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PDF Catalog<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1<\/td>\nBRITISH STANDARD <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nCommittees responsible for this British Standard <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nContents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n1 Scope
2 Normative references <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n3 Terms and definitions
3.1 electrical insulator
3.2 emergency control valve
3.3 equipotential bond
3.4 gas fitting
3.5 gas tightness test
3.6 index
3.7 installation pipework
3.8 low pressure
3.9 maximum incidental pressure (MIP) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n3.10 maximum operating pressure (MOP)
3.11 medium pressure
3.12 meter
3.12.1 credit meter
3.12.2 diaphragm meter
3.12.3 electronic (ultrasonic) meter
3.12.4 positive displacement meter
3.12.5 prepayment meter
3.12.6 primary meter
3.12.7 secondary meter
3.12.8 semi-concealed meter
3.13 meter box
3.14 meter bracket <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n3.15 meter compound
3.16 meter control valve
3.17 meter exchange
3.18 meter filter
3.19 meter housing
3.20 semi-concealed meter box
3.21 meter installation
3.22 meter rating (primary meter)
3.23 meter rating (secondary meter)
3.24 meter regulator
3.25 non-return valve
3.26 OAMI <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n3.27 pipework
3.28 pressure test point
3.29 semi-rigid connector
3.30 service pipe
3.31 service valve
3.32 thermal cut-off device
4 Planning and exchange of information
4.1 Consultation
4.2 Dissemination of information
4.3 Scheduling
4.4 Co-ordination of work <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n4.5 Installations using gas compressors or pre-mixed blown or compressed air or extraneous\ufffdgas
5 Competency
5.1 Installation work shall only be carried out by a business or self-employed person, who is a \u201c…
5.2 Persons, who design the system or installation, shall have knowledge and understanding of the…
5.3 Companies responsible for installing low pressure primary meter installations shall either be…
5.4 All installers shall be competent for the work on which they are employed and be fit and prop…
6 Design
6.1 Design parameters for the meter installation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n6.2 Meters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nFigure 1 – Typical domestic meters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n6.3 Arrangement and location of gas fittings
Figure 2 – Arrangement of meter and associated gas fittings (Symbols to BS\ufffd1553-1) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nFigure 3 – Typical meter boxes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n7 Gas transporter appraisal of primary meter installations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n8 Fitting a meter installation
Figure 4 – Typical meter installation
8.1 Handling and care
8.2 Temporary continuity bond <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n8.3 Securing the meter
8.4 Pipework
8.5 Emergency\/meter control valves
8.6 Location of regulator and meter
8.7 Electrical apparatus adjacent a gas meter
8.8 Main equipotential bonding <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n8.9 Multi-occupancy buildings
8.10 Gas tightness testing and purging
9 Operation of the regulator and meter
9.1 Regulator
Table 1 – Appliance rates for regulator setting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n9.2 Operational checks on the meter
10 Warning notices and labels
10.1 Emergency\/meter control valve
10.2 Emergency notice <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n10.3 Service pipe serving more than one primary meter
10.4 Live gas
10.5 Installations having secondary meters
10.6 Meter housing label
11 Records
11.1 Primary meter
11.2 Secondary meter <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n12 Meter exchange and\/or replacement of other components
12.1 Inspection
12.2 Temporary equipotential bonding
12.3 Carrying out the work
12.4 Completion of work
13 Meter removal <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nAnnex A (normative) Sizing of meters
A.1 Diversity factor
Table A.1 – Diversity factors of appliances for meter sizing
A.2 Meter size calculation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Specification for installation of domestic-sized gas meters maximum rated capacity not exceeding 6 m3<\/sup>\/h (2nd and 3rd family gases) – Low pressure (2nd family gases)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Published By<\/td>\nPublication Date<\/td>\nNumber of Pages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BSI<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n2002<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":262125,"template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"product_cat":[1275,2641],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-262119","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-91-140-40","7":"product_cat-bsi","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"sold-individually","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/262119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=262119"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=262119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}