Section 170 IAC 6-3-5 - Station instruments and gaugesAuthority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-34
Sec. 5.
Station Instruments and Gauges.
(a) Each utility shall install both indicating and recording thermometers for obtaining the temperature of the water in flow and return mains and also for obtaining the outside temperature. The thermometers for obtaining the temperature of flow and return water shall be installed so as not to be affected by any local temperature changes other than that of the flow and return water.
The thermometer for obtaining the outside temperature of the atmosphere shall be placed at least one foot from the building in a standard approved case and protected from local conditions tending to give an incorrect indication of the temperature.
(b) Each utility shall install such indicating and recording pressure gauges as may be necessary to obtain the pressure of flow and return water in the mains.(c) Each utility should install a suitable standard meter in the flow water main which will both indicate and record the amount of water being supplied to the system.(d) Each utility should install a suitable wind velocity indicator or anemometer. It shall be so located as to indicate the wind velocity in the district served by the utility. Anemometers not of the recording type shall have a record taken of their indications at intervals of one hour. The average velocity of the wind during a period of one minute shall be the velocity recorded.Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; No. 17689: Standards of Service For Central Station Hot Water Heating Utilities Sec 5; filed Jan 2, 1946, 10:00 am: Rules and Regs. 1947, p. 1654; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m.: 24 IR 4233; readopted filed Apr 24, 2007, 8:21 a.m.: 20070509-IR-170070147RFAReadopted filed Aug 2, 2013, 2:16 p.m.: 20130828-IR-170130227RFA