I am looking into hose bibs that are fed from the same main (there is a high and low service in that area).
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com On Jun 19, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Dwight Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a matter of where you want the test to be "effective". If you really > want to know what the public supply can provide, then thestatic and residual > readings need to be taken off of that main. In Phoenix I used to use the > upstream tap on the nearest backflow prevention assembly, but in Phoenix, > these were at the property line, above ground, because we did not worry about > freezing conditions. I have used hose bibs at properties, after ensuring > that there were not check valves between the bib and the water supply. > > Regards, > > Dwight > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Todd - Work <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:21 AM > Subject: Re: water test without hydrants > > > Wouldn't that be the equivalent of putting the pressure gauge on another > outlet of teh flow hydrant? > > Todd G Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > www.fpdc.com > > On Jun 19, 2013, at 8:08 AM, "Martinez, Dewayne" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Couldn't you just put the pressure gauge on the flange connection before >> the hose valve? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Todd - Work >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:28 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: water test without hydrants >> >> I have a client who tapped a new 6" line into an 8" public main which >> does not have any hydrants on it. Now we have to get a flow test. My >> thought is to put a flange on the 6" with a 2-1/2" hose valve, to which >> I connect my fire hose and Hose Monster. We would then need to find a >> nearby property tapped off that line and read pressures from that >> system. It seems to make sense, but am I missing something? >> >> Todd G Williams, PE >> Fire Protection Design/Consulting >> Stonington, CT >> www.fpdc.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler >> .org >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
