And they've taken their myth of sprinklers using more water so they could collect more fees (standby) and actually believe it to be the truth. Water guys are funny. I had one once that was sure there was a leak in an underground led for a standpipe that I'd had on hydro at 250 psi for a week without budging a pound, when you could see a leak on the system side of the detector (theirs) on the six inch detector check.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Bruce Verhei <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't claim it was possible, just they worry about it. > > I've had guys from Water convinced we hook up to the hydrant with hard > suction. > It took me awhile to disabuse them from this belief. > > > On Feb 18, 2016, at 16:44, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Not if its properly installed. > > Mark at Aero > > 602 820-7894 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of JSM Fire Pro > > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: Oversized fire pump > > > > Is that physically possible? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Verhei > > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 6:31 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Oversized fire pump > > > > Water guys always seem worried about sucking the gaskets in on bell slip > on ftgs. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
