> >Just curious, for a LH at 0.10/1,500 how did you get to 11,000 gallons?
Sloped ceiling and extra sprinklers due to configuration. Demand about 360 gpm >Craig L. Prahl, CET >Fire Protection Specialist >Mechanical Department >CH2MHILL >Lockwood Greene >1500 International Drive >PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 >Direct - 864.599.4102 >Fax - 864.599.8439 >[email protected] >http://www.ch2m.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams >Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:41 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: draft line from suction tank. > >I am working on a project with a small pump and a buried suction >tank. The design was based on sprinkler demand alone since there are >no hydrant connections on the system. Now the local AHJ has come >back and says he wants a draft line on the tank. The sprinkler >system will take approximately 11000 gallons in the 15000 gallon >tank. He claims he would only use it if the pump failed to start. >Being this is a rural department in an area with no public water >supply, I have a bit of a problem believing this. If I had to >include a hose demand from a draft line on a tank, would the >standard hose demand be practical? >The building is all LH and the hose demands would be 100 gpm. > >Todd G. Williams, PE >Fire Protection Design/Consulting >Stonington, Connecticut >www.fpdc.com >860.535.2080 >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
