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  • BS 5839-5:1988

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    Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Specification for optical beam smoke detectors

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  01-05-2009

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-03-1988

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    Section one. General
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    Section two. Requirements
    3. Requirements
    4. Marking and data
    Section three. Tests
    5. Testing
    6. Reproducibility
    7. Thermal turbulence
    8. Repeatability
    9. Rapid change in obscuration
    10. Slow changes in obscuration
    11. Variation of supply voltage
    12. Optical path length dependence
    13. Tolerance to beam misalignment
    14. Dry heat
    15. Cold
    16. Vibration
    17. Shock
    18. Damp heat (steady state) and insulation resistance
    19. Electromagnetic fields
    20. Electrostatic discharge
    21. Electrical transients
    22. Stray light
    23. Impact
    24. SO2 corrosion
    25. Fire sensitivity
    Appendix
    A. Determination of the response threshold value
    Tables
    1. Test schedule
    2. Voltage conditions for specimens with internal
         power supplies
    3. Voltage conditions for specimens with external
         power supplies
    4. Response threshold values and distances between
         opposed components for fire sensitivity testing
    5. Minimum resolutions for optical density filters
    Figures
    1. Shock test apparatus
    2. Stray light test apparatus
    3. Fire sensitivity test room plan

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    Requirements, methods of test and performance criteria for detectors with ranges between 1 m and 100 m.

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    Committee FSH/12
    Development Note Supersedes 86/43810 DC (08/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn

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    BS 5445-8:1984 Components of automatic fire detection systems Specification for high temperature heat detectors
    BS 5839-1:1988 Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Code of practice for system design, installation and servicing
    BS 6266:1992 Code of practice for fire protection for electronic data processing installations
    PD 6686:2006 Guidance on directives, regulations and standards related to prevention of fire and explosion in the process industries
    01/540647 DC : DRAFT MAY 2001 BS 5839-1 - FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEMS FOR BUILDINGS - PART 1 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SYSTEM DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
    BS 5839-6:1995 Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Code of practice for the design and installation of fire detection and alarm systems in dwellings
    BS 7273-3:2000 Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures Electrical actuation of pre-action sprinkler systems
    BS 4163:2000 HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS - CODE OF PRACTICE

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    BS 2011-2.1A:1977 Environmental testing. Tests Tests A. Cold
    BS 3955:1986 Specification for electrical controls for household and similar general purposes
    BS 4803:1972 Guide on protection of personnel against hazards from laser radiation.
    BS 2011-2.1B:1977 Environmental testing. Tests Tests B. Dry Heat
    BS 5839-1:1988 Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Code of practice for system design, installation and servicing
    IEC 60801-4:1988 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial-process measurement and control equipment - Part 4: Electrical fast transient/burst requirements
    BS 5445-9:1984 Components of automatic fire detection systems Methods of test of sensitivity to fire
    BS 6667-3:1985 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial-process measurement and control equipment Method of evaluating susceptibility to radiated electromagnetic energy
    BS 2011-2.1Ca:1977 Environmental testing. Tests Test Ca. Damp heat, steady state
    BS 2011-2.1Kc:1977 Environmental testing. Tests Test Kc. Sulphur dioxide test for contacts and connections
    BS 6667-2:1985 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial-process measurement and control equipment. Method of evaluating susceptibility to electrostatic discharge
    BS 6073-1:1981 Precast concrete masonry units Specification for precast concrete masonry units
    BS 6073-2:1981 Precast concrete masonry units Method for specifying precast concrete masonry units
    BS 1853-2:1979 Tubular fluorescent lamps for general lighting service Specification for lamps used in the United Kingdom not included in Part 1
    BS 5446-1:1977 Specification for components of automatic fire alarm systems for residential premises. Point-type smoke detectors
    BS 161:1976 Specification for tungsten filament lamps for general service (batch testing)
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