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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5 Performance requirements and test procedures
5.1 General
5.1.1 Preconditioning
Before testing, specimens shall be conditioned at ambient laboratory conditions for not less than 12 h.
5.1.2 Installation for testing
For test purposes, specimens shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
5.1.3 Test conditions
Unless otherwise specified in this Standard, tests shall be conducted at ambient laboratory conditions.
5.1.4 Order of tests
It shall not be necessary to conduct the tests in a particular order, unless a sequence is specified in this
Standard.
Note: A summary of the applicable tests, by fitting type, is provided in Table B.1.
5.2 Coatings
5.2.1 General
The fittings selected for testing shall be as received from the manufacturer and shall not have been
subjected to any other test. The significant surfaces of the coated components shall be free of surface
defects and uncoated areas and shall not be stained.
5.2.2 Corrosion (all substrates and coatings)
5.2.2.1 Performance requirements
After undergoing the applicable test specified in Clause 5.2.2.2.1, coatings shall not show more than one
surface defect in any 650 mm
2
(1.0 in
2
) area of the significant surface or up to three surface defects on
a 25 mm (1.0 in) length of parting line. The surface defects shall be not larger than 0.8 mm (0.03 in) in
any dimension.
If widely scattered surface defects are observed after testing (as occasionally occurs), such defects shall
not significantly deface or adversely affect the function of the coated part.
5.2.2.2 Test procedure
5.2.2.2.1
The coated parts shall comply with the performance requirements of Clause 5.2.2.1 after being
subjected to one of the following corrosion tests:
a) ASTM
G85 (Annex A1 — acetic acid): the test duration shall be 8 h for service conditions 1
(SC-1)
and
24 h for service conditions 2 (SC-2).
b) ASTM
B117 (neutral salt): this test shall be applicable to SC-2 devices and shall have a duration
of
24
h.
c) ASTM
B368 (CASS): this test shall be applicable to SC-2 devices and shall have a duration of 4 h.