Can also get someone with a camera to follow the line from the fdc and see
where it ends up.




Thanks



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On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM Tim Easter <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know what feeds, what control valve would I close. I have 7 fdc
> and 6 risers. Thanks
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 8:59 AM Greg McGahan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Shut the systems down and drain them - open the fdc, either by removing a
>> plug, or removing the check valve,  and crack the control valves
>> individually until you get water. Once you get water from one, keep trying
>> the others in case it feeds more than one.
>>
>> If you cant do that, pump water into the fdc with the systems drain until
>> you get water coming out a main drain.
>>
>>
>> Greg McGahan
>>
>> Genesis Fire Services, LLC.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Tim Easter <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2025 7:19 AM
>> *To:* Discussion list on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [Sprinklerforum] Re: Fdc help
>>
>> Can't find any piping above ceiling. May have been abandoned, but can't
>> prove it. What's steps to find system fdc belongs to? Thks
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 7:31 AM Mike Watts <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Follow fdc piping or pump in fdc and see what system flows water. Add
>> sign once done.
>>
>>
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>> Mike Watts
>> Sprinkler Service Manager
>> Firetrol Protection Systems
>> 4616 W. Howard Lane, Suite 700
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>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Tim Easter <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2025 6:27:13 AM
>> *To:* [email protected] <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [Sprinklerforum] Fdc help
>>
>> We have a fdc on building. No sign. How do we test the fdc to determine
>> what it supplies? Looking for procedure. Thanks. ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
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>> We have a fdc on building. No sign. How do we test the fdc to determine
>> what it supplies? Looking for procedure. Thanks.
>>
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