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Master summary — 47 acceptance items

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# Item Where NFPA-20 § NBR 16704 § Doc artifact
1 Pump-room location and access Site 4.12 4.7 Site survey
2 Pump-room ambient ≥ 4 °C, ≤ 40 °C Site 4.13.1 4.8.1 Photo + thermometer reading
3 Drainage / sump Site 4.14 4.9 Site drawing
4 Lighting ≥ 100 lux Site 4.13.2 4.8.2 Lux-meter photo
5 Suction supply piping fully verified Site 4.16 4.11 Hydrostatic test cert
6 Suction strainer mesh 6 mm max Site 4.16.5 4.11.4 Spec sheet
7 Discharge piping size verified Site 4.17 4.12 As-built drawing
8 Pump curve inside 65/100/140 envelope FAT 6.2 6.2 Test certificate
9 Rated flow ± tolerance per HI 14.6 1U FAT 14.2.6 14.2.6 HI 14.6 cert
10 Shut-off head ≤ 140% of rated FAT 6.2.1.1 6.2.1 Test plot
11 Head at 150% flow ≥ 65% of rated FAT 6.2.1.2 6.2.1 Test plot
12 NPSHr at 150% flow documented FAT 6.2.1.3 6.2.2 Test plot
13 Bearing temperature rise < 40 K FAT 14.2.7 14.2.7 Thermocouple log
14 Vibration ≤ HI 9.6.4 limits FAT 14.2.8 14.2.8 Vibration cert
15 Hydrostatic test 1.5× rated, 3 min FAT 14.1.4 14.1.4 Hydrostatic cert
16 Casing nameplate per §4.30 FAT 4.30 4.27 Photo
17 Driver — electric motor service factor 1.15 FAT 9.5.1.1 9.4 Motor nameplate
18 Driver — diesel UL/FM listed FAT 11.2.2 11.2 UL/FM cert
19 Diesel — fuel for 8 h continuous FAT 11.4.2 11.4 Tank-volume calc
20 Diesel — battery 2 banks, 1 h cranking FAT 11.5.2 11.5 Battery spec
21 Coupling alignment ≤ 0.05 mm TIR FAT 6.4.1 6.4 Alignment cert
22 Controller — listed UL 218 / FM 1321 Field 10.1.2 10.2 Listing cert
23 Controller — automatic transfer switch Field 10.8 10.8 TS cert
24 Controller — phase-loss / phase-reversal Field 10.4.4 10.4 Function test
25 Controller — emergency-run mechanism Field 10.5.3 10.5 Function test
26 Pressure switch ranges / setpoints Field 10.5.2 10.5 Setpoint table
27 Jockey pump rated 1% of main Field 4.27.1 4.24 Jockey nameplate
28 Jockey pump cuts in / out at correct setpoints Field 4.27.5 4.24.4 Test log
29 Test header sized for 150% rated flow Field 4.20 4.16 Test header drawing
30 Casing relief valve sized Field 4.18 4.14 Relief sizing calc
31 Main relief valve (diesel) sized Field 11.6 11.6 Relief sizing calc
32 Field flow test 100% rated Field 14.2.6.1 14.2.6 Field test cert
33 Field flow test 150% rated Field 14.2.6.2 14.2.6 Field test cert
34 Field flow test churn (0% flow) Field 14.2.6.3 14.2.6 Field test cert
35 Acceptance witnessed by AHJ Field 14.2.1 14.1 AHJ sign-off
36 Manuals — installation, operation, maintenance (PT) Docs 14.4 14.4 O&M manual
37 As-built P&ID Docs 14.4.1 14.4 As-built
38 Spare-parts list Docs 14.4.5 14.4 Spares list
39 INMETRO-recognized lab references on certs Docs 14.5 Cert footers
40 Documentation language: Portuguese Docs 14.4 Manual language
41 Pump-set training of operator Field 14.5 14.6 Training log
42 Weekly churn-test schedule established Field 8.3.2 8.3 Maintenance plan
43 Annual flow-test schedule established Field 8.3.3 8.4 Maintenance plan
44 Anti-vibration mounting verified Field 6.5 6.5 Photo
45 Pump-room signage in Portuguese Field 4.10 Photo
46 Emergency stop function verified Field 10.5.4 10.5 Test log
47 Final acceptance certificate to building owner Field 14.6 14.7 Acceptance cert

Of these 47 items, 5 are Brazil-specific (no NFPA-20 equivalent): items 39, 40, 45, plus the AHJ-of-record being Corpo de Bombeiros (item 35), plus training delivered in Portuguese (item 41).

The other 42 are NFPA-20 originals that NBR 16704 either references directly or paraphrases.