Depends on your calendar. Julian? Gregorian? imperial Chinese? Sumerian? Remember Ken, the October Revolution happened in November.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Ken Holsopple (forum) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last couple posts (Mr Greenman, Thom and Mr. Fletcher) have hit on what > is driving me nuts about the whole thing. The code enforcement person, along > with the fire inspector, seem to view the calibration paperwork as some kind > of guarantee. Try explaining that one without a marker board...... > It makes me wonder about the accuracy of the atomic clock. For all I > know....today is tomorrow or yesterday. > > In speaking with the gauge rep this morning I also found out that they can > do a multiple point test relatively cheep, but can also match it with NIST > standards (whatever they may be), but that involves tearing the gauge apart > and it sounds expensive. > > I got a little more info this morning and it seems the inspector had a > situation on his hands where a contractor used a rigged gauge(s). In my > response I noted (again) that the only way to solve this for the AHJ to > bring his/her own gauge and check with the contractors gauge in a static > condition. I noted that calibration will not solve underhandedness. (Is that > a word? Spell check seems to think so) Also mentioned to him to have the > contractor drop the gauge to 0 at the end of a hydrostatic to eliminate the > possibility of the scotch tape trolls messing with the gauge. > > The fire inspector had just been to a seminar on fire pumps where > calibration was part of the subject matter. I AM glad he went to the fire > pump seminar (NFPA 20 07 edition I am guessing), but cautioned him to use > filters because it doesn't change the applicable edition he is to enforce. I > know the AFSA folks have been pretty clear on all there phone seminars. > > And YES I have learned quite a bit about calibration and gauges. > > Ready to go back to sticking my thumb in the hose stream and guessing. > > As for digital (tee-hee) I still get a kick out of seeing calcs with res > pressure that runs out to 3 decimal points. :) Round up? > > Ken > Flow Test Scientist - I ordered a nifty lab coat for pump tests. > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman at home.... _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
