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Hit 400 hours on my backflow tester this year and the calibration shop in Columbus asked what I was doing right
I keep a log on every backflow assembly I test, mainly so I can prove my numbers if a water department ever pushes back on a failed report. Last week I added up the year and I was at 412 tests since January, which is about 90 more than I did in all of last year. The part that got me was my fail rate sitting at 6 percent while the city average they quoted me is closer to 15, and I honestly think it just comes down to me slowing down on the final hold instead of rushing the gauge reading. The guy at the calibration shop on Fulton said my tester was still dead on after 14 months, which almost never happens with the way most guys throw theirs in the truck bed. Two of the fails I caught were on reduced pressure zones at a restaurant on High Street where the relief valve was weeping just enough to lose the differential. Curious if you all log your tests the same way or if I am just making extra work for myself.
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nina_hall6d ago
Wait, you only test backflow assemblies and hit 400 in a year? I logged my pool and irrigation ones the same way and it saved me when the county tried to say my gauge was off, so yeah keep doing it.
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