BS 6400:1997
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Specification for installation of domestic sized gas meters (2nd and 3rd family gases)
Hardcopy , PDF
30-11-2007
English
15-03-1997
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Foreword
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Exchange of information and time schedule
Section 2. Materials, components and a meter location
2.1 Materials and components
2.2 Meter location
2.3 Meter and associated controls
Section 3. Installation
3.1 Handling and fixing the meter
3.2 Warning notices
Section 4. Testing and purging
4.1 Inspection and testing for soundness
4.2 Purging
Section 5. Meter and regulator operation
5.1 Operational checks
Section 6. Removal of meters
6.1 Meter removal
6.2 Meter exchanges
Annexes
A (normative) Sizing of meters
B (normative) Soundness test procedures
Tables
1 Appliance rates for regulator setting
A.1 Diversity factors of appliances for meter sizing
Figures
1 Typical arrangement of meter and associated controls
2 Typical gas meter boxes
3 Typical domestic meters
4 Typical gas meter installations
List of references
Specifies the siting and fixing of gas meters up to 6 m3/hr rating.
| Committee |
GSE/30
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| DevelopmentNote |
Also available as part of KIT 43. Supersedes BS 6400(1985) and 95/713067 DC. (09/2002)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
26
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS 4161-5:1990 | Gas meters Specification for diaphragm meters for working pressures up to 7 bar |
| BS 1179-6:1980 | Glossary of terms used in the gas industry Combustion and utilization including installation at consumers\' premises |
| BS 2871-1:1971 | Specification for copper and copper alloys. Tubes Copper tubes for water, gas and sanitation |
| BS 6004:2000 | Electric cables. PVC insulated, non-armoured cables for voltages up to and including 450/750 V, for electric power, lighting and internal wiring |
| BS EN 29453:1994 | Soft solder alloys. Chemical compositions and forms |
| BS 6974:1991 | Specification for unsintered PTFE tape for thread sealing applications (coarse threads) |
| BS 5482-2:1977 | Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in caravans and non-permanent dwellings |
| BS 1387:1985 | Specification for screwed and socketed steel tubes and tubulars and for plain end steel tubes suitable for welding or for screwing to BS 21 pipe threads |
| ISO 9453:2014 | Soft solder alloys Chemical compositions and forms |
| BS 6956-6:1992 | Jointing materials and compounds Specification for jointing compounds for 3rd family gases |
| BS EN 10242:1995 | Threaded pipe fittings in malleable cast iron |
| BS 6956-5:1992 | Jointing materials and compounds Specification for jointing compounds for use with water, low pressure saturated steam, 1st family gases (excluding coal gas) and 2nd family gases |
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