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BS 5258-10:1980

Superseded

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Safety of domestic gas appliances Flueless space heaters (excluding catalytic combustion heaters) (3rd family gases)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-1980

Superseded date

15-03-1997

£166.00
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Summarise this standard

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
0. Introduction
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. References
3. Definitions
4. Classification of appliances
5. General requirements
6. General conditions of test
Section two. Safety requirements and associated
methods of test
7. General design and construction
8. Soundness
9. Heat input
10 Combustion
11 Ignition
12. Ignition system
13. Flame stability
14. Sooting
15. Flue system
16. Fire hazard and limiting temperatures
17. Prolonged performance test
18. Manual controls
19. Automatic controls
20. Electrical safety
21. User's instructions
22. Installation and servicing
Appendix
A. Vitiation room
Figures
1. Bubble leak indicator
2. Apparatus for measuring floor and wall temperatures
3. Test shelf
4. Apparatus for the measurement of increase of
    vapour pressure
5. Vitiation room

Specifies safety requirements and associated test methods for flueless space heaters of rated heat input not exceeding 4.75 kW. It covers fixed heaters burning butane or propane and portable and mobile heaters burning butane, including those that incorporate their own butane containers.

Committee
GSE/24
DevelopmentNote
REPLACES BS 1250:PART 1:1966, BS 1250:PART 4:1965 AND BS 2773:1965. Approved under the UK Consumer Protection Act 1987
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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