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- Page 1 USER’S GUidE LUMBing ™ Flow & Dimensional Math Calculator Model 4094...
- Page 2 Designing and building new calculators like the Pipe Trades Pro™ Advanced Pipe Trades Math Calculator and the PlumbingCalc™ Pro Flow & Dimensional Math Calculator could not have been done without the support of pipefitting and plumbing professionals. Calculated Industries gratefully acknowledges the many individuals and organizations who were so generous with their time and expertise.
- Page 3 ™ The PlumbingCalc Pro Flow & Dimensional Math Calculator has been specifically designed for today’s plumbing professionals. Calculate Volumetric Flow Rates, Pressure, Force and Area. Select Pipe Material and Type, then enter Pipe Size and instantly display O.D., I.D., wall thickness, internal area, and weight per foot.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
TablE of conTEnTS GETTING STARTED ..............4 Order of Operations ............... 4 KEy DEfINITIoNS ..............5 Basic Function Keys ............... 5 Dimensional Function Keys ............ 5 Plumbing Project Keys ............6 Miscellaneous Functions ............7 PREfERENcE SETTINGS ............8 ENTERING DImENSIoNS ............9 Linear Dimensions .............. - Page 5 Pipe Material Key ..............18 Pipe Size Key ................19 Angle, Offset, Run and Travel ..........20 Calculating Pipe Drop (Offset) ..........21 Calculating Flow Rate ............22 Velocity ................. 23 Pressure Loss ..............24 Pressure/Force ..............26 Area ..................26 Pipe Capacity ............... 27 Weight of Filled Pipe ............
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Page 6: Getting Started
Memory, etc., before proceeding to the examples. order of operations Unlike other Calculated Industries calculators, which use the Chaining Method of Operations, this calculator uses the Order of Operation Method. ● Chaining Method (“as entered”): 10 + 4 x 5 = 70 ●... -
Page 7: Key Definitions
kEy dEfiniTionS Basic function Keys On/Clear Key – Turns on power. Pressing once clears the last entry and the display. Pressing twice clears all non-permanent values. Off – Turns all power off. Clears all non- permanent memory. Arithmetic operation keys ... -
Page 8: Plumbing Project Keys
Inch – Enters or converts to inches. Entry can be whole or decimal numbers. Also used with for entering fractional inch values (e.g., ). Repeated presses during conversions toggle between fractional and decimal inches. Fraction Bar –... -
Page 9: Miscellaneous Functions
and Run or Slope. Enters, calculates or stores the Offset (Rise). Enters or calculates the Run. Enters or calculates the Travel (Diagonal). Used to calculate pipe length. Defines the pipe material used for various pipe sizes used in Pressure Loss calculations. Defines the nominal Pipe Size being used. -
Page 10: Preference Settings
Squares the value in the display. Percent function Cost function Paperless tape Preference settings Backspace Function – Used to delete entries one keystroke at a time (unlike the function, which deletes the entire entry). -
Page 11: Entering Dimensions
(repeats options) Std. Third press of (Volume displays) vol Std. vol 0. cu fEET vol 0. cu m (repeats options) vol Std. Fourth press of mETR 0.000 m (Meter Linear displays) (floating point) mETR floAt m ... -
Page 12: Square And Cubic Dimensions
Examples of how linear dimensions are entered (press after each entry): DImENSIoNS KEySTRoKES 5 feet 5 feet, 1 ½ inches 17.5 meters 7 1250 millimeters ... -
Page 13: Volume Conversions
volume conversions Enter 8.5 gallons and convert to liters. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy GAl 8.5 lITR 32.176 Weight/volume conversions Convert 20 pounds to kilograms: KEySTRoKE DISPlAy 7 (Pounds) 20 lB ... -
Page 14: Flow Rate Conversions
(ºC) 25.55556 ºc Convert 11 °C to a °F temperature. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy (°C) 11 ºc (ºF) 51.8 ºf flow Rate conversions You can enter a Flow value in cubic feet per second, liters per second, cubic feet per minute, or gallons per minute, then convert to other units. -
Page 15: Multiplying Dimensions
multiplying Dimensions Multiply 5 feet 3 inches by 11 feet 6-1/2 inches: KEySTRoKES DISPlAy 60.59375 SQ fEET Dividing Dimensions Divide 30 feet 4 inches by 7 inches: KEySTRoKES DISPlAy ... -
Page 16: Memory Operation
Take 20% from 286 Feet 6 inches: KEySTRoKES DISPlAy 229 fEET 2 3/8 INch Add a 10% waste allowance to 275 feet of pipe: KEySTRoKES DISPlAy ... -
Page 17: Using M
using m+ KEySTRoKES DISPlAy m+ 355. m+ 255. m- 745. (M-) 7 TTl – 135. AvG – 45. cNT 3. ; ; m+ –... -
Page 18: Paperless Tape
PaPERlESS TaPE The Paperless Tape allows you to display and review the last 30 entries of a calculation. accesses the tape mode and or scrolls forward or backward through the entries. Note: The Paperless Tape is cleared each time is pressed twice, the unit is shut off, or an All Clear (... -
Page 19: Calculate Costs
calcUlaTE coSTS The Cost function provides the total cost for material, based on a stored unit cost and an entered quantity of material. This is convenient for quickly calculating costs on a job that requires many of the same kind of items. Example: You are doing an installation that includes 120 feet of pipe that comes in 10’... -
Page 20: Using The Plumbercalc Pro
The Pipe Material key lets you choose a pipe material, which defines the available sizes and surface roughness used by the calculator. The default material for the PlumbingCalc Pro is Plastic, but you can choose from material types as shown. -
Page 21: Pipe Size Key
(Schedule 120) Type 120 PlASTIc (SDR 21) Type SD21 PlASTIc (SDR 26) Type SD26 PlASTIc (SDR 32.5) Type SD32 PlASTIc Type SD41 PlASTIc (SDR 41) You can also directly enter a Pipe Type, e.g., Schedule 80, by entering a number corresponding to the pipe type. -
Page 22: Angle, Offset, Run And Travel
(Weight per Foot) PIPE SIZE 2.019802 lB Per fEET (Filled Weight/Foot) fIll SIZE 4.883337 lB Per fEET (Internal Area) AREA SIZE 6.605199 SQ INch Angle, offset, Run and Travel Find the length (Travel) of a pipe over a Run of 45’ 6” with an Offset of 23’... -
Page 23: Calculating Pipe Drop (Offset)
KEySTRoKE DISPlAy 1. Enter Run: RuN 24 INch 2. Enter bend angle: /0 45.00° 3. Find the Travel: 33 15/16 INch 4. Subtract 2 times the elbow take out (2 x 3 ¾”) from the calculated centerline Travel: 26 7/16 INch ... -
Page 24: Calculating Flow Rate
If a Pipe Run requires 1/8” Drop (Slope) per foot for drainage, how much total drop is required for a 25’ Run? KEySTRoKES DISPlAy 1. Enter the Slope (Drop): SlP 0 - 1/8 INch 2. -
Page 25: Velocity
KEySTRoKES DISPlAy m3/S 0. If you know the Flow Rate, you can convert to other dimensional units. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy All clEARED (Gallons per Minute) GPm 5 (Cubic Feet per Minute) cfm 0.668403 ... -
Page 26: Pressure Loss
KEySTRoKES DISPlAy m/S 0.271639 If you clear the calculator, you will only recall the last unit shown. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy m/S 0. If you know the Velocity, you can convert to other dimensional units. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy All clEARED... - Page 27 3. Enter Flow Rate: GPm 4. Calculate Pressure Loss and toggle through units: PSI PER fEET 0.000205 REy 6120.09 PSf PER fEET 0.029469 inhG PER fEET 0.000417 hEAD PER fEET 0.000472 BAR PER fEET 0.000014 ...
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Page 28: Pressure/Force
KPA 3.9673 PSI 0.575408 Pressure/force If you know the Force and Area, you can calculate Pressure and convert the solution to different units of Pressure. For this example the Force is 100 lbf and the Area is 2 square inches. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy All clEARED... -
Page 29: Pipe Capacity
3. Find the Area: AREA 5.666667 SQ INch Pipe capacity How many gallons of water will a 20’ long 6” Type 40 Plastic pipe hold? KEySTRoKE DISPlAy 1. Enter the Pipe Size: ] 40 SIZE 6 INch 2. -
Page 30: Force
5. Find the weight of the filled 10’ length of pipe: 46.97352 lB force Given Pressure and Area, you can calculate Force and convert between newtons and pound-force. For this example the Pressure is 100 psi and the Area is 2 square inches. KEySTRoKES DISPlAy All clEARED... -
Page 31: Pipe Materials
PIPE mATERIAlS Plastic, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel, Brass, Aluminum and Cast Iron. The default is Plastic. The calculator will recall the last material used. After a Clear All or Factory Reset, the default is displayed first. PIPE TyPES foR EAch mATERIAl Stainless Steel Schedules: 40-S, 80-S, 160, 5-S, 10-S Plastic... -
Page 32: Appendix C
Full Reset. aPPEndix c – Preference Settings The PlumbingCalc Pro has Preference Settings that allow you to customize or set desired dimensional formats and calculations. If you replace your batteries or perform a Full Reset* (press , hold down ... - Page 33 – Square Inches (area answers always displayed in Square Inches — e.g., Feet x Feet = Square Inches) – Square meters (area answers always displayed in Square Meters — e.g., Feet x Feet = Square Meters) 3) Volume Display Format –...
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Page 34: How To Set Preferences
Chaining Method of Operations (as entered: 10 + 4 x 5 = 70) hoW To SET PREfERENcES The following sections detail Preference Setting options for the PlumbingCalc Pro calculator. Enter the Preference Mode by pressing (Prefs). Access each category by pressing the ... - Page 35 (Fractional Resolution) fRAc 0 1/16 INch fRAc 0 1/32 INch fRAc 0 1/64 INch fRAc 0 1/2 INch fRAc 0 1/4 INch fRAc 0 1/8 INch (repeats options) fRAc 0 1/16 INch Second press of AREA Std.
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Page 36: Constants
aPPEndix d – constants For material surface roughness, we use the following: Roughness Factor Material e (x 10 15.6 Copper Steel (low carbon) Stainless Steel (austenitic) 49.2 Brass Aluminum Cast Iron For water properties: Viscosity = 0.001 Pascal-seconds Density = 1000 kg/m³ Depending upon flow type and Reynolds Number value, we use one of the following methods for computing Pressure Loss: 1) Laminar Flow method (if Reynolds Number <... -
Page 37: Appendix F
aPPEndix f – Accuracy/Errors, Auto Shut-off, Batteries, Reset AccuRAcy/ERRoRS Accuracy/Display capacity — Your calculator has a twelve- digit display made up of eight digits (normal display) and four fractional digits. You may enter or calculate values up to 19,999,999.99. Each calculation is carried out internally to twelve digits. -
Page 38: Batteries
Note: Please use caution when disposing of your old battery, as it contains hazardous chemicals. Replacement batteries are available at most discount or electronics stores. You may also call Calculated Industries at 1-775-885-4900. Battery Replacement Instructions To replace the batteries, slide open the battery door (at top backside of unit) and replace with new batteries. -
Page 39: Area Formulas
aPPEndix G – formulas AREA foRmulAS ’ — 37 Uide... -
Page 40: Surface Area/Volume Formulas
SuRfAcE AREA/volumE foRmulAS 38 — P ™ P lUmbinG... -
Page 41: Warranty, Repair And Return Information
WARRANTy Warranty Repair Service – u.S.A. Calculated Industries (“CI”) warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of original consumer purchase in the u.S. If a defect exists... - Page 42 Non-warranty repair covers service beyond the warranty period, or service requested due to damage resulting from misuse or abuse. Contact Calculated Industries at the number listed above to obtain current product repair information and charges. Repairs are guaranteed for 90 days.
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Page 43: Legal Notes
This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class B calculating device, pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules. legal Notes Software copyrighted and licensed to Calculated Industries by Construction Master Technologies, LLC, 2009. User’s Guide copyrighted by Calculated Industries, Inc., 2009. - Page 44 Designed in the United States of America. Printed in China. 4/09 uG4094E-A...
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