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BS 5839-3:1988

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Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Specification for automatic release mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment
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Published date

07-31-2007

Committees responsible
Foreword
Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
Section 2 - Requirements
3 Construction requirements
4 Electrical requirements
5 Performance requirements
6 Marking and data
Section 3 - Tests
7 Testing
8 Damp heat (steady state) and insulation resistance
9 Temperate conditions
10 Cold
11 SO[2] corrosion
12 Durability
13 Impact
14 Vibration
15 Pressure test for fluidic pressure controlled mechanisms
Appendix A - Operation test
Publications referred to

Constructional and performance requirements for mechanisms intended to hold open (or closed) fire protection equipment such as fire doors, dampers etc, releasing on manual operation or receipt of a fire signal.

This part of BS 5839 specifies construction, electrical and performance requirements and methods of test for automatic release mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment. The automatic release mechanisms are intended to hold open (or closed) fire protection equipment such as fire doors, fire shutters, fire dampers, etc. against the force of a door-closing (or door-opening) mechanism, and to release the fire door, fire shutter, fire damper, etc. on manual operation or on receipt of a signal from a fire detection system, one or more smoke or fire detectors or from a central point in a building. This standard does not cover the following: devices for the release of automatic extinguishing systems or fixed fire extinguishers; fusible links and thermal trips used for releasing fire doors, fire shutters, fire dampers, etc. which are not part of a fire detection and alarm system and which therefore do not affect the design and construction of any fire detection and alarm system that may be installed; closing (or opening) mechanisms, e.g. door closers; NOTE 1 Door closers are specified in !BS EN 1154\'. release mechanisms incorporated into closing or opening mechanisms; release mechanisms which utilize friction between the mechanism and a fixed surface to prevent the door closing, e.g. plunger type devices; fire detection and alarm systems and smoke or fire detectors nor their disposition; precautions that may be necessary if the release of fire protection equipment is either hazardous or, in the absence of any fire, costly or inconvenient; apparatus that may send a signal to release. NOTE 2 In this standard, to avoid repetition, the term “open?? includes the term “closed?? and conversely, and the term “door?? includes fire doors, fire shutters, fire dampers and other fire protection equipment that are required to be held against the force of a door-closing (or door-opening) device and released when necessary. NOTE 3 The titles of the publications referred to in this part of BS 5839 are listed on the inside back cover.

Committee
FSH/12
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 82/11073 DC (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2008. (09/2008)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
20
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

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