RE: Water testing volumes

2012-04-23 Thread Bill Brooks
[mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of craig.pr...@ch2m.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:55 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Water testing volumes Have you asked the owner the purpose of the tank? Sounds like a secondary containment tank. Craig L. Prahl, CET

RE: Water testing volumes

2012-04-23 Thread Craig.Prahl
...@ch2m.com -Original Message- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of A.P.Silva Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 3:27 PM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Water testing volumes In an industrial building there

RE: Water testing volumes

2012-04-21 Thread bcasterline
I gave up on the flow meter bypass idea- the Health Department would throw a fit. I think JM Elect. has a great idea. The FD has water measuring/transport know-how and apparatus. On thier way to the flow test they could do Grass Fire training at the park, then re-fill the tank with an effic

RE: Water testing volumes

2012-04-20 Thread bcasterline
Todd, I wonder if there is any way the fire department could use thier pumper and hose to make a loop between two hydrants, and put a venturi flow meter in the curcuit? ___ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://firebal

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2012-04-20 Thread Bruce Verhei
Tony Are there hazardous materials in the building? Is this "secondary containment" per IFC/IBC? Bruce Sent from my Motorola ATRIX™ 4G on AT&T -Original message- From: Ron Greenman To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 21:06:59 GMT+00:00 Subj

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2012-04-20 Thread Ron Greenman
Tony, You just described open grate flooring. See NFPA 13/2010 8.5.5.3.1. Note that nothing is said about what's under the grated floor being relevant. Earlier versions have, if not exact, similar language. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:26 PM, A.P.Silva wrote: > > In an industrial building there i

RE: Water testing volumes

2012-04-20 Thread A.P.Silva
In an industrial building there is a concrete storage tank below gound level. It is about 19'x7' and 10 feet deep and covered with an open grated steel panel. Top of the steel panel is level with the adjacent ground floor level. Someone said it was to collect rain water but I need to get that con

Re: Water testing volumes

2012-04-19 Thread JM Electronic Engineering
The only option I can think of would be to use a hose monster type system and flow them into a large water truck so that the water could be used somewhere that needs non potable water. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 19, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Todd - FPDC wrote: > Has anyone come up with methods of do