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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Table B.1 (Continued)
Test Clause(s)
Fitting type
Automatic compensating valve
Bath or shower
Bath or shower with diverter
Bidet
Bidet with diverter
Kitchen
Kitchen and lavatory side
spray diverter
Kitchen and lavatory side
spray function control
Laundry
Lavatory and bar
Lawn and sediment
Low-pressure water dispenser
Metering or self-closing
Shower head or body spray
Hand-held shower
Shower head, hand-held shower, or
body spray adjusting
mechanisms or function control
Pullout spout faucet
Supply stop
Life cycle
5.6 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Life cycle — swing spouts
5.6.3.4
X X X X X X
Life cycle — hoses
5.6.3.5.1 X X X X
Mandrel strength
5.6.3.5.3 X X X X
Operating requirements
5.5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Preconditioning and
installation
5.1.1 and
5.1.2
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Pressure and temperature —
outlet blocked
5.3.1.3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Pressure and temperature —
valve closed
5.3.1.2 X X X X X X X X X X X X
Pullout strength
5.6.3.5.2 X X X X
(Continued)