AS/NZS 5601.2:2010

AS/NZS 5601.2:2010 GAS INSTALLATIONS - LP GAS INSTALLATIONS IN CARAVANS AND BOATS FOR NON-PROPULSIVE PURPOSES

PREFACE

CONTENTS

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE AND APPLICATION

1.2 EXCLUSIONS

1.3 COMPLIANCE

1.4 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

1.5 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

1.6 DEFINITIONS

1.6.1 Accessible

1.6.2 Appliance

1.6.3 Bedroom or sleeping area

1.6.4 Boat

1.6.5 Caravan

1.6.6 Carbon monoxide detector

1.6.7 Certified/certification

1.6.8 Certifying body

1.6.9 Combustible material

1.6.10 Combustion products

1.6.11 Combustible surface

1.6.12 Cylinder

1.6.13 Cylinder compartment

1.6.14 Deck

1.6.15 DN (diametre nominale)

1.6.16 Explosive limit

1.6.17 Fire resistant material

1.6.18 Flame safeguard system

1.6.19 Flue

1.6.20 Flue cowl

1.6.21 Flue gases

1.6.22 Flue terminal

1.6.23 Gas consumption

1.6.24 Gas detector

1.6.25 Gas installation

1.6.26 Gas/Liquefied petroleum gas (LP Gas)

1.6.27 Gas load

1.6.28 Gas pressure regulator

1.6.29 Gastight

1.6.30 Hob

1.6.31 Hose assembly

1.6.32 Ignition source

1.6.33 LP Gas locker

1.6.34 Main run

1.6.35 Manual shut-off valve

1.6.36 May

1.6.37 Nominal size (DN)/Nominal diameter (DN)

1.6.38 Operating pressure

1.6.39 Oxygen-depletion sensor (ODS) or device

1.6.40 Pigtail

1.6.41 Piping

1.6.42 POL fitting (Prest-o-lite fitting)

1.6.43 Pressure

1.6.44 Proprietary system

1.6.45 Quick-connect device

1.6.46 Range hood

1.6.47 Rated working pressure

1.6.48 Room-sealed appliance

1.6.49 Safety shut-off valve

1.6.50 Shall

1.6.51 Should

1.6.52 Technical Regulator

1.6.53 Vent line

1.6.54 Water heater

SECTION 2 PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND OTHER ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 GENERAL

2.2 GENERAL WORK

2.2.1 Verification of gas supply

2.2.2 Work on a gas installation

2.2.3 Sealing of open ends

2.2.4 Testing of gas installations

2.2.5 Acceptable substances for testing

2.2.6 Methods of locating gas leaks

2.2.7 Decommissioning

2.3 LP GAS CYLINDERS

2.3.1 Cylinders

2.3.2 Corrosion

2.3.3 Cylinder orientation

2.3.4 Use of in-situ fill cylinders in boats

2.3.5 Multi-cylinder installations

2.4 LOCATION OF LP GAS CYLINDERS

2.4.1 Restriction on location of cylinders

2.4.2 Required clearances around a cylinder

2.4.3 Mounting and stowage

2.4.4 Cylinder restraint

2.5 CYLINDER COMPARTMENTS AND LP GAS LOCKERS

2.5.1 Design and construction

2.5.2 Identification of cylinder compartment or LP Gas locker

2.6 MATERIALS AND FITTINGS

2.6.1 Material and components to be suitable

2.6.2 Proprietary systems

2.6.3 Jointing

2.6.4 Condition of pipe and fittings

2.6.5 Prohibition of earthing through piping

2.6.6 Condition of pipe during installation

2.6.7 Restriction on use of thread sealant

2.6.8 Bending pipe

2.7 PIPING

2.7.1 General

2.7.2 Design

2.7.3 Pipe size

2.7.4 Pipe size for piping supplying a Type A appliance

2.7.5 Location

2.7.6 Support of piping

2.7.7 Corrosion control

2.7.8 Gas pressure regulator

2.7.9 Over-pressure protection

2.7.10 Pressure test points

2.7.11 Gas venting

2.8 FLUES

2.8.1 General

2.8.2 Design

2.8.3 Materials

2.8.4 Installation

2.8.5 Location

2.8.6 Flue terminals

2.9 INSTALLING GAS APPLIANCES

2.9.1 Prohibition on installation

2.9.2 Pre-installation

2.9.3 General installation requirements

2.9.4 Requirements for gas appliances

2.9.5 Gas appliance location

2.9.6 Ventilation of the gas appliance space and air supply to gas appliances

2.9.7 Gas appliance connection and isolation

2.9.8 Commissioning

2.10 MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS-GENERAL

2.10.1 Prohibited fittings

2.10.2 Fire resistant material

2.10.3 Flue materials

2.10.4 Jointing compounds and materials

2.11 HOSE ASSEMBLIES

2.11.1 General

2.11.2 Use of a hose assembly

2.11.3 Hose assembly-Operating conditions

2.11.4 Hose assembly connecting an appliance

2.12 SHUT-OFF VALVES

2.13 QUICK-CONNECT DEVICES

2.13.1 General

2.13.2 Restriction on installation

2.14 ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 3 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-CYLINDERS

3.1 GENERAL

3.1.1 Cylinders

3.1.2 Corrosion

3.1.3 Cylinder orientation

3.1.4 Use of in-situ fill cylinders in boats

3.1.5 Multi-cylinder installations

3.2 LOCATION OF LP GAS CYLINDERS

3.2.1 Restriction on location of cylinders

3.2.2 Required clearances around a cylinder

3.2.3 Mounting and stowage

3.2.4 Stowage of spare cylinders

3.2.5 Heat shield

3.3 CYLINDER ATTACHMENT

3.3.1 Restraints

3.3.2 Structures

3.4 CYLINDER COMPARTMENTS AND LP GAS LOCKERS

3.4.1 Caravans

3.4.2 Cylinders located in a combined storage compartment/locker

3.4.3 Boats

3.4.4 Ventilation openings

3.4.5 Access to cylinder compartments

3.4.6 Identification of cylinder compartment or LP Gas locker

SECTION 4 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-GAS PRESSURE REGULATORS

4.1 SUITABILITY OF PRESSURE REGULATORS

4.2 OUTLET PRESSURE

4.3 MOUNTING AND SUPPORT OF REGULATOR

SECTION 5 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-PIPING AND FITTINGS

5.1 GENERAL

5.1.1 Location

5.1.2 Size

5.1.3 Construction

5.1.4 Piping specification

5.1.5 Cylinder connections

5.2 INSTALLATION OF PIPING

5.2.1 General requirements

5.2.2 Piping in caravans

5.2.3 Piping in boats

5.2.4 Rigid piping

5.2.5 Hose assemblies

5.2.6 Prohibition on earthing of piping

5.2.7 Isolation valves

5.2.8 Quick-connect devices

5.2.9 Jointing compounds and materials

5.2.10 Pipe supports and fixings

5.2.11 Sealing of open ends

SECTION 6 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-GAS APPLIANCES

6.1 PROHIBITED APPLIANCES

6.2 RESTRICTION FOR STOWED APPLIANCES

6.3 FLAME SAFEGUARD SYSTEM

6.4 MANUFACTURER™S INSTRUCTIONS

6.5 CLEARANCES

6.6 DISTANCE FROM SOURCES OF FUEL

6.7 RESTRICTION ON INSTALLATION OF AN APPLIANCE ON A PETROL-FUELLED BOAT

6.8 SPACE HEATERS

6.9 COOKING APPLIANCES

6.9.1 Clearances around gas cooking appliances

6.9.2 Protection of a combustible surface near a gas cooking appliance

6.9.3 Vapour seal

6.9.4 Warning label

6.9.5 Cooking appliances on boats

6.10 REFRIGERATORS

6.10.1 Flues

6.10.2 Vents

6.10.3 Clearances

6.10.4 Ventilation

6.11 INSTANTANEOUS WATER HEATERS

6.12 SPA POOL HEATERS ON BOATS

6.12.1 Prohibited locations

6.12.2 Supporting base

6.12.3 Control systems

SECTION 7 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-VENTILATION

7.1 GENERAL

7.2 APPROPRIATE VENTILATION SYSTEMS

7.3 VENTILATION OPENINGS-CARAVANS AND BOATS

7.3.1 Minimum free area

7.3.2 Special requirements for camper trailers and boats

7.3.3 Special requirements for RVs (motorized caravans)

7.4 POSITION OF OPENINGS-CARAVANS ONLY

7.4.1 Cross ventilation

7.4.2 Distance from ceiling

7.4.3 Distance from floor

7.5 POSITION OF OPENINGS-BOATS ONLY

7.6 GAS DETECTION SYSTEM REQUIRED-BOATS ONLY

SECTION 8 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-FLUEING

8.1 FLUE CONSTRUCTION AND CLEARANCES

8.2 PROTECTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

8.3 DISTURBANCES

8.4 LOCATION OF FLUE TERMINAL

8.5 FLUE MATERIALS

8.6 PROPRIETARY FLUEING SYSTEMS

SECTION 9 MEANS OF COMPLIANCE-TESTING AND COMMISSIONING

9.1 TESTING FOR GASTIGHTNESS

9.2 COMMISSIONING

9.2.1 Commissioning of appliance

9.2.2 Other commissioning checks

APPENDIX A - CONVERSION FACTORS

APPENDIX B - REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX C - FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL

C1 INTRODUCTION

C2 SPECIFICATION FOR FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL

C3 EXAMPLES TO DETERMINE REQUIRED THICKNESS OF FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL

C4 ACCEPTABLE METHODS OF PROTECTION

APPENDIX D - PIPE SIZING

D1 INTRODUCTION

D1.1 General

D1.2 Pipe conditions

D1.3 Fitting allowance

D1.4 Equations used

D1.5 Excessive gas velocities

D2 NEW PIPING SYSTEMS

D3 EXISTING PIPING SYSTEMS

D4 INFORMATION REQUIRED

D5 DESIGN PROCEDURE USING PIPE SIZING GRAPHS

D5.1 Introduction

D5.2 Sketch the piping layout

D5.3 Tabulate the pipe runs

D5.4 Determine the length of the longest pipe run

D5.5 Determine the allowable pressure drop per metre

D5.6 Determine the required pipe size from the pipe sizing graphs

D6 PIPE SIZING GRAPHS

D7 DESIGN PROCEDURE USING PIPE SIZING TABLES

D7.1 General

D7.2 Sketch the piping layout

D7.3 Determine the main run

D7.4 Select the piping material

D7.5 Tabulate the pipe runs

D7.6 Selecting the pipe size

D8 PIPE SIZING TABLES

APPENDIX E - COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR BOATS

E1 INTRODUCTION

E2 GAS DETECTION SYSTEM

E3 INSTALLATION OF THE SYSTEM

E3.1 Solenoid valve

E3.2 Position of audible alarm

E3.3 Sensors

E3.4 Operation of the system when gas is detected

APPENDIX F - TESTING GAS INSTALLATIONS

F1 INTRODUCTION

F2 METHOD 1-MEASURING PRESSURE LOSS

F3 METHOD 2-ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE USING BUBBLE LEAKAGE DETECTOR

APPENDIX G - CONSUMER INSTRUCTIONS

APPENDIX H - METHOD OF LOCATING GAS PRESSURE REGULATORS