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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5.7.2.3
In addition to complying with the requirements specified in Clause 5.7.2.2, threaded supply connections
shall comply with Clause 5.3.2.
5.7.2.4
Clauses 5.7.2.1 to 5.7.2.3 shall not apply to factory-assembled connections.
5.8 Resistance to use loading
5.8.1 Operating controls
5.8.1.1
Operating controls that close or open the water supply shall withstand a torque or force, applied in the
manner required to close or open the valve, three times greater than that specified in Table 2. Fracture
of the handle or stem shall constitute failure.
5.8.1.2
Wall-mounted bath or shower operating controls that can be grasped shall not pull off when subjected
to an axial force of 445 N (100 lbf).
5.8.1.3
Operating controls other than those specified in Clause 5.8.1.2 shall not pull off when subjected to an
axial force of 45 N (10 lbf).
5.8.2 Maintenance of installed position
Hand-held showers provided with a lug or other device to hang the hand-held shower shall be installed
in their mounted position and shall have a force of 67 N (15 lbf) applied at the centre of the hand grip
for 1 min. There shall be no damage that would prevent the hand-held shower from being re-hung in its
intended position.
5.8.3 Swing spout strength
5.8.3.1 Performance requirements
When tested in accordance with Clause 5.8.3.2, swing spouts shall withstand a mass of 6.4 kg (14 lb)
attached at the spout outlet and the angle at the spout outlet shall not change by more than 15°. This
test shall not apply to pullout spouts.
5.8.3.2 Test procedure
The swing spout strength test shall be conducted as follows:
a) Mount the faucet in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
b) Measure the spout outlet angle from the vertical.
c) Suspend the mass from the centreline of the spout outlet for 3 min and then remove it.
d) After 30 min, measure the spout outlet angle.