I always assumed because the fire department would be drafting that hose into a fire truck which had a pump, so effectively they don't "need" any pressure, just the water to be available without sucking the main dry?
Mike Morey, CFPS, SET Planner Scheduler/Designer BMWC Constructors, Inc. 1740 W. Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46222 O: 317.651.0596 | C: 317.586.8111 [email protected] | www.bmwc.com ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Brian Harris [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Hose Stream PSI Quick question- I may have too much time on my hands today but I guess I never really noticed that no additional PSI is added (required) for the additional gpm for outside hose stream, why is that? Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. Sprinkler Division bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> Phone: 704.896.9989 Fax: 704.896.1935 _______________________________________________ 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
