-off. The intermittent alarm may
also cause due to sudden pressure drop and increase in the
system. These problems can be corrected by maintaining a
steady supply.
NOTE
The listing of UL, approvals & manufacturer's warranty are valid
only when the alarm valve is installed with Shield Trim set and
installed as per trim installation guidelines.
INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
Shield/2005 Shield reserves the right to change the contents without notice.
A qualified and trained person must commission the system.

After few initial successful test an authorised person must be
trained to perform inspection and testing of the system.
It is recommended to carry out physical inspection of the system at least twice a week. The inspection should verify that all
the control valves are in proper position as per the requirement of the system and no damage has taken place to any
component.
It is recommended that the alarm valve and its accessories
should be examined and performed for following at least quarterly or as demanded by local authorities to ensure reliable
and trouble free operation and service.
1. Inspection and testing is to be carried out only by an authorised person. DO NOT TURN OFF the water supply valve
to undertake repair work or to test the valve, without placing a roving fire patrol in the area covered by the system.
The patrol should continue until the system is back into
service. Also do inform the local security personnel and
alarm control station, so that a false alarm is not signalled.
2. Open the alarm test valve. Verify that the sprinkler alarm
bell and/or the pressure alarm switch/electric alarm properly actuate. Close the alarm test valve and verify that
water has ceased to flow from the alarm line drain.
3. Clean the 20 NB (3/4") strainer provided on the sprinkler
alarm bell line.
4. Clean the strainer of restriction assembly.
5. Inspect the 20 NB (3/4") check valve clapper located on the
bypass line.
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Shield - Alarm Valve

: 200, 150, 100, & 80NB

: 12.3 Kg./Sq.Cm. (175 PSI)

: BSPT (NPT - Optional)

: 200NB - 13.00 Mtrs (42.6 ft)

Alarm Valve is a double seated clapper check valve with

alarm valve, which allows water pressure surge to

Fire F ighting & Building Service Products

FACTORY HYDROSTATIC : 25Kg./sq.cm. (350 psi)

Shield - Alarm Valve

1. Shield Sprinkler alarm valve, Model SD-A must be

1. Inspect the valve rubber clapper face. If worn or damaged,

INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE

A qualified and trained person must commission the system.

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