Multi-Line Pump Chart & Maximum Flow Check
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You calculate the discharge pressure of four lines flowing at once, find the pressure the pump must make, check total flow against the pump's capacity at that pressure and chart the line pressures.
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Lessons in this course
- Smooth-Bore Nozzle Flow: GPM = 29.7 × d² × √NP Locked
- Fog Nozzle Flows & Pressures: Rated vs Actual, Reaction & Status Locked
- Friction Loss by Hose Size: FL = C × Q² × L with a Coefficient Lookup Locked
- Elevation Gain & Loss: 0.434 psi per Foot and the 5 psi per Floor Rule Locked
- Pump Discharge Pressure for Single & Wyed Lines Locked
- Siamese & Parallel Lines: Splitting the Flow to Cut Friction Loss Locked
- Standpipe Operations: Pumping into the FDC Locked
- Multi-Line Pump Chart & Maximum Flow Check Locked