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As part of a water shuttle operation for a fire at a barn just out of
town, you are pumping water from a nearby pond. You have
checked the end of hard suction hose, made connections, and
placed hose into source. Next you should:
Engaged the priming device
When preforming drafting operations, for a pump to operate at its
rated capacity ______ inches of water must be above a traditional
strainer.
24
Definition of lift:
Vertical distance from the source of water to the middle of the
intake
Q in the formula FL= C Q^2 L represents:
Flow rate
As hose diameter increases:
Friction loss decreases
What is the minimum required intake pressure of apparatus being
resupplied?
20 psi
Equation for determining elevation pressure loss or gain:
EP= 0.5 x H
Hand method provides estimate of: