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  • BS 5386-1:1976

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    Specification for gas burning appliances Gas burning appliances for instantaneous production of hot water for domestic use

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-09-1998

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-09-1976

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    National foreword
    Brief history
    National appendix A
    Cooperating organizations
    Specification
    1 General
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Field of application
    1.3 Terminology
    1.4 Classification
    2 Constructional characteristics
    2.1 General
    2.2 Special requirements for certain parts
    3 Performance characteristics
    3.1 Soundness
    3.2 Obtaining the nominal rate and the nominal output
    3.3 Performance safety
    3.4 Performance of auxiliary equipment
    3.5 Combustion
    3.6 Aptitude with gases other than the reference gas
    3.7 Efficiency
    3.8 Prolonged performance test
    3.9 Time for temperature rise
    4 Test methods
    4.0 General
    4.1 Soundness
    4.2 Obtaining the nominal rate
    4.3 Performance safety
    4.4 Performance of auxiliary equipment
    4.5 Combustion
    4.6 Aptitude with gases other than the reference gas
    4.7 Efficiency
    4.8 Prolonged performance test
    4.9 Time for temperature rise
    4.10 Test reports and technical schedules to be
          supplied to the test laboratory
    4.11 Designation
    5 Marking
    5.1 Data plate
    5.2 Quality seal
    5.3 Instruction
    6 National options
    6.1 Commercial categories in various countries and
          equivalence between the different categories
    6.2 Gases used and supply pressures
    6.3 Gas inlet connections in various countries
    6.4 Water inlet connections in various countries
    6.5 Nominal useful outputs
    6.6 Gas taps
    6.7 Flame failure devices
    Annex
    1 Test apparatus for type C1 appliances
    Tables
    1 Gas connection thread sizes
    2 Gas connection copper tube sizes
    3 Water connection thread sizes
    4 Water connection copper tube sizes
    5 Flue socket diameters
    6 Maximum variation permitted for the water rate
          relative to the mean rate
    7 Test gas characteristics
    8 Appliance category test gases
    9 Test pressures
    10 CO2 (carbon dioxide) percentages
    11 Commercial categories
    12 Supply pressures
    13 Gas inlet connections
    14 Water inlet connections
    15 Protection of the pilot
    Figures
    1 Apparatus for testing the appliance soundness
    2 Device for testing durability of sealing materials
    3 Test apparatus for abnormal draught
    4 Test of an appliance mounted on a common duct
    5 Probe for combustion product sampling
    6 Disposition of test apparatus for type C1
          appliances

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    Defines the main constructional and performance characteristics of the appliances and includes appropriate test methods for the evaluation of these characteristics. Covers appliances designed to burn 1st, 2nd and 3rd family gases.

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    Committee GSE/29
    Development Note REPLACES BS 1250: PART 1:1966, BS 1250: PART 2:1963, BS 1250: PART 3:1963, BS 1250: PART 4:1965, BS 1250: PART 5:1963, BS 1250: PART 6: 1965 AND BS 2883:1964.
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 5386-2:1981 Specification for gas burning appliances Mini water heaters (2nd and 3rd family gases)
    BS 5482-1:1979 Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in permanent dwellings
    BS 7462:1991 Specification for electrical safety of domestic gas appliances
    BS DD84(1982) : 1982 METHOD OF TEST FOR THE RESISTANCE TO FREEZING OF GAS-FIRED INSTANTANEOUS WATER HEATERS
    BS 5546:2010 Specification for installation and maintenance of gas-fired water-heating appliances of rated input not exceeding 70 kW net
    BS 6332-2:1983 Thermal performance of domestic gas appliances Specification for thermal performance of gas fires
    BS 6332-3:1984 Thermal performance of domestic gas appliances Specification for thermal performance of combined appliances: gas fire/back boiler
    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
    BS 5482-1:1994 Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Specification for installations at permanent dwellings
    BS 6700:1997 Specification for design, installation, testing and maintenance of services supplying water for domestic use within buildings and their curtilages
    BS 5546:1979 Code of practice for installation of gas hot water supplies for domestic purposes (2nd family gases)
    BS 6332-5:1986 Thermal performance of domestic gas appliances Specification for thermal performance of fanned-circulation ducted-air heaters
    BS 5386-5:1988 Specification for gas burning appliances Specification for gas burning instantaneous water heaters with automatic output variation (2nd and 3rd family gases)
    BS 5482-3:1979 Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in boats, yachts and other vessels
    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 4989:1984 Specification for holiday caravans
    BS 6340-2:1983 Shower units Specification for the installation of shower units
    BS 5258-15:1990 Safety of domestic gas appliances Specification for combination boilers
    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 6332-4:1983 Thermal performance of domestic gas appliances Specification for thermal performance of independent convector heaters
    BS 4947:1984 Specification for test gases for gas appliances
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