All,
This may be a really stoooopid question, but I'll ask anyway...
During hydraulic calculations for sprinklers, we have to account for water flowing up the pipe (such as risers and riser nipples) by multiplying the elevation difference by 0.433. Easy enough.
But what if we are "losing"...
desnov74,
Don't know if you already received an answer to your questions by other means. I just saw this post today so sorry it's late. I looked through NFPA 72. It doesn't address overvoltage devices (generally points you to the NEC). In Article 760.32 of the NEC, I was directed to Parts...
pipesnpumps,
Thanks very much for the info/advice. I caught the 250 gpm hose stream "ooops" day before yesterday.
Big thanks for the checklist. It will definitely help out.
Shawn Lee
Oremus, I finished up the calcs last night. Here's what I did:
I did the hydraulic calcs for the 30 sprinklers in the vehicle bay (2,978 ft2) at 0.15 gpm.
The other 900+ ft2 came from 11 sprinklers in the light hazard area and was calculated at 0.10 gpm.
I balanced out all the flows and...
Gentlemen,
Pls forgive how late I am to this thread, but I am new to this forum and the issue you previously discussed is very similar to a dilemna I have. Here is my situation:
We are designing a fire station for Creech AFB, NV. We also have to follow requirements of UFC 3-600-01, which...
