Sprinkler system screwup

Had a good one today customer who recently just bought a shopping center and I just took service over on

. Previous owner had his air compressor for dry pipe system worked on did not realise the wrong motor was installed on it. Compressor was designed for 230 single phase and some one installed a 3 phase motor with out proper motor contactor and starter. So during storm power single phased and when compressor came on motor burned and main breaker tripped on service panel killing power to an old fire alarm which batteries were not changed and air leaked out of system and filled it with water overnight and started leaking in cieling where air leak was and since batteries were never changed no trouble signals ever got out

What a mess. new sprinkler contractor has ordered proper parts and hopefully everthing will be back to normal in couple days and the newly installed system will now be monitored.

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Nick Markowitz Jr.
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