BS 8499:2009
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Specification for domestic gas meter boxes and meter bracket
Hardcopy , PDF
31-12-2017
English
31-07-2009
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Dimensions and features
5 Meter bracket (supplied separately)
6 Spigot
7 Materials
8 Finish
9 Marking
10 Notices and labels
11 Type testing and performance requirements
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Meter box key
Annex B (normative) - Meter bracket
Annex C (normative) - Polyester moulding compound
production testing
Annex D (normative) - Selection of meter box samples
and test plaques for testing
Annex E (informative) - General instructions labels
Annex F (normative) - Methods of test for hinge strength
Annex G (normative) - Method of test for door flatness
(built-in and surface mounted boxes)
Annex H (normative) - Cutting plans for meter box test
samples
Bibliography
Defines requirements for gas meter boxes for use with single gas meter installations conforming to BS 6400.
| Committee |
GSE/25
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 09/30160438 DC. (07/2009)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
62
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS 8567:2012 | Specification for outdoor electricity meter cupboards |
| BS 6400-1:2016 | Specification for installation, exchange, relocation, maintenance and removal of gas meters with a maximum capacity not exceeding 6 m<sup>3</sup>/h Low pressure (2nd family gases) |
| 14/30281818 DC : 0 | BS 6400-1 - SPECIFICATION FOR INSTALLATION, EXCHANGE, RELOCATION, MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL OF GAS METERS WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY NOT EXCEEDING 6 M[3]/H - PART 1: LOW PRESSURE (2ND FAMILY GASES) |
| BS 3643-1:2007 | ISO metric screw threads Principles and basic data |
| BS EN ISO 1183-1:2012 | Plastics. Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method |
| BS EN 437 : 2003 | TEST GASES - TEST PRESSURES - APPLIANCE CATEGORIES |
| BS EN ISO 62:1999 | Plastics. Determination of water absorption |
| BS 5378-2:1980 | Safety signs and colours Specification for colorimetric and photometric properties of materials |
| BS EN 10131:2006 | Cold rolled uncoated and zinc or zinc-nickel electrolytically coated low carbon and high yield strength steel flat products for cold forming. Tolerances on dimensions and shape |
| BS EN 14020-2:2002 | Reinforcements. Specification for textile glass rovings Methods of test and general requirements |
| BS EN 10111:2008 | Continuously hot rolled low carbon steel sheet and strip for cold forming. Technical delivery conditions |
| BS EN ISO 2081:2008 | Metallic and other inorganic coatings. Electroplated coatings of zinc with supplementary treatments on iron or steel |
| BS EN ISO 295:2004 | Plastics. Compression moulding of test specimens of thermosetting materials |
| BS EN 14020-1:2002 | Reinforcements. Specification for textile glass rovings Designation |
| BS EN 10088-2:2014 | Stainless steels Technical delivery conditions for sheet/plate and strip of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes |
| BS 7671(2008) : 2008 | REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - IET WIRING REGULATIONS |
| BS EN 10051:2010 | Continuously hot-rolled strip and plate/sheet cut from wide strip of non-alloy and alloy steels. Tolerances on dimensions and shape |
| BS EN 60079-10:2003 | Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres Classification of hazardous areas |
| BS EN 10130:2006 | Cold rolled low carbon steel flat products for cold forming. Technical delivery conditions |
| BS EN 10087:1999 | Free cutting steels. Technical delivery conditions for semi-finished products, hot rolled bars and rods |
| BS EN 10346:2015 | Continuously hot-dip coated steel flat products for cold forming. Technical delivery conditions |
| ISO 2577:2007 | Plastics Thermosetting moulding materials Determination of shrinkage |
| BS 4901:1976 | Specification for plastics colours for building purposes |
| BS EN ISO 178 : 2010 | PLASTICS - DETERMINATION OF FLEXURAL PROPERTIES |
| BS 4781:1990 | Specification for pressure-sensitive adhesive plastics labels for permanent use |
| BS EN ISO 4589-2:2017 | Plastics. Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index Ambient-temperature test |
| BS EN ISO 179-1:2010 | Plastics. Determination of Charpy impact properties Non-instrumented impact test |
| BS EN ISO 9227:2017 | Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres. Salt spray tests |
| BS 7371-12:2008 | Coatings on metal fasteners Requirements for imperial fasteners |
| BS EN 14020-3:2002 | Reinforcements. Specification for textile glass rovings Specific requirements |
| BS EN ISO 2819:1995 | Metallic coatings on metallic substrates. Electrodeposited and chemically deposited coatings. Review of methods available for testing adhesion |
| BS EN ISO 4042:2000 | Fasteners. Electroplated coatings |
| BS 2782-6:Method 640A:1979 | Methods of testing plastics. Dimensional properties Determination of shrinkage of test specimens in the form of bars of compression moulded thermosetting moulding materials |
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