BS 5482-2:1977
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The latest, up-to-date edition.
Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in caravans and non-permanent dwellings
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Hardcopy , PDF
Language(s)
English
Published date
15-06-2001
Publisher
Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
Section two. Materials, components and appliances
4 Materials
5 Components
6 Selection of appliances
Section three. Installation design
7 Basic layout of supply system
8 Cylinder requirement design considerations
9 Installation design considerations
10 High pressure stage design considerations
11 Low pressure stage design considerations
12 Siting of appliances
13 Flue design considerations
14 Ventilation design considerations
Section four. Installation requirements
15 Installation of unions, joints, sectional cocks and
valves
16 Installation of pipework
17 Installation of cocks
18 Installation of pressure regulators
19 Installation of appliances
Section five. Inspection, testing and consumer
instructions
20 Inspection and testing of new installations
21 Consumer instructions
Appendices
A The safe use of LPG in caravans and non-permanent
dwellings
B Testing of low pressure stage of installation
Table
1 Appliance rates, number of cylinders and cylinder
offtakes
Figures
1 Guide to heating requirements in touring caravans
2 Guide to heating requirements in residential
caravans
3 High pressure stage manifolds
4 Pipe sizing chart
5 Diagrammatic circuit indicating butane terminal
pressure, 4.25 m caravan with full load
6 Diagrammatic circuit indicating butane terminal
pressure, 5.5 m caravan with full load
7 Diagrammatic circuit indicating butane terminal
pressure, 7.75 m caravan with full load
8 Diagrammatic circuit indicating butane terminal
pressure, 9.5 m caravan with full load
9 Diagrammatic circuit indicating butane terminal
pressure, 12 m caravan with full load
10 Installation test apparatus
11 Bubble leak indicator
12 Standard nozzle pressure point adaptor and washer
for 8 mm (5/16 in) i.d. flexible tubing
Installations using liquefied petroleum gases from cylinders or bulk supply at pressures of 28 mbar and 37 mbar for commercial butane and propane respectively. Materials, design, installation, inspection, testing, consumers\' instructions. Recommendations special to motor caravans are included.
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GSE/24
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 00/705821 DC, 75/40000 DC, 84/78597 DC, 85/72102 DC & 85/76588 DC. (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, February 2012. (01/2012)
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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 |
Current
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
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| BS 6172:1990 | Specification for installation of domestic gas cooking appliances (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 3632:1989 | Specification for park homes (mobile homes) |
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| BS 7967-3:2005 | Carbon monoxide in dwellings and the combustion performance of gas-fired appliances Guide for responding to measurements obtained from electronic portable combustion gas analysers |
| BS 4626:1970 | Specification for touring trailer caravans |
| BS 6492-2:1985 | Transportable accommodation units Recommendations for transportation and siting, with guidance on occupancy |
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| BS 5546:1990 | Specification for installation of gas hot water supplies for domestic purposes (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 5546:2000 | Specification for installation of hot water supplies for domestic purposes, using gas-fired appliances of rated input not exceeding 70 kW |
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| BS 5871-3:2001 | Specification for installation of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Decorative fuel effect gas appliances of heat input not exceeding 20 kW (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
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| BS 6891:2015 | Specification for the installation and maintenance of low pressure gas installation pipework of up to 35 mm (R1¼) on premises |
| BS 5258-6:1988 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for refrigerators and food freezers |
| BS 5440-2:1989 | Installation of flues and ventilation for gas appliances of rated input not exceeding 60 kW (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases). Specification for installation of ventilation for gas appliances |
| BS 5871-3:2005 | Specification for the installation and maintenance of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Decorative fuel effect gas appliances of heat input not exceeding 20 kW (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 5258-1:1986 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for central heating boilers and circulators |
| BS 5871-2:2001 | Specification for installation of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Inset live fuel effect gas fires of heat input not exceeding 15 kW, and fire/back boilers (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 5871-1:2005 | Specification for the installation and maintenance of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and heating stoves (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 5440-2:2000 | Installation and maintenance of flues and ventilation for gas appliances of rated input not exceeding 70 kW net (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases) Specification for installation and maintenance of ventilation for gas appliances |
| BS 6798:2014 | Specification for selection, installation, inspection, commissioning, servicing and maintenance of gas-fired boilers of rated input not exceeding 70 kW net |
| BS 6798:2000 | Specification for installation of gas-fired boilers of rated input not exceeding 70 kW net |
| BS 3879:1981 | Specification for portable appliances operating at vapour pressure from liquefied petroleum gas containers |
| BS 5258-4:1987 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for fanned-circulation ducted-air heaters |
| BS 5258-12:1990 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for decorative fuel effect gas appliances (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 6400:1997 | Specification for installation of domestic sized gas meters (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 5386-4:1991 | Specification for gas burning appliances Built-in domestic cooking appliances |
| BS 5871-1:2001 | Specification for installation of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and heating stoves (1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 5258-16:1991 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for inset live fuel effect gas fires (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 7967-1:2005 | Carbon monoxide in dwellings and the combustion performance of gas-fired appliances Guide for identifying and managing sources of fumes, smells, spillage/leakage of combustion products and carbon monoxide detector activation |
| BS 5871-4:2007 | Specification for the installation and maintenance of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Independent gas-fired flueless fires, convector heaters and heating stoves of nominal heat input not exceeding 6 kW (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 3632:1981 | Specification for park homes (mobile homes) |
| BS 5601-1:1978 | Code of practice for ventilation and heating of caravans Ventilation |
| BS 5871-3:1991 | Specification for installation of gas fires, convector heaters, fire/back boilers and decorative fuel effect gas appliances Decorative fuel effect gas appliances of heat input not exceeding 15 kW (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 4989:1984 | Specification for holiday caravans |
| BS 6767-2:1998 | Transportable accommodation units Recommendations for design and installation of services and fittings with guidance on transportation, siting and aspects relating to habitation |
| 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) |
| 08/30166539 DC : DRAFT JULY 2008 | BS 6798 - SPECIFICATION FOR INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GAS-FIRED BOILERS OF RATED INPUT NOT EXCEEDING 70 KW NET |
| BS 7967-2:2005 | Carbon monoxide in dwellings and the combustion performance of gas-fired appliances Guide for using electronic portable combustion gas analysers in the measurement of carbon monoxide and the determination of combustion performance |
| BS 6798:1987 | Specification for installation of gas-fired hot water boilers of rated input not exceeding 60 kW |
| BS 5258-9:1989 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for combined appliances: fanned-circulation ducted-air heaters/circulators |
| BS 5258-15:1990 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for combination boilers |
| BS 7624:1993 | Specification for installation of domestic direct gas-fired tumble dryers of up to 3kW heat input (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| 09/30166542 DC : 0 | BS 5546 - SPECIFICATION FOR INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GAS-FIRED WATER-HEATING APPLIANCES OF RATED INPUT NOT EXCEEDING 70 KW NET |
| BS 8660-1:2011 | Gas-fired micro-cogeneration appliances of rated thermal input not exceeding 70 kW net Specification for selection, installation, inspection, commissioning, servicing and maintenance of Stirling engine micro-cogeneration appliances |
| 14/30258585 DC : 0 | BS 7967 - GUIDE FOR THE USE OF ELECTRONIC PORTABLE COMBUSTION GAS ANALYSERS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN DWELLINGS AND THE COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE OF DOMESTIC GAS FIRED APPLIANCES |
| BS 5864:2004 | Installation and maintenance of gas-fired ducted air heaters of rated input not exceeding 70 kW net (2nd and 3rd family gases). Specification |
| BS 5864:2010 | Installation and maintenance of gas-fired ducted air heaters of rated heat input not exceeding 70 kW net (2nd and 3rd family gases). Specification |
| BS 3632:1995 | Specification for residential park homes |
| BS 5864:1989 | Specification for installation in domestic premises of gas-fired ducted-air heaters of rated input not exceeding 60 kW |
| BS CP413(1973) : AMD 3345 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DUCTS FOR BUILDING SERVICES |
| BS 2491(1963) : LATEST | DOMESTIC COOKING APPLIANCES FOR USE WITH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES |
| BS 5376-2:1976 | Code of practice for selection and installation of gas space heating (1st and 2nd family gases) Boilers of rated input not exceeding 60 kW |
| BS 1740:1965 | Specification for pipe fittings iron and steel (screwed BSP thread). |
| BS 3016:1989 | Specification for pressure regulators for liquefied petroleum gases |
| BS 5258-10:1980 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Flueless space heaters (excluding catalytic combustion heaters) (3rd family gases) |
| BS 2977:1958 | Domestic lighting appliances for use with liquefied petroleum gases |
| BS 5482-1:1979 | Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in permanent dwellings |
| BS 4989:1984 | Specification for holiday caravans |
| BS 2871-1:1971 | Specification for copper and copper alloys. Tubes Copper tubes for water, gas and sanitation |
| BS 1494:1951 | Specification. Fixing accessories for building purposes |
| BS 4368-3:1974 | Metallic tube connectors for fluid power and general use Specification for light series couplings (metric) |
| BS 5258-7:1977 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Storage water heaters |
| BS 5045-2:1989 | Transportable gas containers Specification for steel containers of 0.5 L up to 450 L water capacity with welded seams |
| 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 |
| BS 5264:1975 | Glossary of caravan terms |
| BS 5258-11:1980 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Flueless catalytic combustion heaters (3rd family gases) |
| BS 3632:2005 | Residential park homes. Specification |
| BS 2871-2:1972 | Specification for copper and copper alloys. Tubes Tubes for general purposes |
| BS 4626:1970 | Specification for touring trailer caravans |
| BS 6350:1983 | Specification for gas heated fish and chip frying ranges |
| BS 3212:1991 | Specification for flexible rubber tubing, rubber hose and rubber hose assemblies for use in LPG vapour phase and LPG/air installations |
| BS 2773(1965) : LATEST | DOMESTIC SINGLE-ROOM SPACE HEATING APPLIANCES FOR USE WITH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES |
| BS 6173:2001 | Specification for installation of gas-fired catering appliances for use in all types of catering establishments (2nd and 3rd family gases) |
| BS 1179:1967 | Glossary of terms used in the gas industry |
| BS 2883(1964) : LATEST | DOMESTIC INSTANTANEOUS AND STORAGE WATER HEATERS FOR USE WITH LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES |
| BS 5386-3:1980 | Specification for gas burning appliances Domestic cooking appliances burning gas |
| BS 5258-2:1975 | Safety of domestic gas appliances Cooking appliances |
| BS 476-8:1972 | Fire tests on building materials and structures Test methods and criteria for the fire resistance of elements of building construction |
| BS 5449-1:1977 | Code of practice for central heating for domestic premises. Forced circulation hot water systems |
| BS 4368-1:1972 | Compression couplings for tubes Specification for heavy series couplings (metric) |
| BS EN 721:2004 | Leisure accommodation vehicles. Safety ventilation requirements |
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