Are flow meters for fire pump testing ever mandatory? Or are they only provided as a convenience to the owner so that fire pump testing does not have to discharge significant amounts of water to the outside?
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Mike
1/3/2019 12:55:51 pm
Start here and refer to the appendix. NFPA 20, 2016
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Franck Orset
1/7/2019 10:59:20 am
There is a huge difference between North America and Europe on that topic.
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Nimal Tissa Wijetunga
1/8/2019 11:59:28 am
Frank Orset,
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William Clayton Shores
1/7/2019 03:53:48 pm
I have always designed them into the by-pass for High Rise booster Fire Pumps.
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