BS EN 15154-5:2019
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Emergency safety showers – Water overhead body showers for sites other than laboratories
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2019 | 18 |
This document is a product specification, giving performance requirements for water overhead emergency safety body showers installed on industrial and logistic sites, (in combination with safety eyewashes and hand-held showers as well),
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which are permanently connected to a water supply; or
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which are equipped with a store tank and optionally connected to an uninterrupted or a temporary water supply.
Emergency safety body showers using fluid other than water are not considered in this document.
This document also specifies requirements in respect of installation, adjustment and marking of the showers as well as operation and maintenance instructions to be given by the manufacturer.
Plumbed-in body showers designed for laboratory facilities are dealt with in EN 15154-1 .
Water multiple nozzle body showers for sites other than laboratories are dealt with in EN 15154-6 1 .
Attention is drawn to national regulations which can apply in respect of the installation and use of emergency safety showers
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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| 2 | undefined |
| 8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
| 9 | 4 Performance 4.1 Classification |
| 10 | 4.2 Wash-off time 4.3 Flow rate of water 4.3.1 Overhead body showers 4.3.2 Body shower with storage tank (tank showers) 4.3.3 Safety combination showers 4.4 Water distribution 4.4.1 Type test 4.4.2 Overhead body showers of classes I and II |
| 11 | 4.4.3 Overhead body showers of Class III and body showers with storage tank 4.5 Time to rated flow 4.6 Combination showers equipped with a hand-held shower 4.7 Water quality and water temperature |
| 12 | 5 Design requirements for the installation 5.1 General 5.2 Clearance 5.3 Entry to the shower 5.4 Materials and geometry 6 Activation system 6.1 General 6.2 Valves |
| 13 | 6.3 Automatic release 6.3.1 General 6.3.2 Occupant weight-sensed release 6.3.3 Other automatic release mechanisms 7 Shower head 8 Mechanical stability of body showers with storage tank 9 Information for marking, installation, service use and maintenance 9.1 Marking and labelling |
| 14 | 9.2 Instruction handbook |
| 15 | Annex A (informative)General guidance A.1 Water temperature A.2 Guidelines to recommended installation A.3 Cleaning A.4 Testing |
