Use and Care Manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Scope
- 2 Reference publications
- 3 Definitions and abbreviations
- 4 Design requirements
- 4.1 Supply fittings
- 4.2 Servicing
- 4.3 Installation
- 4.4 Threaded connections
- 4.5 Connections other than threaded connections
- 4.6 Accessible designs
- 4.7 Backflow prevention
- 4.8 Cover plates and escutcheons
- 4.9 Toxicity and lead content
- 4.10 Frost-proof faucets and hydrants
- 4.11 Showerheads, body sprays, and hand-held showers
- 4.12 Cross-flow
- 4.13 Fittings incorporating electrical features
- 4.14 Materials
- 4.15 Automatic compensating valve temperature control
- 4.16 Lawn faucets
- 4.17 Flexible water connectors
- 4.18 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
- 4.19 Household hot water dispensers with storage electrical heating systems
- 5 Performance requirements and test procedures
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Coatings
- 5.3 Pressure and temperature
- 5.4 Flow rate
- 5.5 Operating requirements
- 5.6 Life cycle
- 5.7 Resistance to installation loading
- 5.8 Resistance to use loading
- 5.9 Backflow prevention
- 5.10 Lawn faucets
- 5.11 Alternative materials test
- 5.12 High-efficiency showerheads and hand-held showers
- 5.13 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
- 6 Markings, packaging, and installation instructions
- Annex A (informative) Unit conversion and rounding criteria
- Annex B (normative) Tests by fitting type
ASME A112.18.1-2018/CSA B125.1-18 Plumbing supply fittings
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Operating control — a part of a supply fitting or accessory that manually controls the temperature,
direction, or flow rate of water or that closes and opens the water supply.
Outlet —
Primary outlet — the outlet from a supply fitting on the discharge side of a valve through which
water will discharge unless diverted to a secondary outlet.
Secondary outlet — an outlet from a supply fitting on the discharge side of a valve, other than the
primary outlet, through which water can be discharged.
Permanent mark or label — a mark or label that is intended to remain in place for the lifetime of the
fitting under conditions of normal use.
Physical vapour deposition (PVD) — a family of coating processes in which the surface layer is formed
by the deposition of individual atoms or molecules.
Note: In PVD a material is vaporized from a solid or liquid source, transported through a low-pressure gaseous or
plasma environment, and condensed on a substrate surface.
Potable water — water that is satisfactory for drinking and for culinary and domestic purposes.
Note: Potable water meets the requirements of the health authority having jurisdiction.
Pressure —
Flowing pressure — the pressure in the piping upstream of an open fitting or accessory.
Supply pressure — the static water pressure in the fitting supply piping.
Pressure envelope — the outside part of a supply fitting that withstands and contains the water
pressure.
Push-fit fitting — a mechanical fitting that joins pipes or tubes and achieves a seal by pushing by hand
the mating pipe or tube into the fitting.
Note: The fitting can be removable or non-removable.
Rigid waterway — a cross-section of a waterway that can transmit a bending load to the body of a
fitting.
Seal — a component or other portion of a fitting that prevents water leakage.
Seat disc — a disc or washer that provides a watertight joint when compressed against the seat.
Service conditions 1 (SC-1) — the coated surfaces of concealed fittings and concealed parts of exposed
fittings.
Service conditions 2 (SC-2) — the coated significant surfaces of exposed fittings and exposed parts of
concealed fittings.
Shank — the rigid threaded portion of a supply fitting that extends below the mounting surface and has
a means for connecting to the supply piping.
Showerhead — an accessory to a supply fitting for spraying water onto a bather, typically from an
overhead position.