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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:01:34 -0800
Reply-To: Gordon Miller <miller22**At_Symbol_Here**LLNL.GOV>
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From: Gordon Miller <miller22**At_Symbol_Here**LLNL.GOV>
Subject: More Safety Eyewash and Shower Question
How are people dealing with the tepid water requirement of ANSI Z358.1?
Looking on the Web, it looks like its not really being honored.
The temperature range for 'tepid" is defined in Section B6 of
Appendix B as being from 60 to 100 degrees F.
So some more questions:
* How do people who have tepid water units verify temperatures? By
feel? By measurement? If measurements are used, please describe the
procedure used.
* Let's say the shower is indoors. Does someone have an idea of how
long the tepid water lasts before the temperature drops to water main
or ground temperature?
* Let's say the shower is outdoors. Are there ways of avoiding water
temperature extremes without a tepid water unit? Pipe insulation?
More deeply buried supply lines?
* Finally, tepid water units are mechanical devices with potential
reliability issues of their own. Are they reliable? What sort of
inspection and maintenance procedures do people have for them?
"Inquiring minds want to know."
Gordon Miller
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P.O. Box 808 (L-379)
Livermore, California 94550
(925) 423-8036
Fax (925) 422-5176
miller22**At_Symbol_Here**llnl.gov
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