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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5.13.3 Spray force
5.13.3.1 Performance requirement
When tested in accordance with Clauses 5.13.3.2 to 5.13.3.5, the minimum spray force for high-
efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves shall be not less than 1.1 N (4.0 ozf).
5.13.3.2
Three representative production samples shall be selected for performance testing.
5.13.3.3 Preparation of apparatus
The apparatus shall be prepared in accordance with Section 9 of ASTM F2324.
5.13.3.4 Spray force test fixture
The spray force test fixture apparatus shall comply with the requirements in ASTM F2324.
5.13.3.5 Test procedure
The spray force shall be tested in accordance with Section 10 of ASTM F2324.
6 Markings, packaging, and installation instructions
6.1 General
6.1.1
Products covered by and complying with this Standard shall be marked with
a) the manufacturer’s recognized name, trademark, or other mark; or
b) in the case of private labelling, the name, trademark, or other mark of the customer for whom the
fitting was manufactured.
Markings shall be accomplished by use of a permanent mark or by placing a permanent label on the
product.
Markings shall be located in such a way that they are visible after installation.
6.1.2
Showerheads and hand-held showers shall be marked with the manufacturer’s specified maximum flow
rate, in L/min and gpm, verified in accordance with Clause 5.4.2.3.2 a) or 5.12.2.1 (high-efficiency).
6.1.3
Kitchen, lavatory, and metering faucets shall be marked with the manufacturer’s specified maximum
flow rate, in L/min and gpm or L/cycle and gpc, verified in accordance with Clause 5.4.2.3.1 b).
6.2 Temperature identification
The following bath and shower mixing valves shall have their temperature control settings identified
alphabetically, numerically, or graphically:
a) single-handle
valves; and