Portable fire extinguishers - Part 7: Characteristics, performance requirements and test methods

This standard specifies the characteristics, performance requirements and test methods for portable fire extinguishers.
Reference to the suitability of an extinguisher for use on gaseous fires (class C fires) are at the manufacturer’s discretion, but are applied only to powder type extinguishers which have gained a class B or class A and class B rating.
Suitability of extinguishers for use on class D fires (fires involving flammable metals) is outside the scope of this standard in respect of test fires. However, extinguishers claiming class D suitability are covered in all other respects by the requirements in this standard for powder extinguishers.
It is considered hazardous for powder and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers to be used on Class F fires.  For this reason powder and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers are excluded for conformance with regard to Class F in this European Standard.
NOTE   The extinction of a metal fire presents a situation so specific (in terms of the metal itself, its form, the configuration of the fire etc.) that it is not possible to define a representative standard fire for the purposes of testing. The efficiency of extinguishers on class D fires needs to be established on a case by case basis.

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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Portable fire extinguishers - Part 7: Characteristics, performance requirements and test methodsPrenosni gasilniki - 7. del: Lastnosti, zahteve za obnašanje v uporabi in preskusne metodeExtincteurs d'incendie portatifs - Partie 7: Caractéristiques, performances et méthodes d'essaiTragbare Feuerlöscher - Teil 7: Eigenschaften, Leistungsanforderungen und PrüfungenTa slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007SIST EN 3-7:2004+A1:2008en,fr,de13.220.10ICS:SLOVENSKI
STANDARDSIST EN 3-7:2004+A1:200801-februar-2008

EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 3-7:2004+A1
August 2007 ICS 13.220.10 Supersedes EN 3-7:2004English Version
Portable fire extinguishers -Part 7: Characteristics, performance requirements and test methods
Extincteurs d'incendie portatifs - Partie 7: Caractéristiques, performances et méthodes d'essai
Tragbare Feuerlöscher - Teil 7: Eigenschaften, Leistungsanforderungen und Prüfungen This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 March 2003 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 30 June 2007.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Duration of operation, residual charge tests.25 Annex B (normative)
Range of operating temperature.26 Annex C (normative)
Dielectric test.27 Annex D (normative)
Operation and emission control mechanisms/devices.29 Annex E (normative)
Test for performance of the hose.30 Annex F (normative)
Control valve test.31 Annex G (normative)
Tests on the horn.32 Annex H (normative)
Resistance to corrosion.33 Annex I (normative)
Fire tests.34 Annex J (normative)
Measurement of moisture content of wood.42 Annex K (normative)
Compaction procedure.43 Annex L (normative)
!Specific requirements for Class F fire extinguisher.45 Annex M (normative)
!Polar solvents.50 Bibliography.52

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EN 3-6 will be superseded by EN 3-10. 2) EN 3-10 will update and amend EN 3-6. EN 3-10 will supersede EN 3-6.

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