That's common practice around here Jeff........ One municipality allows you to read the gauge but not touch anything, most others either the fire or water department provides the data as requested.
Mind saying what the static is and was? Have you retried the calcs with the new flow data? Do they show changing out the lead-in could solve the problem? Garth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Hewitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: Re: Failed Bucket Test > Brian, > > Just curious... > > What were the circumstances that led you to use a test conducted by the Fire > Department? Are there conservation limitations imposed or something like > that? Why would you not have performed your own test? > > Jeff Hewitt, PE, SET, SFPE (Professional Member) > Corporate Engineer > Bi-State Fire Protection Corporation > 241 Hughes Lane > St. Charles, MO 63301 > 636-946-0011 > 636-946-5172 (FAX) > > This e-mail and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be protected by one > or more legal privileges. It is intended solely for the use of the > addressee identified above. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, > disclosure, copying or distribution of this e-mail is unauthorized. If you > received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately at the > above captioned address. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:51 PM > Subject: RE: Failed Bucket Test > > > > Chuck, > > Yeah that was one of the first things we did, we also had the local > > Utility > > Dept. go out and check and they found nothing. > > > > > > Brian Harris > > FDFP INC. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck > > Bowman > > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:42 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: Failed Bucket Test > > > > Brian, > > Has anyone checked to make sure all the valves are fully open, just a > > suggestion. > > Chuck > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > > Harris > > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:31 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Failed Bucket Test > > > > Fellow forum people: > > I have a situation where we have designed and installed a 13R system, it > > is > > completely finished and wham-o we fail the bucket test! Our system was > > designed based on the flow test provided by the city fire dept., turns out > > that a test taken now with the failed test shows a 25% drop in static & > > residual pressures, hence the failed test. Of course the owner is looking > > to > > us to pull a magic rabbit out of our #$% , err I mean hat, we have tried a > > few different things but with that big of a pressure loss there's really > > not > > much we can do. I don't feel it's our liability at this point since we > > went > > off the city's water flow test and per the calc's we were good, any > > thoughts? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > <http://www.firstdefensefire.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.0.178) Database version: > > 5.09560 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.0.178) Database version: > > 5.09560 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.0.178) > > Database version: 5.09560 > > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
