Specification for installation, exchange, relocation, maintenance and removal of gas meters with a maximum capacity not exceeding 6 m³/h. Low pressure (2nd family gases)

BS 6400-1:2016

British Standards Institution
Specification for installation, exchange, relocation, maintenance and removal of gas meters with a maximum capacity not exceeding 6 m³/h. Low pressure (2nd family gases) Download document

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Current

Supplement

Mechanical & Electrical Supplement

Series

BS

Abstract

Applicable to primary and secondary meter installations supplied with 2nd family gases from low pressure gas distribution systems with a maximum operating pressure not exceeding 75 mbar, a design minimum pressure of 19 mbar and a design maximum incidental pressure of 200 mbar; only fitted downstream of the emergency control valve; that uses a primary meter regulator downstream of the emergency control valve and where the operating pressure at the outlet of the meter is nominally 21 mbar. Gives requirements for installation, exchange, relocation, maintenance and removal.

History

Supersedes BS 6400-1:2006. BS 6400 first published January 1985. Second edition, March 1997. BS 6400-1 first published September 2002. Second edition, July 2006. Third (present) edition, June 2016. Came into effect 30 June 2016.

ISBN

9780580827747

Subjects

  • Building services
  • Liquid/gas supply
  • Gas supply

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