We've got a problem child project where sand in the water supply clogs up the cooling jacket on the diesel, and sand blasts the rubbers in valves so they drip.
Small private water purveyor (the developer of the industrial park is the owner) supplies our diesel which then feeds the systems, all interior piping downstream of pump. Project located several miles from the ocean, a couple miles from the Bay. I can't imagine a strainer with perfs small enough to grab grains of sand and not have atrocious friction loss. I can't find cheesecloth to wrap around the strainer basket that's UL-Listed in a pump suction application. While I haven't encountered this before, it likely isn't the first time the problem has been encountered. Any one know a remedy other than a tank (with settling basin?) and higher pressure 2,500 GPM pump to make up for the loss of city residual pressure? George Church Rowe Sprinkler _______________________________________________ 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)
