Brad,
I'd like to ask about your comment:
"good sense to waive off sprinkler calcs as meaningless."
Can you help me understand what you're referring to here?
I thought the concern was valid. The FM appeared to be asking a
legitimate question, such as "what happens if the flow at 150% of rated
capacity draws my municipal main down below 20 psi?" The 2010 edition
of NFPA-20 addressed this in the sections I quoted Brian. I wasn't
there for those ROP/ROC meetings, but the new material was voted in
almost unanimously.
Reading that new language in NFPA-20, it also brought up a point I
hadn't considered - isn't there a requirement to test the fire pump to
that 150% capacity? I thought NFPA-25 called for that in the annual
flow testing in 8.3.3.1. If the municipal main can't supply the water
to meet that 150% figure I'd ask the same questions, I think. Perhaps a
different way than happened for Brian, but I'd ask.
Are you suggesting that such information is irrelevant?
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On 11/17/2010 11:29 AM, Brad Casterline wrote:
This FM's problem is
that he/she has the good sense to waive off sprinkler calcs as meaningless.
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