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BS 5258-13:1986

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Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for convector heaters
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

13-11-2002

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-12-1986

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
DevelopmentNote
REPLACES BS 1250:PART 1:1966, BS 1250 PART 4:1965 AND BS 2773:1965. Approved under the UK Consumer Protection Act 1987
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
38
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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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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