BS 7357:1990
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Specification for 7.5 L WC flushing cisterns
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English
31-10-1990
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Foreword
Specification
Section 1. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Marking
Section 2. Materials and design
4. General corrosion resistance for components
5. Cistern shells
6. Soft solder
7. Hard solder
8. Flushing apparatus
9. Volume of discharge per flush
10. Rate of flush discharge
11. Water line
12. Spill-over level
13. Warning pipe connections
14. Float operated valves
15. Covers
Section 3. Construction
16. Shell
17. Operating mechanism
18. Flush pipe connection
Section 4. Flush pipes
19. Materials, construction and ends
20. Flush pipes for use with cisterns at high level
21. Flush pipes for use with cisterns at low level
Appendices
A. Options: information to be supplied by the
purchaser
B. Distortion test
C. Front thrust test
D. Flushing apparatus torque test
E. Volume of discharge test
F. Rate of discharge test
G. Warning pipe connection test
H. Dead load test on operating mechanism
Figures
1. Illustration of effective warning water level
2. High level flush pipes
3. Front thrust test apparatus
4. Flushing apparatus stainless steel test spacer
5. Test flush pipe for low level cistern
6. Fluid level sensing device
7. Warning pipe stainless steel test spacer
Requirements for max single flush exposed and consealed WC flushing cisterns with side inlet or bottom inlet supplied with a float operated valve and a valveless siphon for low level, high level and close coupled applications, together with the necessary flush pipes
| Committee |
B/503
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 88/14136 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
22
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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This British Standard specifies requirements for 7.5 L maximum single flush, exposed and concealed WC flushing cisterns with a side inlet or bottom inlet supplied with a float operated valve, a valveless siphon for high level, low level, and close coupled applications together with the necessary flush pipes.
Information to be supplied by the purchaser at the time of enquiry and/or order is listed in Appendix A.
Requirements for float operated valve assemblies and methods of fixing cisterns are not specified in this standard.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
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