Ron Greenman wrote: >You some type of fixture similar to a fire pump test header downstream >of the backflow preventer that is of a size sufficient to flow the >design demand.
*Tanks Ron for good input. Fire bad. Karen, Depending on how your riser is configured.....you may be able to install one or more hose valves right off your riser piping. Certain parts of Maryland are big on this, but when we configured it this way....we never had an issue. We were fortunate enough to have outside exits where we could run our test hoses out to our hose monsters. This subject was another post not to long ago regarding this. You may want to search the archives for other ideas. I think it may have even been my post, but it was mentioned that 13 tells you have to provide for this, but the how to go about it gets left to the imagination. I recall asking the code official if a grooved tee with a cap would suffice. After all you could remove and hook a test apparatus up. Right? He didn't buy it, but the two hose valves downstream of the BFP he Ok'd. Depending on how much you got to flow this may not work. DOE....a deer? Hope this helps. Ken Holsopple Design Manager Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. _______________________________________________ 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)
