• AS 7240.12-2007

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    Fire detection and alarm systems Line type smoke detectors using a transmitted optical beam

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF 1 User, PDF 3 Users, PDF 5 Users, PDF 9 Users

    Superseded date:  02-03-2023

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  12-03-2007

    Publisher:  Standards Australia

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    1 - AS 7240.12-2007 Fire detection and alarm systems Part 12: Line type smoke detectors using a transmitted optical beam
    4 - PREFACE
    5 - CONTENTS
    7 - Introduction
    9 - 1 Scope
    9 - 2 Normative references
    10 - 3 Terms and definitions
    11 - 4 General requirements
    11 - 4.1 Compliance
    11 - 4.2 Individual alarm indication
    11 - 4.3 Connection of ancillary devices
    11 - 4.4 Monitoring of detachable detectors and connections
    11 - 4.5 Manufacturer’s adjustments
    11 - 4.6 On-site adjustment of response threshold value
    12 - 4.7 Protection of optical components
    12 - 4.8 Limit of compensation
    12 - 4.9 Marking
    12 - 4.10 Data
    13 - 4.11 Requirements for software controlled detectors
    14 - 4.12 Fault signalling
    14 - 5 Test methods
    14 - 5.1 General
    16 - 5.2 Reproducibility
    17 - 5.3 Repeatability
    18 - 5.4 Directional dependence
    19 - 5.5 Variation of supply parameters
    19 - 5.6 Rapid changes in attenuation
    20 - 5.7 Slow changes in attenuation
    20 - 5.8 Optical path length dependence
    21 - 5.9 Fire sensitivity
    23 - 5.10 Stray light
    24 - 5.11 Dry heat (operational)
    25 - 5.12 Cold (operational)
    26 - 5.13 Damp heat, steady state (operational)
    27 - 5.14 Damp heat, steady state (endurance)
    27 - 5.15 Vibration, sinusoidal (endurance)
    28 - 5.16 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), immunity tests (operational)
    29 - 5.17 Sulfur dioxide, SO2, corrosion (endurance)
    30 - 5.18 Impact (operational)
    31 - 6 Test report
    32 - Annex A (informative) Compensation for detector drift
    37 - Annex B (normative) Bench for response threshold value measurements
    39 - Annex C (normative) Fire test room
    41 - Annex D (normative) Smouldering pyrolysis wood fire (TF2)
    43 - Annex E (normative) Glowing smouldering cotton fire (TF3)
    45 - Annex F (normative) Flaming plastics (polyurethane) fire (TF4)
    47 - Annex G (normative) Flaming liquid (n-heptane) fire (TF5)
    48 - Annex H (normative) Smoke-measuring instruments
    51 - Annex I (normative) Apparatus for stray light
    53 - Annex J (informative) Information concerning the construction of the measuring ionization chamber

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    Specifies requirements, test methods and performance criteria for line type smoke detectors utilizing the attenuation and/or changes in attenuation of an optical beam, for use in fire detection systems installed in buildings.

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    Committee FP-002
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Standards Australia
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes
    Under Revision

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    First published as AS 7240.12-2007.

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    AS 7240.20-2012 Fire detection and alarm systems Aspirating smoke detectors (Reconfirmed 2023)
    AS 7240.1-2007 Fire detection and alarm systems - General and definitions
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