BS 6896:1991
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Specification for installation of gas-fired overhead radiant heaters for industrial and commercial heating (2nd and 3rd family gases)
Hardcopy , PDF
16-09-2005
English
28-06-1991
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Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
Section 1. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
Section 2. Installation
3. Heat input requirements for full space heating
4. Materials and components
5. Appliances
6. Siting
7. Air supply
8. Building ventilation
9. Gas supplies and pipework
10. Electrical controls and connections
11. Other controls
12. Flues
Section 3. Inspection and commissioning
13. Inspection
14. Commissioning
15. Instructions
16. Servicing
Appendices
A. Exchange of information
B. Checks to be carried out prior to commissioning
c. Testing for carbon dioxide in the environment
Tables
1. Ventilation openings
2. Ventilation openings/flow rate
Installation, inspection and commissioning of heaters for the heating of premises other than domestic.
| Committee |
GSE/30
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 6896(1987). (06/2004) Supersedes 89/71641 DC (08/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
16
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| PD 6686:2006 | Guidance on directives, regulations and standards related to prevention of fire and explosion in the process industries |
| BS 5986:1980 | Specification for electrical safety and performance of gas fired space heating appliances with inputs 60 kW to 2 MW |
| BS 731-2:1958 | Specification. Flexible steel conduit for cable protection and flexible steel tubing to enclose flexible drives. Flexible steel tubing to enclose flexible drives for power driven tools for general purposes |
| BS 1179-6:1980 | Glossary of terms used in the gas industry Combustion and utilization including installation at consumers\' premises |
| BS 5482-1:1979 | Domestic butane- and propane-gas-burning installations Installations in permanent dwellings |
| BS 3554-1:1971 | Specification for gas governors Independent governors for inlet pressures up to 25 mbar |
| BS 731-1:1952 | Flexible steel conduit for cable protection and flexible steel tubing to enclose flexible drives Flexible steel conduit and adaptors for the protection of electric cable |
| BS 41:1973 | Specification for cast iron spigot and socket flue or smoke pipes and fittings |
| BS 6501-1:1984 | Flexible metallic hose assemblies Specification for corrugated hose assemblies |
| BS 6974:1991 | Specification for unsintered PTFE tape for thread sealing applications (coarse threads) |
| 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 |
| BS 715:1993 | Specification for metal flue pipes, fittings, terminals and accessories for gas-fired appliances with a rated input not exceeding 60 kW |
| BS 5345-2:1983 | Code of practice for selection, installation and maintenance of electrical apparatus for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (other than mining applications or explosive processing and manufacture) Classification of hazardous areas |
| BS 864:1953 | Capillary and compression tube fittings of copper and copper alloy for use with copper tube complying with BS 659 and BS 1386. |
| BS 7186:1989 | Specification for non-domestic gas-fired overhead radiant tube heaters |
| BS 669-2:1988 | Flexible hoses, end fittings and sockets for gas burning appliances Specification for corrugated metallic flexible hoses, covers, end fittings and sockets for catering appliances burning 1st and 2nd family gases |
| BS 5720:1979 | Code of practice for mechanical ventilation and air conditioning in buildings |
| BS 1179:1967 | Glossary of terms used in the gas industry |
| BS 3554-2:1972 | Specification for gas governors Independent governors for inlet pressures up to 350 mbar |
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