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New standards information 1^st March 2008

The following new standards have been published since January 1^st 2008 by BSI.
Also listed are relevant announcements on existing standards, drafts and work in progress.

New BS publications

BS 6400:2008 Part 3 Installation of gas meters. Low and medium pressure 3^rd family gases

BS 7671:2008 Requirements for electrical installations IEE wiring regs 17^th edition

BS EN88: 2007 Pressure regulators and associated safety devices for appliances

Part1 inlet pressures up to 500mbar

Part2 Inlet pressures over 500mbar up to 5 bar

BS EN 161: 2007 Automatic shut off valves for appliances and burners.

BS EN 13611:2007 Safety & control devices for gas appliances and burners

BS EN 14459:2007 Controls functions in electronic systems for gas burners and appliances. Methods of classification and assessment.

BS EN Implementations

BS ISO 6621-1:2007 Internal combustion engines piston rings. Vocabulary

British Standards withdrawn

BS EN 230:1991 Monobloc oil burners Superseded by BS EN 230:2005

BS EN 334:1999 Gas pressure regulators inlet pressures up to 100bar. Superseded by BS EN 334:2005

BS EN 14382:2002 Safety devices for gas pressure regulating stations Superseded by BS EN 13482:2005.

British Standards under review

BS EN ISO 4126-2:2003 Bursting disk safety devices

New work started

BS 10:1962 Specification for flanges and bolting for pipes and fittings

BS 6173:2001 Installation of gas fired catering appliances

Drafts for Public Comment

PD5500 Specification for unfired fusion welded pressure vessels 08/30176595DC

BS 6891 Installation of low-pressure gas pipework 08/30166177DC

BS EN 12817 LPG equipment and accessories. Inspection LPG tanks up to 13m³.

BS EN 12818 LPG equipment and accessories. Inspection LPG tanks over13m³. 07/30172587DC

CEN Standards

EN 483 AMD Gas fired central heating boilers up to 70kW