Dave Gerr - Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook-How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats

Practical Bilge Piping Diameter As a general rule, ABS recommendations for bilge-system piping diameter work well; how- ever, ke ...

exceed my bilge-pump rule in total in addi- tion to the CFR-required bilge system and fire main. Our example boat Fluky Flooderi ...

LED lights to indicate which compartment has tripped the alarm. On the same indicator board, it’s also ideal to set up a run cou ...

craft of any type. When installing any fire main, I follow the requirements of the CFR for passenger vessels, with the exception ...

Chapter 18: Bilge Systems, Fire Mains, and Fire Extinguishers Fire Extinguishers Coast Guard–approved fire extinguishers are req ...

PART SIX: PLUMBING SYSTEMS WITH NOTES ON FIRE SUPPRESSION TABLE 18-6. ABYC A-4, MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED HANDHELD EXTINGUISHER ...

Chapter 18: Bilge Systems, Fire Mains, and Fire Extinguishers HALONREPLACEMENTS As noted, Halon has been banned to preserve the ...

So far, we’ve seen how to determine the required pump size for bilge systems and fire mains using ABS and CFR Commercial rules o ...

these pumps (such as the Edson 1^1 / 2 - in., 40 mm diaphragm pump) have pumped an en- tire shirt (left in the bilge) through th ...

POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT-PUMPMAXIMUMSUC- TIONLIFT The maximum theoretical lift (suc- tion head or lift) to the suction/inlet port f ...

TABLE 19-1 . PUMP TYPE SELECTION Condenser Engine Cooling Fr idge and Raw Fresh A ir- Bilge Gray Water Toilets Shower Water Syst ...

Understanding Head Up to now, we’ve been tossing around the term headrather loosely. With regard to pumps, head has a very speci ...

head for the pump in terms of simple lift. This is the static head, which is subdivided into discharge head and suction head. In ...

continue to increase.) Static head is found simply by measuring the appropriate vertical distances in feet or meters. In a syste ...

31 .8 mm pipe, its equivalent length is 954 mm, or 0.954 m. Add the total equivalent lengths of all pipe fittings to the lengths ...

PART SIX:PLUMBING SYSTEMS WITH NOTES ON FIRE SUPPRESSION Figure 19-8. Deck washdown plumbing TABLE 19-3.THE TOTAL EQUIVALENT LEN ...

Washdown garden hose on deck usually lies in serpentine loops; increase effective length by 50 percent. 30 ft. garden hose × 1. ...

Finding Required Pump Power The power to drive a pump is determined by the head and flow rate (in gpm or lpm) and the motor and ...

centrifugal pump driven by a^3 / 4 hp (560 watt) electric motor, with^3 / 4 - inch (19 mm) inlet and outlet and rated at 12 gpm ...

CHAPTER 20 In the days of square-rigged sail, drinking water was served from a wooden barrel, or butt, lashed on deck near a mid ...