BS 5258-13:1986
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Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for convector heaters
Hardcopy , PDF
13-11-2002
English
31-12-1986
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Classification of appliances
4. General requirements
5. General conditions of test
Section two. Safety requirements and associated
methods of test
6. General design and construction
7. Soundness
8. Heat input
9. Combustion
10 Ignition
11. Ignition system
12. Flame stability
13. Sooting
14. Flue system
15. Fire hazard and limiting temperatures
16. Cyclic operation test
17. Manual controls
18. Automatic controls
19. Electrical safety
20. User's instructions
21. Installation and servicing
Appendices
A. Calculation of flue draught
B. Recommended method for determination of soundness
of combustion system
C. Calculation of reference gas heat input
D. Apparatus and conditions for combustion tests on
type C1 appliances
E. Apparatus for combustion tests on type C2 appliances
Figures
1. Fan-powered type B appliances with draught diverter
2. Fan-powered type B appliances without draught
diverter or other type of flue break
3. Type B appliances with integral fan in the secondary
flue
4. Fan-powered type C1 appliances
5. Bubble leak indicator
6. Apparatus for measuring floor and wall temperatures
7. Test shelf
8. Diagram of taps
9. Test installations
10. Typical test apparatus for type C1 appliances
11. Apparatus for testing type C2 appliances
Requirements and associated test methods for flued natural draught and fan-powered heaters of input rating not exceeding 25 kW and burning 1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases.
| Committee |
GSE/36
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| DevelopmentNote |
REPLACES BS 1250:PART 1:1966, BS 1250 PART 4:1965 AND BS 2773:1965. Approved under the UK Consumer Protection Act 1987
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
38
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS 5482-1:1979 | Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in permanent dwellings |
| BS 5482-1:1994 | Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Specification for installations at permanent dwellings |
| BS 6230:1991 | Specification for installation of gas-fired forced convection air heaters for commercial and industrial space heating (2nd family gases) |
| BS 5871-1:1991 | Specification for installation of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Gas fires, convector heaters and fire/back boilers (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 476-4:1970 | Fire tests on building materials and structures Non-combustibility test for materials |
| BS 1179-6:1980 | Glossary of terms used in the gas industry Combustion and utilization including installation at consumers\' premises |
| BS 6047-1:1981 | Flame supervision devices for domestic, commercial and catering gas appliances Specification for heat sensitive type |
| BS 2871-1:1971 | Specification for copper and copper alloys. Tubes Copper tubes for water, gas and sanitation |
| BS 3554-1:1971 | Specification for gas governors Independent governors for inlet pressures up to 25 mbar |
| BS 5440-1:1978 | Installation of flues and ventilation for gas appliances of rated input not exceeding 60 kW (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases). Flues |
| BS 6332-4:1983 | Thermal performance of domestic gas appliances Specification for thermal performance of independent convector heaters |
| BS 5000-11(1973) : 1973 | SPECIFICATION FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINES OF PARTICULAR TYPES OR FOR PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS - PART 11: SMALL-POWER ELECTRIC MOTORS AND GENERATORS |
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