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BS EN 16856:2020

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Portable aerosol dispensers for fire extinguishing purposes

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English

Published date

05-08-2020

This document specifies the requirements for non-refillable portable aerosol dispensers for fire extinguishing purposes.

This document specifies the requirements for non-refillable portable aerosol dispensers for fire extinguishing purposes.It supplements the characteristics, performance and test methods for extinguishing aerosol dispensers for fire extinguishing purposes, in addition to the requirements of the Directive 75/324/EEC. Requirements in this document are specified for products containing less than 1kg or 1l of extinguishing media, which can be expelled by the action of internal pressure and are intended to extinguish test fires of type A + B, or type A + F, or type A + B + F classes of EN2. These extinguishing aerosol dispensers are intended to be used by untrained persons for domestic applications. They are not intended to be used on gas fires (class C) and metal fires (class D).Requirements are specified for minimum performance in AnnexI for extinguishing test fires of type A, type B and type F classes of EN2, as appropriate.AnnexA gives the conditioning to be applied to extinguishing aerosol dispensers prior to testing as described in AnnexB to AnnexK.

Committee
FSH/2
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
9780580984846
Pages
46
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN 16856:2020 Identical

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