Reaffirmed 2017

1. Scope

1.1 Lays down a code for acceptance testing of pumps, defining the terms and quantities that are used, establishing the methods of testing and the ways of measuring the quantities involved according to Class 6, so as to ascertain the performance of the pumps and to compare them with the manufacturer’s guarantee.

1.2 In general this code applies to any size of pumps tested with clean cold water and other liquids behaving as clean cold water such as defined in 8.

1.3 This code is not concerned with the structural details of the pumps nor with the mechanical properties of their components.

1.4 This test code specifies the standard methods of measurement and instruments to be used for the determination of rate of flow, inlet total head, outlet total head, pump total head speed of rotation and pump power input.