I did hundreds of these tests over thirty-one years in the southeast before I retired from FM Global.  Some good memories and interesting stories.  Once I had the opportunity, in the 1990s, to witness operation of an Underwriters steam pump still in use.  It was at an ancient coke plant (the coal product, not the beverage) on a bluff overlooking Birmingham.

I could go on and on, but one little thing I'll pass along here.  When you test the automatic start, don't do it from the pump room.  There is an orifice plate in the copper sensing line.  It looks like a union fitting. The purpose of it is to dampen out pressure fluctuations that could cause false starts.  If the 3/32 in. hole is plugged up by debris, etc. the pressure drops on the controller side when you open the valve at the controller, and the pump would start as it normally does.  But in event of fire pressure would not pass through the orifice plate to tell the controller to start.  Lesson: always do the automatic start by dropping pressure on the plant side of the orifice plate.

very nice execution of fire pump electric

That 3 times 32 psi is rated out put  of pipe pressure

Nice job sir

Very useful video thank you sir 🙏

Here is a lil tip for y,all. Make sure the pump room doors open out and not in. Also chock the doors fully open before starting any testing.

During the NFPA starts did you run them for the minimum time to ensure no carbon buildup?  What was that minimum time? 10 minutes? 30 minutes?  Good video, thanks.

Do you know the easiest way to repack a fire pump

What is the closed loop setup?  Pump discharge to pump suction?  Or supply tank back to supply tank?  Was the pitot tube test a demonstration?  Great good team work.  I don't think the 3 year pitot test is required if the supply tank loop is used, unless of course there is a question about pump degradation or instrument issue, e.g., bad data.  Correct?