Providence next year? Really? I could even make a guest appearance for part of that.
At 08:57 AM 10/21/2009, you wrote: >George, > >Somehow I failed to meet Ron. When I saw the post yesterday I couldn't >believe I had missed him but based on his comments I'll see him next year in >Providence. I understand that there may even be a "forum get together" like >we had a few years ago. Not sure why they stopped having them. > >Back on the subject, I learned something invaluable during the NFPA 20 >session. Based on the minimum submergence requirement in 7.2.2.2.1 (quoting >07 now) you need quite a bit of water left in the tank to accomplish this. >I have never done a Vertical Turbine in an underground tank but you >obviously have to oversize the tank to be sure that you compensate for this. > > >Once again, another jewel from the conference. Keeping from making mistakes >can be priceless as well. I would hate to have to pay for (or have my E&O >pay for) removal and replacement of a tank because I had missed this in 20. >Especially since this probably wouldn't be realized until the acceptance >test when the client was ready to move into their new facility. Ouch! > >Cliff Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut www.fpdc.com 860.535.2080 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
