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  • BS EN 3-3:1996

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    Portable fire extinguishers Construction, resistance to pressure, mechanical tests

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  31-01-2007

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-05-1996

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 Symbols and abbreviations
    5 Welded steel bodies
    6 Tests
    7 Marking
    8 Additional requirements
    9 Propellant gas cartridge
    10 Aluminium bodies
    11 Specifications for plastics components
    12 Carbon dioxide portable extinguishers

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    Lays down technical specifications for extinguisher bodies and their accessories. Applies to the bodies of extinguishers in which the service pressure does not exceed 25 bar and to propellant gas cartridges.

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    Committee FSH/2
    Development Note Supersedes 92/44838 DC. (12/2002) Supersedes DEFSTAN 42-35/1(1994) & DEFSTAN 42-36/1(1992) (08/2003) Supersedes BS 5423(1987) (08/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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

    PD 6686:2006 Guidance on directives, regulations and standards related to prevention of fire and explosion in the process industries
    DEFSTAN 23-6/3(2000) : 2000 GUIDE TO THE COMMON TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY LOGISTIC VEHICLES AND TOWED EQUIPMENT
    BS 7867:1997 Specification for portable fire extinguishers for use in aircraft
    BS 7937:2000 Specification for portable fire extinguishers for use on cooking oil fires (class F)
    BS EN 3-2:1996 Portable fire extinguishers Tightness, dielectric test, tamping test, special provisions

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    ISO 2604-2:1975 Steel products for pressure purposes Quality requirements Part 2: Wrought seamless tubes
    EN 3-5:1996/AC:1997 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - SPECIFICATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY TESTS
    EN 3-4 : 1996 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CHARGES, MINIMUM REQUIRED FIRE
    ISO 4582:2017 Plastics — Determination of changes in colour and variations in properties after exposure to glass-filtered solar radiation, natural weathering or laboratory radiation sources
    EN 3-1 : 1996 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - PART 1: DESCRIPTION, DURATION OF OPERATION, CLASS A AND B FIRE TEST
    EN 3-2 : 1996 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - PART 2: TIGHTNESS, DIELECTRIC TEST, TAMPING TEST, SPECIAL PROVISIONS
    EN 3-6:1995/A1:1999 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - PROVISIONS FOR THE ATTESTATION OF CONFORMITY OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EN 3 PART 1 TO PART 5
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