Hi Community,
I added a few system monitors and then resized my main. It shows what the pressure requirements are, but now shows valve 00 as the worst case when it runs the mainline size. It used to tell me right then and there which valve was the worst without having to rerun the critical analysis. Also, the indicators all show a GPM flow of 35. Maybe that's the highest allowed due to my POC settings, but some of the indicators are at the end of lines that have maximum flows of less than 30 GPM. One location shows a negative 6 PSI but the valves beyond that indicator (which are less than 30 GPM (not 35) are just fine.
So, what's the weirdness and how should I use what appear to be false alarms?
Even worse, Now when I run the critical analysis, it identifies an indicator as the worst case. It should not use indicators in this calculation. Especially when we identified them as non-plot.
It would seem to me that the flow in the indicators should not be tied to the water source. They should be reading the flow in that piece of pipe.
This is most likely user error. Right?