Calculated Industries PlumbingCalc Pro, User Manual

Page 1: ...PLUMBingCalc Pro Flow Dimensional Math Calculator Model 4094 USER S Guide...

Page 2: ...o generous with their time and expertise United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada David Kendrick Secretary Business Ma...

Page 3: ...ternal area and weight per foot Get all these calculations and more on the jobsite or in the office Built in data and Pipe Sizing for 7 different Pipe Materials Calculate Volumetric Flow Rate Calculat...

Page 4: ...Conversions 10 Linear Conversions 10 Volume Conversions 11 Weight to Volume Conversions 11 Temperature Conversions 11 Flow Rate Conversions 12 Basic Math Operations 12 Adding and Subtracting Strings...

Page 5: ...ipe 27 Force 28 APPENDIX A 28 Pipe Materials 29 Pipe Types For Each Material 29 APPENDIX B 29 Default Settings 29 APPENDIX C 30 Preference Settings 30 How To Set Preferences 32 APPENDIX D 34 Constants...

Page 6: ...ses the Order of Operation Method Chaining Method as entered 10 4 x 5 70 Order of Operations 10 4 x 5 30 The Order of Operations method of computing is based on the following order of precedence 1 Exp...

Page 7: ...ween units or with other keys to access special functions Store Used for storing values Recall Used with other keys to recall stored values and settings Memory Clear M R C Clears Memory without changi...

Page 8: ...mat Identifies Converts to gallons per minute gpm Identifies Converts to liters per second l s Identifies Converts to cubic feet per minute cfm Identifies Converts to cubic feet per second cfs Identif...

Page 9: ...ert between feet per second feet per minute and meters per second Enter value for Force Area calculations Calculate Pressure Loss Convert between units of pressure Calculate Force and convert between...

Page 10: ...ferences menu Continue pressing to toggle through different Preferences Press or keys to toggle between options of the different Preferences Press to exit Preferences Your calculator will keep Prefere...

Page 11: ...DEG 0 00 Sixth press of Fractional mode FRAC Std FRAC COnSt repeats options FRAC Std Seventh press of Mathematical Operation MATH OrdEr MATH CHA1n repeats options MATH OrdEr entering dimensions Linear...

Page 12: ...are and cubic dimensions are entered press after each entry DIMENSIONS KEYSTROKES 14 square inches 11 square feet 3 3 square meters 3 cubic feet entering conversions Linear Conversions Convert 10 feet...

Page 13: ...TROKE DISPLAY 0 20 7 Pounds 20 LB Kilograms 9 071847 kG Convert 5 cubic feet of water to pounds Then convert the pounds to kilograms KEYSTROKE DISPLAY 0 5 5 CU FEET 7 Pounds 312 1398 LB Kilograms 141...

Page 14: ...minute or gallons per minute then convert to other units Enter 47 cfs then convert to other units KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0 cfs CFS 47 l s L S 1330 892 cfm CFM 2820 gpm GPM 21095 07 BASIC MATH OPERATIONS A...

Page 15: ...ches by 9 KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 2 FEET 3 INCH PERCENTAGE CALCULATIONS The keys can be used for finding a given percent of a number or for working add on discount or division percentage calculations It ca...

Page 16: ...d the displayed value will be added to the Memory Other memory functions FUNCTION KEYSTROKES Add to Memory Subtract from Memory Recall total in Memory Display Clear Memory Clear Memory Memory is semi...

Page 17: ...can be used to permanently store single noncumulative values The following example shows the use of M1 To use M2 M9 replace the presses of the key with presses of the corresponding number key You can...

Page 18: ...formed Paperless Tape Function Normal Mathematics 1 Enter a string of numbers KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0 4 FEET 0 INCH 9 FEET 0 INCH 6 15 FEET 0 INCH 7 22 FEET 0 INCH 2 Access the Tape function TTL 22 FEET...

Page 19: ...mes in 10 lengths at 3 21 per 10 pipe KEYSTROKES DISPLAY Store the unit cost of the pipes needed 0 COST Per 3 21 Enter the number required 12 Calculate total cost Cost TTL 38 52 You can then quickly c...

Page 20: ...s as shown KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0 Plastic MATL PLASTIC Copper MATL COPPER Steel MATL STEEL Stainless Steel MATL S STEEL Brass MATL BRASS Aluminum MATL AL Cast Iron MATL CAST The last material setting di...

Page 21: ...Pipe Size key There is a list of valid pipe sizes for each Pipe Material in the Appendix When you have chosen a Pipe Material and Type and then enter Pipe Size the following data will be displayed Fo...

Page 22: ...of 45 6 with an Offset of 23 8 OFFSET ANGLE RUN TRAVEL KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0 1 Enter the Offset OFST 23 FEET 8 INCH 2 Enter the Run RUN 45 FEET 6 INCH 3 Find the Travel TRAV 51 FEET 3 7 16 INCH Find t...

Page 23: ...rline Travel 2 3 3 4 26 7 16 INCH 5 Subtract 2 times the welder s gap 2 x 3 32 2 3 32 26 1 4 INCH Calculating Pipe Drop Offset Find the slope of a Pipe Run if it drops 6 Inches over 50 Feet What is it...

Page 24: ...e the Velocity is 5 feet per second and the Area is 1 8 square inches KEYSTROKES DISPLAY ALL CLEArEd 1 Enter the Velocity FPS 5 2 Enter the Area AREA 1 8 SQ INCH Calculate Flow Rate default is Gallons...

Page 25: ...n different units of Velocity If you know the Flow and Area you can calculate Velocity and then convert to other Velocity units The default is feet per second FPS For this example we know that the Flo...

Page 26: ...eet per Second FPS 5 Feet per Minute FPM 300 Meters per Second M S 1 524 Pressure Loss If you know Flow Velocity Pipe Size and Length you can calculate Pressure Loss If no Run Length is entered Pressu...

Page 27: ...05 Using the values above you can then add the Run Length to calculate the Pressure Loss over the length of the pipe KEYSTROKES DISPLAY RUN 50 FEET 0 INCH Calculate Pressure Loss PSI 0 010232 REY 6120...

Page 28: ...is 2 square inches KEYSTROKES DISPLAY ALL CLEARED 1 Enter Force and Area LBF 100 2 Enter the Area 2 AREA 2 SQ INCH 3 Calculate Pressure PSI 50 PSF 7200 inHG 101 801 HEAD 115 3329 BAR 3 447379 KPA 344...

Page 29: ...3 Multiply by the Pipe length 20 4 012536 CU FEET 4 Find the Pipe capacity 8 GAL 30 01586 Weight of Filled Pipe Find the weight of a 10 length of 3 inch Type 40 plastic pipe filled with water KEYSTRO...

Page 30: ...CLEARED 1 Enter Pressure and Area PSI 100 2 Enter Area 2 AREA 2 SQ INCH 3 Calculate Force convert between units LBF 200 NEWT 889 6443 appendix A Pipe Material Pipe Type And Data Tables After selecting...

Page 31: ...Type M Type DWV Medical Type L Medical Type K ACR Annealed ACR Drawn Steel Brass Aluminum Cast Iron Schedules Std 40 60 XS 80 100 120 140 160 XSS 10 20 30 appendix B Default Settings After a Clear Al...

Page 32: ...and press your calculator will return to the following settings in addition to those listed on the previous page Depressing the Reset button located above the will also perform a Full Reset Asterisks...

Page 33: ...ubic Feet Cubic Feet vol answers always displayed in Cubic Feet regardless of unit entry e g Inches x Inches x Inches Cubic Feet Cubic Meters vol answers always displayed in Cubic Meters regardless of...

Page 34: ...you reach the desired setting Within each category press the or keys to toggle between individual selections Press to exit and set your Preference Note Press to advance and press to back up Pressing t...

Page 35: ...s Std Third press of Volume displays VOL Std VOL 0 CU FEET VOL 0 CU M repeats options VOL Std Fourth press of Meter Linear displays METR 0 000 M floating point METR FLOAt M repeats options METR 0 000...

Page 36: ...if Reynolds Number 3 000 and Boundary Layer Thickness Pipe Roughness 3 Prandtl equation method if Reynolds Number 100 000 and Pipe Roughness Boundary Layer Thickness 4 Karman Equation method all othe...

Page 37: ...error condition you must hit the button once At this point you must determine what caused the error and re key the problem ERROR CODES DISPLAY ERROR TYPE OFLO Overflow too large MATH Error Divide by...

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Page 39: ...User s Guide 37 appendix G Formulas AREA FORMULAS...

Page 40: ...38 PlumbingCalc Pro SURFACE AREA VOLUME FORMULAS...

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Page 44: ...Designed in the United States of America Printed in China 4 09 UG4094E A...