Kidde Fire Systems FM-200 ECS Series User Manual

5-890-FM200M-000 September 2004
FM-200
®
ECS Series Engineered Fire Suppression Systems
5-7.1 Single Cylinder System
1. Remove the supervisory pressure switch (where in-
stalled) by disconnecting the electrical connection at
the switch, then remove the wire lead protection or con-
duit. Unscrew the switch from the cylinder valve and
install the protection cap on the switch connection port.
2. Disconnect the swivel nut on the control head from the
cylinder valve actuation port Remove the control head
from the FM-200 cylinder.
3. Install a protection cap on the FM-200 cylinder valve
actuation port.
4. Remove the valve outlet adapter or loosen the swivel
nut and remove the flexible discharge hose from the
discharge outlet port adapter.
5. Immediately install a safety cap on the cylinder valve
outlet port.
6. Remove the cylinder strap. Remove the FM-200 cylin-
der from the bracket. Weight the cylinder using a plat-
form scale.
5-7.2 Multiple Cylinder System
WARNING
!
Remove all control heads from the
FM-200 cylinders.
1. Remove the supervisory pressure switches (where in-
stalled) by disconnecting the electrical connection at
the switch, then remove the wire lead protection or con-
duit. Unscrew the switch from the cylinder valve and
install the protection cap on the switch connection port.
2. Disconnect the swivel nut on the pressure operated
control heads from the cylinder valve actuation port.
Remove the control heads from all FM-200 cylinder
valves, leaving the flexible actuation hose or tubing at-
tached to the pressure operated control heads.
3. Immediately install a protection cap on all FM-200 cyl-
inder valve actuation ports.
4. Remove the tubing from the master cylinder adapter
on the master cylinder (if used).
WARNING
!
To prevent injury in the event of discharge, the
master cylinder adapter cap must be installed
on the adapter whenever tubing is not
connected to the master cylinder valve. Under
no circumstances is the protection cap to be
removed from its chain.
5. Immediately install the protection cap on the master
cylinder adapter port.
6. Loosen swivel nut and remove flexible discharge hose
from discharge outlet port.
WARNING
!
To prevent injury, all cylinders must have safety
caps installed immediately on the outlet ports
when discharge hoses or the valve outlet
adapter is disconnected.
7. Immediately install the safety cap on the cylinder valve
outlet port.
8. Remove the attaching hardware or cylinder straps.
Remove the FM-200 cylinder from the bracket. Weigh
the cylinders using a platform scale.
5-8 REINSTALLING AN FM-200 CYLINDER
Install an FM-200 cylinder as follows:
5-8.1 Single Cylinder System
1. Position the FM-200 cylinder in the designated loca-
tion. Secure it in place with a cylinder strap or wall
bracket and mounting hardware. Orient the cylinder with
the valve outlet angled toward the cylinder discharge
piping (refer to the installation drawings).
WARNING
!
Discharge hoses or valve outlet adapters must
be connected into system piping (union
connection) before attaching to cylinder valves.
2. Remove the safety cap from the cylinder valve
outlet port.
3. Immediately reconnect the valve outlet adapter or flex-
ible discharge hose to the cylinder outlet port.
4. Remove the protection cap from the FM-200 cylinder
actuation port.
WARNING
!
The control head must be in the SET position
(that is, the actuating pin must be in the fully
retracetd or SET position) before being attached
to the cylinder valve. Control heads not in the
SET position will cause discharge of FM-200
when installed on the cylinder valve.
5. Install the control head.
6. If required, install the supervisory pressure switch, as
instructed in Paragraph 4-3.21.

Kidde Fire Systems FM-200 ECS Series Specifications

General

Brand	Kidde Fire Systems
Model	FM-200 ECS Series
Category	Firefighting Equipment
Language	English