Patent ID: 8297370

Claim:
A fire control panel for a residential dwelling unit as defined in the 2002 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association Standards 13, 13D and 13R, the fire control panel comprising: a housing; a control valve disposed in the housing, the valve having an inlet and an outlet, the control valve including a closure member disposed in a normally closed position to prevent fluid flow through the control valve and in an actuated position by an actuator to permit fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet through the control valve; a main connection in communication with the inlet of the control valve, the main connection having an internal surface that defines a first flow passage along a first flow axis, the first flow passage defining a first inside diameter about the first flow axis of less than two inches; a system connection having an internal surface that defines a second flow passage along a second flow axis, the second flow passage having a second inside diameter about the second flow axis of less than two inches, the system connection being in communication with the outlet of the control valve so that when the control valve is actuated, the system connection is in communication with the main connection; a gas supply source that provides a pressurized gas at various pressures; a first sensor disposed in the housing and coupled to the system connection to provide a first indicator of a magnitude of pressure in the system connection; and an isolation valve that isolates communication from the system connection to the gas supply source when the isolation valve is in a closed state to provide a system pressurized gas and an isolated pressurized gas, wherein the gas supply source provides pressurized gas in response to a magnitude of pressure of the isolated pressurized gas.