I have talked with people at three different meter manufacturers. Its very hard to get by low level tech support to people who have actually performed tests to destruction on meters. These people will all admit that the meters can survive for some time at flows much higher than their published...
Bimr, I have been modeling this scenario with my own company's (Elite Software) hydraulic fire protection software. I have full control of the pressure drop on the piping downstream of the meter and I can even pay a one time fee to upgrade the tap size and tap line. As long as I keep the meter...
bimr, even if using a thick wall type K copper service tube I only calculate a friction loss of 64.27 psi for 60 gpm flow through a 50' long copper tube.
On page 2 at this site http://badgermeter.com/getdoc/05fe8bcd-ef3d-4933-a8f6-0563937ec917/rd-t-34-pdf.aspx you can see that a 3/4" meter has...
Dicksewerrat, I was just told there is a 1" tap with a 1" pipe leading to the 3/4" meter. It was tapped like that in case of an upgrade to a 1" meter.
I have seen numerous web sites that list the typical maximum flow rate of a 3/4" meter between 26 and 35 gpm. However, those gpm values are...
I have a nominal 3/4" water meter connected 50' away from a 12" main with a 1" pipe from a 1" diameter tap into the 12" main. The static pressure at this meter location is 90 psi.
This is on a ranch outside of city limits. I have not done a hydrant flow test to see what gpm this meter can...
In looking over various wall tie devices used for connecting brick or stone to metal stud walls covered with sheathing, it seems to me that all these wall tie devices don't offer much resistance to a compression load. Many wall tie devices are just wire square loops that slide up and down in a...
