BS 799-3:1981

Cooperating organizations
Foreword
Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
Section 2 - Operation of oil burner
4 Oil feed and cut-off
5 Preparation of oil for burning
6 Ignition
7 Air supply
8 Control system for causing burner shut-down
Section 3 - Materials and components
9 Materials
10 Oil filters
11 Oil pumps
12 Valves
13 Oil pressure gauges
14 Painting and identification
15 Electrical equipment
16 Operating instructions
17 Marking
Publications referred to

Requirements for materials from which all component parts of the oil burning equipment shall be constructed, and deals with such points of component design and plant layout as are fundamental to the proper functioning of such equipment.

This Part of BS 799 specifies requirements for materials from which all component parts of the oil burning equipment shall be constructed, and also deals with such points of component design and plant layout as are fundamental to the proper functioning of such equipment.

The range of equipment includes:

1. automatic and semi-automatic oil burners of the monobloc type as defined in Part 6 of this standard;
2. dual fuel gas/oil burners when using fuel oil. NOTE See Appendix A of BS 5885:1980.

The standard is applicable to burners with firing rates up to 36 litres per hour that are suitable for either class C2 or class D fuels (see BS 2869) or both, as stated by the manufacturer.