I believe the piping from the tank to the pump is 3" in diameter (in this Pierce impel, waterous pump rated @ 1500Gpm) so that of course limits the total flow you can reach from the tank.
Rodrigo, eso lo hemos comentado muchas veces en el foro. Justamente la cañería de 3" estrangula el caudal. Es el mínimo que exige la NFPA 1901....dentro de todo esto, es lamentable que Joseph Crowshaw y muchos de sus compañeros no lo tengan claro. Una conexión de 4" TTP permite llegar a los 1.000 gpm. Puede pedirse así desde fábrica y los $$$ adicionales no son muchos.
Max flow from tank to pump will only be around 600+ gpm. For 1000 gpm on the 2" tip, you need to be hooked to a hydrant. This had nothing to do with Pierce or waterous, but everything to do with water available and plumbing size. Expect this same result from almost every pumper off tank water. That is why they sell stack tips with the 500gpm 1 3/8" tip. Get a water supply and start breaking tips off, but not before.
-- this was a test we wanted to do with the deck gun -- Our SoG is 500GPM using the 1-3/8 tip (standard pretty much country wide). We wanted to see if we could pump 1000GPM from our tank using the 2inch tip. Well, you cannot... the pipe connecting the water tank to the pump is too small in diameter for the atmospheric pressure to "push" he water thru. as you may know, you can pump 1000GPM thru the deck gun if you are connected to a hydrant.
Best place to learn from mistakes.
I believe the piping from the tank to the pump is 3" in diameter (in this Pierce impel, waterous pump rated @ 1500Gpm) so that of course limits the total flow you can reach from the tank.
Rodrigo, eso lo hemos comentado muchas veces en el foro. Justamente la cañería de 3" estrangula el caudal. Es el mínimo que exige la NFPA 1901....dentro de todo esto, es lamentable que Joseph Crowshaw y muchos de sus compañeros no lo tengan claro.
Una conexión de 4" TTP permite llegar a los 1.000 gpm. Puede pedirse así desde fábrica y los $$$ adicionales no son muchos.
Max flow from tank to pump will only be around 600+ gpm. For 1000 gpm on the 2" tip, you need to be hooked to a hydrant. This had nothing to do with Pierce or waterous, but everything to do with water available and plumbing size. Expect this same result from almost every pumper off tank water. That is why they sell stack tips with the 500gpm 1 3/8" tip. Get a water supply and start breaking tips off, but not before.
These are bread and butter drills. Missing a step is part of it sometimes, retrace and correct is the lesson of many drills.
-- this was a test we wanted to do with the deck gun -- Our SoG is 500GPM using the 1-3/8 tip (standard pretty much country wide). We wanted to see if we could pump 1000GPM from our tank using the 2inch tip. Well, you cannot... the pipe connecting the water tank to the pump is too small in diameter for the atmospheric pressure to "push" he water thru. as you may know, you can pump 1000GPM thru the deck gun if you are connected to a hydrant.
Should have trained at Texas A&M firefighting school!
... maybe, but training is to learn from the mistakes and discover capabilities, have a good one...!!!