Hello Jay, I use a "T" to a normally closed valve, Like a Fire Pump Test Header setup. IF I can not get the flow from the main drain, OR if the FDC is connected at the backflow pit, Use a grooved FDC head, Reverse the check and couple on a head with the swing clapper removed for the test.
Monday, October 4, 2010, 9:13:47 AM, you wrote: > Anyone familiar with NFPA 13 requirements to forward flow test the backflow > at system demand? Is this accomplished with a bypass arrangement? > Jay White > Estimator/Design Manager > Dynamic Fire Protection > 1807 Hwy. 25 South > Starkville, MS 39759 > Phone: 662-324-1550 > Fax: 662-324-1545 > Cell: 662-312-2426 > _______________________________________________ > 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) -- Best regards, Charles Thurston mailto:[email protected] Coastal Fire Protection/ Myrtle Beach Fire & Safety Group. AFAA Guest Electronic Privacy Notice: This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation _______________________________________________ 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)
