Patent ID: 7983869

Claim:
A flow testing apparatus for conducting a test event for detecting fluid characteristics in a network of fluid-carrying pipes, the apparatus comprising: a flow unit configured to interface with a flow hydrant and measure flow characteristics of a fluid flow from the flow hydrant, the flow unit including a pitot device which is configured to measure pitot pressure at the flow hydrant and effect a determination of the flow from the flow hydrant at a time of the test event; a pressure unit configured to interface with a test hydrant remote from the flow hydrant and configured to measure pressure characteristics of fluid at the test hydrant at the same time of the same test event; a transmitter in a first one of the units configured to wirelessly transmit data to a second one of the units at the same time of the same test event; a receiver in the second one of the units configured to receive the wirelessly transmitted data from the transmitter of the first unit at the same time of the same test event; and a data storage medium in the second unit configured to record data, the data including pressure data from the first unit at the same time of the same test event.