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Calculated Industries PlumbingCalc Pro User Manual

Manual is about: Calculated Industries Flow & Dimensional Math Calculator

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    P lumbing c alc ™ p ro flow & dimensional math calculator model 4094 user’s guide.

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    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...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 1 p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 ...

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    2 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro table of contents getting started ................................................................ 4 order of operations ............................................................... 4 key definitions ................................................................... 5 ...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 3 pipe material key ..................................................................18 pipe size key ........................................................................19 angle, offset, run and travel .............................................. 20 calculating pipe drop (...

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    4 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro getting started you may want to practice getting a feel for your calculator keys by reading through the key definitions and learning how to enter basic feet-inch-fractions and metric, how to store values in memory, etc., before proceeding to the examples. Order of operatio...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 5 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 –  keys used for enteri...

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    6 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 – used to enter fractions. Frac...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 7 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 nomina...

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    8 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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). - used to store values in memory registers 1-9....

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 9 (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  : (meter linear displays) metr 0.000 m (floating point) metr float m (repeats options) metr 0.000 m fifth press of  : (decimal degree dis...

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    10 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 square and cubic dimensions examples of how square and cubic dimensions are entered (press  after each entry): d...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 11 volume conversions enter 8.5 gallons and convert to liters. Keystrokes display 0. Gal 8.5 litr 32.176 weight/volume conversions convert 20 pounds to kilograms: keystroke display 0. 7 (pounds) 20 lb (kilograms) 9.071847 kg convert 5 cubic feet of water to pounds. Then convert th...

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    12 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro (ºc) 25.55556 ºc convert 11 °c to a °f temperature. Keystrokes display 0. (°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. Ent...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 13 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      7   52. Divide 20 feet 3 inches by 9: keystrokes display 2 feet 3 inch percentage...

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    14 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro take 20% from 286 feet 6 inches: keystrokes display 0. 229 feet 2 3/8 inch add a 10% waste allowance to 275 feet of pipe: keystrokes display 0. 7       302 feet 6 inch memory operation whenever the  key is pressed, the displayed value will be added to the memory. O...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 15 using m+ keystrokes display m+ 355. M m+ 255. M 7 (m-) m- 745. M ttl – 135. M avg – 45. M cnt 3. M ;  ; m+ – 135. Using memory storage keys (m1 - m9) in addition to the standard cumulative memory (as previously described), your calculator has nine independent storage regis...

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    16 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 sh...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 17 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 installatio...

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    18 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro using the plumbingcalc pro note: the plumbingcalc pro’s built-in right-angle functions, including offset, run, and travel, are designed to calculate centerline lengths only and do not account for take outs or welder’s gaps. Pipe material key the pipe material key lets you...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 19 (schedule 120) type 120 plastic (sdr 21) type sd21 plastic (sdr 26) type sd26 plastic (sdr 32.5) type sd32 plastic (sdr 41) type sd41 plastic you can also directly enter a pipe type, e.G., schedule 80, by entering a number corresponding to the pipe type. Keystrokes display 0. M...

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    20 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro (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’ 8”. Offset angle run...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 21 keystroke display 0. 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 5. Subtract 2 times the welder’s gap (2 x 3/32”): 26 1/4 inch ca...

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    22 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 0. 1. Enter the slope (drop): slp 0 - 1/8 inch 2. Calculate the total drop (offset): ofst 0 feet 3 - 1/8 inch calculating flow rate if you kno...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 23 keystrokes display 0. 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  (cubic feet per second) cfs 0.01114  (liters per second) l/s 0.315451 vel...

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    24 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro keystrokes display 0. M/s 0.271639 if you clear the calculator, you will only recall the last unit shown. Keystrokes display 0. M/s 0. If you know the velocity, you can convert to other dimensional units. Keystrokes display all cleared 1. Enter the velocity: fps 5. 2. Con...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 25 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 kpa per feet 0.001411 psi per feet 0.000205 using the values above, you can t...

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    26 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 1. Enter force ...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 27 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 0. 1. Enter the pipe size: ] 40 size 6 inch 2. Find the area: area 28.89026 sq inch 3. Multiply by the pipe length: 4.012536 cu feet 4...

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    28 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro 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 1....

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 29 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 sch...

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    30 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro meter linear display 0.000 decimal degree display 0.00° standard or constant fractional resolution standard mathematical operations order of operations method *depressing the reset button located above the [angle/slope] key will also perform a full reset. Appendix c – pre...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 31 – 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 – * standard (if units entered are the same — e.G.,...

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    32 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro note: to check the current fractional resolution, press [rcl] [/]. Either “std” (standard fractional resolution) or “cnst” (constant) will be displayed, along with the fractional resolution. 7) mathematical operation – * order (the calculator uses the order of operation m...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 33 (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 displays) area std. Area 0. Sq feet area 0. Sq inch area 0. Sq m (repeats options) std. Third ...

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    34 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro appendix d – constants for material surface roughness, we use the following: material pvc copper steel (low carbon) stainless steel (austenitic) brass aluminum cast iron 15.6 4.9 221 49.2 4.9 4.9 850 e (x 10 -6 ft) roughness factor for water properties: viscosity = 0.001 ...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 35 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...

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    36 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro batteries the plumbingcalc pro uses two lr-44 batteries. Replacing batteries should your calculator display become very dim or erratic, replace the batteries. Note: please use caution when disposing of your old battery, as it contains hazardous chemicals. Replacement batt...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 37 appendix g – formulas area formulas.

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    38 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro surface area/volume formulas.

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 39 warranty, repair and return information return guidelines 1. Please read the warranty in this user’s guide to determine if your calculated industries product remains under warranty before calling or returning any device for evaluation or repairs. 2. If your product won’t turn o...

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    40 — p lumbing c alc ™ p ro to obtain warranty service in the u.S., please go to the website. A repaired or replacement product assumes the remaining warranty of the original product or 90 days, whichever is longer. Non-warranty repair service – u.S.A. Non-warranty repair covers service beyond the w...

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    U ser ’ s g uide — 41 fcc class b 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...

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