Estimating system water volume
Estimating system water volume
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Are there any rules of thumb that would allow a consulting engineer to estimate the water volume in a preaction sprinkler system before the actual system layout is designed by the sprinkler contractor. I need an estimate to define the HP of the air compressor for the system
Thanks
Chaz12
Thanks
Chaz12





RE: Estimating system water volume
On a double interlocked system http://ww
I looked at a system I did; .30/2000 with a water supply of 70, 50 and 1200 and came up with 719 gallons over40,000 sq. ft. for 0.018 gallons per sq. ft..
A 10,000 sq. ft. system would have around 180 gallons based on the last system I did.
For you, me not knowing particulars, this information is all but useless but maybe it will give some sort of an idea.
Sorry I couldn't be more specific.
RE: Estimating system water volume
But the compressors I looked at on the Viking site show that any volume over 300 gallons gets into a horsepower larger than 1/2. So I am going to tell the electrical engineer to provide a voltage higher than 120.
Thanks again.
Chaz12