Yes, you must correct for elevation.
Paul J. Pinigis, P.E.
Chief Life Safety Engineer
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 5:52 PM
To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org
Subject: Flow test
I thought I understood this, but maybe not. When determining the
effective point for a hydrant flow test, I was told that it is at the
junction of the flowing and non-flowing water. (for the purposes of
this discussion, let's assume that we are talking about a single
main, fed from both
Of Paul Pinigis
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:16 PM
To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org
Subject: RE: Flow test effective point.
Yes, you must correct for elevation.
Paul J. Pinigis, P.E.
Chief Life Safety Engineer
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Subject: Flow test effective point.
I thought I understood this, but maybe not. When determining the
effective point for a hydrant flow test, I was told that it is at the
junction of the flowing and non-flowing water. (for the purposes of
this discussion, let's assume that we are talking about
The effective pressure is effective at whatever elevation you read it.
The adjustment you make is for the elevation change between the gauge
elevation and BOR (or wherever you reference your calculations) elevation.
Joe
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your program expect to see pressures 5' below grade?
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Subject: RE: Flow test effective point.
Yes, you must correct
