Hint
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Answer
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Line 1
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Check the hose gasket
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Line 2
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Connect hose sections into test lengths of no more than 300 feet, ensuring connections are tight
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Line 3
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Connect an open test gate valve to the discharge valve, ensuring connections are tight
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Line 4
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Connect the test length to the test gate valve, ensuring connections are tight
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Line 5
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Tie a rope, hose rope tool, or hose strap to the test length of hose 10 - 15" from the test gate valve connection. Secure the other end of the rope to the discharge pipe or nearby anchor
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Line 6
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Attach a shutoff nozzle to the end of the test length
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Line 7
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Fill the hose line with water to a pump pressure of 50 psi or to hydrant pressure
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Line 8
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Open the nozzle as the hose line is filling. Discharge the water away from the test area. Close the nozzle after all air has been purged from the test length
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Line 9
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Make a chalk or pencil mark on the hose jackets against each coupling
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Line 10
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Check that no couplings are leaking, Any length found to be leaking should be taken out of service and repaired before testing
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Line 11
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Retighten any couplings that are leaking at the connections. If the leak cannot be stopped, depressurize, disconnect the couplings, replace the gasket, and start over at step 6
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Line 12
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Close each hose test gate valve 1
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Line 13
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Increase the pump pressure to the test pressure required by NFPA 1962
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Line 14
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Close each hose test gate valve 2
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Line 15
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Monitor the connections for leakage as the pressure increases
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Line 16
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Maintain the test pressure for 3 minutes
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Line 17
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Inspect all couplings to check for leakage at the point of attachment
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Line 18
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Slowly reduce the pump pressure. Close discharge valve. Disengage the pump
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Line 19
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Open the nozzle slowly to bleed off pressure in the test length. Break all hose connections and drain water from the test length
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Line 20
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Observe marks placed on the hose at the couplings. If a coupling has moved during the test, tag the hose section for recoupling, tag all hose that has leaked or failed in any other way
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Line 21
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Record the test results according to local SOPs
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