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(8) Devices sll be permitted to be installed in the suetion
supply piping or stored water supply and arranged to 2¢-
tate a signal ifthe pump suction pressure or water Tevel
falls below a predetermined miniatumn
(4) Suetion strater shall be permite be insalled in the
suetion piping where required by other sections of this
standard,
(5) Other devices specifically permitted or required by this
standard shall be permite.
414.10 Vortex Plate. For pump(s) taking suction fiom a
sored water supply, a vortex plate shall be installed atthe
tetrance tothe suction pipe, (So Figure A.6.3.1(2)]
44.15 Dischange Pipe and Fittings.
4.15.1 The discharge components shall consist of pipe,
Yale, and tings extending from the pump discharge Nange
to the sistem side ofthe discharge valve
4.15.2. The pressure rating ofthe discharge components shall
bbe adequate for the maximum toal discharge head withthe
amp operating at shutoff and rated speed but shall not be
fees than the rating ofthe fre protection sytem,
4.15.5" Steel pipe with anges, serewed joints, or mechanieal
‘grooved joint shall be used above ground,
4.154 All pump discharge pipe shall be hydrosttcaly tested
jn accordance with NFPA 13, Standard for the Dualetion of
‘Spsioms, and NEPA 24, Standard forthe Enstaltation of
‘vat Fie Servite Mates oud Their Appstenance,
4.15.5" The sizeof pump discharge pipe and
be less than that given in Section 4.2.
4.15.6" A listed check valve or bacon preventer shall be n=
stalled in the pump discharge assembly
4.15.7 A listed indicating gate or butterfly vale shall be ins
slled on the fie protection sytem side of the pump dis
‘charge check ave,
4.15.8 Where pumps are installed in series, buterty valve
sal nat be installed between pumps.
4.15.9 Low Suction Pressure Controls
4.15.1. Low suction throwing valves or variable speed suc=
‘ion limiting controls for pump drivers that are listed for Hire
pump service and that are suction pressure sensitive shall be
permitted where the authority having jurisdiction requires
positive presse to be maintained on the suction piping.
44.15.9.2 When a low suetion throwing valve is used, i shall
be insalled according to manufacturers recommendations in
the piping between tte pump and the diseharge check valve.
4.15.93" The size ofthe low suction throting vahe shall not
be less than that given for diecharge piping in Section 4.20,
4.15.10" Pressure Reulating Devies. No pressure regulating
tlevices shall he installed in the dicharge pipe except as per:
‘ited in this standard
4.16 Vaio Supervision
4.18.1 Supersised Open. Where provided, che suction vale,
discharge male, bypae valves, and folaion valves on the back
flow prevention device or asembly shall be supervised open
by one ofthe following methods
(1) Cental station, proprietary, or remote station signaling
1 Shall not
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(2) Local signaling service that will cause the sounding ofan
alle signal ata constantly attended point
(8) Locking valves open
() Sealing of vahes and approved weekly recorded inspec:
‘don where ves ate located within fenced enclosures un-
fer the control af the owner
4.16.2 Supervised Closed, The test outlet control valves shall
be supervied closed,
4.17 Protection of Piping Against Damage Due to Movement,
‘Aclearanee of not les than I in. (25 mm) shal be provid
around pipes that past through walls or oors,
4.18 Retief Valves for Centrifugal Pumps.
4.18.1¢ General,
4:18.11 Where a diesel engine fre pump is installed and
winere'a total of 121 percent ofthe net rated shutoff (churn)
pressure plus the maximum ste suction pressure, adjusted
for elevation, exceeds the pressure for which the system cam
ponents are rated a presse relief vale shall be installed,
4.18.1.2¢ Pressure relief valves shall be used only where pe
cifically permitted by this standard
4.18.1.5. Where an electric viable speed prestare limiting
control driver is installed, and the maximum total discharge
hhead adjusted for elevation with the pump operating at shut-
‘off and rate speed exceeds the pressure rating ofthe stem
‘components, a presse relief vale shall be installed.
4,182 Size. The relief yavesze shall be determined by one of
the methods specified in 4182.1 or 4.1822.
418.2.1* The velief valve shall be permited to be sized Iy-