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Tech Tuesday Description: This course will provide attendees with information specific to the hydraulic calculation of fire sprinkler systems. Depending on the type of system, water supply, AHJ, or insurance carrier the parameters, variables and equations can very, and understanding those situations is important even when using computers for the calculations. Understanding how to troubleshoot calculations, when to use the Hazen-Williams vs the Darcy-Weisbach formula, or something as simple making the right choice in materials to be installed is a crucial part of fire sprinkler design that cannot always be replicated using a computer programs.