<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">HI Ray,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I\u2019d researched this when I lived in an area that was fire prone. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would recommend reading this info about the product and how it works and what it doesn\u2019t work for. </div><div class=""><a href="https://www.7thgenerationdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fire-WEEDS.pdf" class="">https://www.7thgenerationdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fire-WEEDS.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">jay</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 14, 2023, at 12:32 PM, Ray Walters via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">I decided to make this a 2nd thread, so as not to high jack the
original theme. <br class="">
</p><p class="">I have a question: it sounds like you are not spraying the roof,
because its metal? Isn't the plywood and rafters still vulnerable
underneath the metal, or no? I'm concerned with large hot embers.<br class="">
</p><p class="">Can you post a couple pics of your sprayer install? <br class="">
</p><p class="">2nd question: what are the field results of these systems in
actual fires?<br class="">
</p><p class="">Thanks,</p><p class="">Ray<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/14/2023 10:03 AM, Todd Cory via
RE-wrenches wrote:<br class="">
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<font size="5" face="georgia" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">I can help with this as Michael built something
similar to what I designed and installed in 2001: <br class="">
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I plumbed small irrigation sprayers every ~15' around the
perimeter of my buildings<span class=""> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">under the eaves</span>.
This wets down the perimeter of the structures, particularly
the combustion zone where the building meets the ground. Roof
mounted sprayers leave a vulnerable dry gap between the drip
edge and the building. Under eave sprayers wet this area and
the siding.<br class="">
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I have 40 of these sprayers which maxes out my well pump at 35
PSI/~15 gallons a minute creating a rainstorm of water around
the 8 buildings they are plumbed on. My GVFX-3648 is easily
capable of operating the well pump during a grid outage.<br class="">
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I also have window shutters and metal roofs.<br class="">
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I use this to activate the solenoid valve from my phone if I
am gone:<br class="">
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X6NBDFW" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X6NBDFW</a><br class="">
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It is controlled by this phone application:<br class="">
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initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;" class=""><a href="https://ewelink.cc/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://ewelink.cc/</a></span></span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ewelink.cc/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><br class="">
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It is perplexing why Cal Fire and others do not test and
recommend these kinds of systems. The best answer I have been
able to come up with is they fear people prepared like this
would have a tendency to "stay and defend" their homes rather
than evacuating.<br class="">
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Todd<br class="">
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On Monday, March 13, 2023 6:37pm, "Ray Walters via
RE-wrenches" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org"><re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org></a> said:<br class="">
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<div id="SafeStyles1678758405" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Michael;</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Can you share more about your sprinkler system
and the power supply for it? Over the years, at least two
of my customers have lost their homes (and PV arrays) in
wild fires. </div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Ray Walters<br class="">
Remote Solar</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px;">On 3/13/2023 2:34 PM, Michael Morningstar via
RE-wrenches wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" dir="ltr" class="">WebRelay.
I use one to turn off my WEEDS (Wind Enabled Ember Dousing
System) sprinkler system via a 12V solenoid</div>
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