Chillimau
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- Joined
- Mar 23, 2001
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- 210
- Location
- Prairie View, OK
- Tractor
- Yanmar 147, 1987 Model Made for USA (not a grey)
I need to install a 1200' to 1300' water line. I have calculated that I could get about 100gpm out of a 3" line with about 65 to 70 psi line pressure. Does this sound right? The meter is a 2" meter so it should get close on the flow. I can't remember what the feet per second was but seems like around 5 or 6. From what I have read it should be below 10 fps.
99% of the time this size of line would be overkill. Just thinking about a little fire protection from a pasture fire. A 3/4" frost proof hydrant will flow about 30 to 35 gpm according to the spec sheet. If we had three or four of these scattered around the house and barn, along with a lawn sprinkler system, maybe we could protect the buildings until help arrived?
On another note, I don't think I would need to worry about water hammer in the service line, the fps would probably be 1 to 2 or less, most of the time. Still would need to protect individual lines in the buildings with hammer arrestors. (statement is somewhat redundant because the hammer shock wave would travel backwards into the service line.)
Anyway, I'm not an engineer, but I'm trying to approach it from that perspective. I haven't found anything on fire protection but, 100 gpm is probably still not enough but probably all I could afford. Maybe just wasting my time thinking about it. I am going to run 2" at a min. I haven't priced the difference yet. That may decide for me.
Thanks
Gary
99% of the time this size of line would be overkill. Just thinking about a little fire protection from a pasture fire. A 3/4" frost proof hydrant will flow about 30 to 35 gpm according to the spec sheet. If we had three or four of these scattered around the house and barn, along with a lawn sprinkler system, maybe we could protect the buildings until help arrived?
On another note, I don't think I would need to worry about water hammer in the service line, the fps would probably be 1 to 2 or less, most of the time. Still would need to protect individual lines in the buildings with hammer arrestors. (statement is somewhat redundant because the hammer shock wave would travel backwards into the service line.)
Anyway, I'm not an engineer, but I'm trying to approach it from that perspective. I haven't found anything on fire protection but, 100 gpm is probably still not enough but probably all I could afford. Maybe just wasting my time thinking about it. I am going to run 2" at a min. I haven't priced the difference yet. That may decide for me.
Thanks
Gary