I did a job in a beach community a while back and the fire marshal insisted that the water test be conducted between 2 and 3 PM on the 4th of July. I won't repeat what the water company told him.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Jun 20, 2014, at 2:55 PM, "Steve Leyton" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It may well be a requirement, but back to my rhetorical question: who's > actually doing it? > > SL > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 11:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: to Pitot or not to Pitot? > > Oh, and BTW, taking those seasonal/local/whatever fluctuations into > account IS noted in NFPA 13 - so one could argue correctly that it is a > requirement of "code" (assuming your code references NFPA 13). > > Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire Protection > Engineer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9905 | mobile: 701.371.5759 | > http://www.kfiengineers.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Steve Leyton > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 12:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: to Pitot or not to Pitot? > > > How many people, when requesting or performing a flow test or flow > model, specify that the values be measured at peak > seasonal and peak day demands? How much fluctuation does a given water > system or zone experience in a day/week/month/year? How many of us > review those fluctuations and factor them into a flow test once it's > taken? > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud > service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler > .org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
