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
July 2018 © 2018 Canadian Standards Association
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The hot and cold water temperatures and the water pressures shall be those specified in
Clause 5.6.2.2.2.
5.6.3.5 Shower hoses, pullout spout hoses, and side spray hoses
5.6.3.5.1
Hoses shall be subjected to a 67 N (15 lbf) tension test for 10 000 cycles, with the force applied
gradually at the end of the hose connector.
5.6.3.5.2
The end connections of hoses shall not pull out when an axial force is applied and increased to 334 N
(75 lbf) by extending the hose at a rate not faster than 127 cm/min (50 in/min) and then maintained for
15 s.
5.6.3.5.3
Following completion of the test specified in Clause 5.6.3.5.2, the hose shall be bent for one complete
turn around a mandrel 50 mm (2.0 in) in diameter. The end connections of the hose shall then be pulled
until a force of 67 N (15 lbf) is applied or until the hose comes fully into contact with the mandrel,
whichever occurs first. The hose and the end connections shall not leak when tested in accordance with
Clause 5.3.1.3.
5.7 Resistance to installation loading
5.7.1 Bending strength
5.7.1.1 Performance requirements
No cross-section of a rigid waterway on the pressure side of a terminal supply fitting or on both sides of
a non-terminal supply fitting shall be damaged when tested in accordance with Clause 5.7.1.2. This
requirement shall not apply to waterways through a solder joint.
5.7.1.2 Test procedure
The force shall be applied to the cross-section being tested between two and three times the major
diameter of that section. The bending moment shall be as specified in Figure 4.
5.7.2 Thread torque strength
5.7.2.1
Metal tapered pipe size threaded connections shall withstand the torque load specified in Table 4
without evidence of cracking or separation. The torque shall be applied with a torque wrench that has a
maximum allowable inaccuracy of 3% of the full-scale reading. This test shall apply to NPT supply
connections only.
5.7.2.2
Threaded connections intended to seal water shall not crack, strip, or leak when tested in accordance
with Clause 5.3.1.3 with the threaded connections tightened to
a) the
torque required to affect the seal; and
b) 150%
of the torque required by Item a).