- Author
- Factory Mutual Research Corporation
- Title
- Thermostats for Automatic Fire Detection. Approval Standard.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Report
- Class Number 3210, July 1978, 40 p.
- Keywords
- thermostats | fire detection | standards
- Abstract
- A thermostat is a spot type, automatic, heat actuated, electrical switching device used to detect accidental fires. A thermostat in service is usually ceiling mounted; it operates with other equipment as part of a signaling system.