THEY HAVE THEIR WAYS, DON'T THEY? I've only put them on discharge side when the loss would stop my suction from being adequate.
glc -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Kramer Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Backflows Several years ago had a water authority tell me he didn't care if it went city-side or system-side of the pump, but if it were system-side, all components upstream of it had to be appropriate for potable water. That meant the pipe, fittings, pump, valves, etc. We chose to put it city-side. Ed Kramer Littleton, CO > > Anyone now of any problems with installing a backflow preventer down > stream > of a fire pump? I've been under the impression that it is actually > better > down stream to eliminate the possibility of the pump ingesting pieces of > the > BFP should it break in any way. > > Russell Rewis > Brown Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. > 107C Hemlock Street > Valdosta, Georgia 31601 > 229-244-8130 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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)
