residential fire pump 1

[inspectortx2]

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.

 

[Sprinklerfitter]

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.

 

[cdafd]

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