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residential fire pump 1

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inspectortx2

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Did an inspection on a condo building that burnt to the ground once from blockage in the main. It was rebuilt and resprinkled it has a residential fire pump is the pump required to have preformance test done annually? It is a 50gpm pump a pitot gauge wont even pic it up and what scale do you use to test it.
 
Could you test throught a fire hose and hose valve with an inline gauge and a 1-1/2 x 1/2" stream staightener? Throttle the hose valve until flowing required pressures.
 
How about call the manufacture

Sure this question has come up to them before

And they have to have a means to test it in the factory
 
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