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  • BS 6400:1997

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    Specification for installation of domestic sized gas meters (2nd and 3rd family gases)

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-11-2007

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-03-1997

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    Section 1. General
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 References
    1.3 Definitions
    1.4 Exchange of information and time schedule
    Section 2. Materials, components and a meter location
    2.1 Materials and components
    2.2 Meter location
    2.3 Meter and associated controls
    Section 3. Installation
    3.1 Handling and fixing the meter
    3.2 Warning notices
    Section 4. Testing and purging
    4.1 Inspection and testing for soundness
    4.2 Purging
    Section 5. Meter and regulator operation
    5.1 Operational checks
    Section 6. Removal of meters
    6.1 Meter removal
    6.2 Meter exchanges
    Annexes
    A (normative) Sizing of meters
    B (normative) Soundness test procedures
    Tables
    1 Appliance rates for regulator setting
    A.1 Diversity factors of appliances for meter sizing
    Figures
    1 Typical arrangement of meter and associated controls
    2 Typical gas meter boxes
    3 Typical domestic meters
    4 Typical gas meter installations
    List of references

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    Specifies the siting and fixing of gas meters up to 6 m3/hr rating.

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    Committee GSE/30
    Development Note Also available as part of KIT 43. Supersedes BS 6400(1985) and 95/713067 DC. (09/2002)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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

    BS 4161-5:1990 Gas meters Specification for diaphragm meters for working pressures up to 7 bar
    BS 1179-6:1980 Glossary of terms used in the gas industry Combustion and utilization including installation at consumers\' premises
    BS 2871-1:1971 Specification for copper and copper alloys. Tubes Copper tubes for water, gas and sanitation
    BS 6004:2000 Electric cables. PVC insulated, non-armoured cables for voltages up to and including 450/750 V, for electric power, lighting and internal wiring
    BS EN 29453:1994 Soft solder alloys. Chemical compositions and forms
    BS 6974:1991 Specification for unsintered PTFE tape for thread sealing applications (coarse threads)
    BS 5482-2:1977 Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in caravans and non-permanent dwellings
    BS 1387:1985 Specification for screwed and socketed steel tubes and tubulars and for plain end steel tubes suitable for welding or for screwing to BS 21 pipe threads
    ISO 9453:2014 Soft solder alloys Chemical compositions and forms
    BS 6956-6:1992 Jointing materials and compounds Specification for jointing compounds for 3rd family gases
    BS EN 10242:1995 Threaded pipe fittings in malleable cast iron
    BS 6956-5:1992 Jointing materials and compounds Specification for jointing compounds for use with water, low pressure saturated steam, 1st family gases (excluding coal gas) and 2nd family gases
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