This European Standard specifies the requirements and test methods for the safety and efficiency of domestic gas-fired air heaters with a fan to assist the transportation of combustion air and/or combustion products, hereafter referred to as appliances.
This European Standard applies to Type B12, B12AS, B12BS, B13, B13AS, B13BS, B14, B14AS, B14BS, B22, B23, B42, B42AS, B42BS, B43, B43AS, B43BS, B44, B44AS, B44BS, B52, B53, C12, C13, C32, C33, C62 and C63 appliances with an input not exceeding 70 kW (net cv basis), intended primarily for use in single unit residential dwellings. Provision of the heated air may be by means of ducting.
This standard does not apply to:
a) appliances of the condensing type;
b) appliances for outdoor installation;
c) dual purpose air conditioning appliances (heating and cooling);
d) appliances where the air is heated by an intermediate fluid;
e) appliances with forced draught package burners or fully premixed burners;
f) appliances fitted with a manual means of adjusting the combustion air supply or the evacuation of the combustion products;
g) portable or transportable forced convection appliances;
h) appliances having multiple heating units with a single draught diverter;
i) appliances fitted with more than one flue outlet;
j) Type C22, C23, C42, C43, C52 and C53 appliances;
k) appliances that are designed for continuous condensation within the flue system under normal operating conditions;
l) appliances having combustion products evacuation ducts, POCEDs, that are non-metallic.
This standard is applicable to appliances which are intended to be type tested. It also includes requirements concerning the evaluation of conformity, including factory production control, but these requirements only apply to POCEDs and their associated terminals.
Related directives
NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.
Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
