BS 6172:2010 pdf download

BS 6172:2010 pdf download.Specification for installation,servicing and maintenance of domestic gas cooking appliances(2nd and 3rd family gases).
3.3 dual-fuel cooking appliance
cooking appliance that utilizes both gas and electricity to provide the heat for the cooking process
3.4 cooking range
heavy duty cast iron cooker
NOTE it is necessaly to define this type of cooking appliance separately from a free-standing cooker (see 3.2) because:
• the means of connection to the gas supply is different (see 11.1.2); and
• it is current Industry practice to call light-weight sheet metal cookers with double oven construction greater than 600mm ronges.
3.5 hob
independent hotplate specifically designed to be installed into the kitchen work top
3.6 hotplate
appliance, or part of an appliance, comprising one or more covered or uncovered burners and designed to support cooking vessels
3.7 internal kitchen
kitchen in which there is no opening communicating directly with outside air
NOTE Detailed examples of internal kitchens appear in Technical Bulletin 005(141. 1151, 1161.
3.8 previously used appliance
appliance that stays within the ownership of the gas user but may be relocated within an existing kitchen or moved from one property to another during a house move
3.9 second hand appliance
appliance that is obtained in a used/refurbished state and installed for that particular gas user for the first time
3.10 termination point
fitting on the installation pipework to which cooking appliances are connected
NOTE Where “the cooking appliance” is referred to in the test it
might mean either a cooker, or a hotplate, oven, grill or griddle, or any combination of these in a single assembly
4 Competence
Persons carrying out design, installation, servicing and maintenance
associated with and/or impacting on gas work”. “electrical installation” or “ventilation povision” for gas appliances shall be competent.
COMMENTARY ON CLAUSE 4
It is a statutory requirement in Great Britain, the Isle of Man,, Northern Ireland and Guernsey (see Table 1) that all g.s work – be carried out
by a business or self-employed person(s) that is a member of a class of
persons” registered with a registration body which has been approved by an approval body (see Table 1) to operate arid maintain such a register.
At the time of publication. the only body with approval to operate and maintain a register of individuals/businesses who are “members of a class of persons” is the Gas Safe Register. Thus it is essential that all businesses or self employed gas engineers are registered with the Gas Safe Register.
The qualifications which persons need to have to be deemed competent to carry out gas work are given in Table 2.
6 Selection of cooking appliances
6.1 New appliances
The operative shall ensure that a new cooking appliance carries a CE mark and is supplied with installation, servicing and user instructions.
The cooking appliance to be installed shall be one that has ben marked by the manufacturer as being suitable for the gas with which it is to be supplied. If the cooking appliance is not suitable for the gas being supplied, it shall not be installed or connected to the gas supply.
A cooking appliance shall only be installed lift has a readable data plate. Conversion to another gas, if necessary, shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, using the manufacturer’s kit of parts.
COMMENTARY ON 6.1
The operative shou’d refer to the data plate andlor take other steps to ensure that the cooking appliance is suitable for the pressure and type of gas to be burnt,
Additional requirements for the selection of an appliance to be installed in a flat or other multi-dwelling building, are given in IGEIGIS (781.
If there is any doubt as to the suitability of a cooking appliance for a particular gas, then the cooking appliance manufacturer should be consulted
Further information on the labelling of gas appliances is given in DO 221. New cooking appliances covered by this standard fall within the scope of
the European Gas Appliances Directive 1191 implemented in the UK by the Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations (41, which require these cooking appliances to be CE marked.
The operative should ensure that the packaging and the appliance’s data plare are marked with at least the following informarion.