Question of The Week 5/14/17

Questions of the week;

Introduction and requirements:

A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.

A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.

Winnings will be limited to no more than 6 times in a given year, the objective is to allow as many Members a chance to win as possible.
Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers will forfeit the weekly winnings.

So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.

First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.

The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file. Make sure your Address on File with Inachi is correct.

Courtesy of Nick Gromicko.

Winners of the Question of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.

Allow 2 weeks for delivery.

Unfortunately Paul is unavailable for this week. So you will have to deal with me.

Questions;

**1. ** The term “Ufer” grounding is named after a consultant working for the US Navy during World War II. T/F

**2. **** Which best describes the attribute of Plywood comparison to other lumber **

a. has good strength along the panel only

b. can be spilt in the plane of the panel

c. has greater impact resistance to blows than ordinary wood

d. cannot be bent more easily than ordinary wood of same thickness

3. ** What size discharge pipe is needed for a 21 gallon per minute pump capacity on an ejector pump?
**
4. Is it permissible for the ejector discharge pipe, as a fixture below the sewer, to enter the side of the horizontal drain pipe if it is sloped downward 1/4" per foot?

Question 2 needs to be phrased differently.

Here I go any way
1- True
2- A B C
(If it was phrased differently I would have said all the above…)
3 -2 inch
4-Yes

So does 3.

T
A
2"… but depends on pipe length and total lift
Y

Not the length …
No not really…He did good there…
Looking in my plumbing books…
MINIMUM FLOW REQUIREMENTS
2 feet per second =
21 GPM through 2” pipe
46 GPM through 3” pipe
78 GPM through 4” pipe

That is for a drain(?) not a pump… length of pipe and lift need to be considered for a pump. :lol:

T, C, 2in., Y

T
C
2-1/4
Yes

F,C, 2" Yes

True
C
2" pipe
Yes

Sorry folks, questions 2 and 4 have been re-worded.

F,D,2" No

True
d
2"
no

T
C
2-1/4
No

Close, but no cigar yet. :wink:

Do I get a second chance sense you revise the questions?

Yes, I will allow you to change your answer to question #2 and #4 only in your original answer in post #3. :wink:

T
b
2"
n

Sorry Sam. No cigar and last chance. :slight_smile: