1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13856:2002 Minimum requirements for the content of the user manual for automotive LPG systems The European Standard EN 13856:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 43.060.40; 75.160.30 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 13856:200
2、2 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 27 June 2002 BSI 27 June 2002 ISBN 0 580 39982 6 National foreword This British Standard is t
3、he official English language version of EN 13856:2002. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PVE/19, LPG containers and their associated fittings, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request
4、to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Elect
5、ronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of this publication are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligatio
6、ns. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pa
7、ges This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 6, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANS
8、TANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13856 May2002 ICS43.060.40;75.160.30 Englishversion Minimumrequirementsforthecontentoftheusermanualfor automotiveLPGsystems Exigencesminimalespourlecontenudumanuelutilisateur pourlessystmesGPLautomobiles Mindestanforderungenfrdeninhaltvon Gebrauchsanleitungenf
9、rFlssiggassysteme(LPG) ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1March2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchn
10、ational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatus
11、asthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMAL
12、ISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13856:2002EEN13856:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope 3 2 Termsanddefinitions. .3 3 Symbolsandabbreviations
13、 . .3 4 General3 5 Contentsoftheusermanual . .4 5.1 Technicalspecifications .4 5.2 Safetyinstructions. 4 5.3 OperationoftheLPGsystem . 4 5.3.1 FillingoftheLPGcontainer 4 5.3.2 Switchoverprocedure . .4 5.3.3 Opening/closingofmanualvalveswhenfitted .4 5.3.4 Levelindicator. .4 5.4 Maintenance .5 5.5 De
14、fectsandrepair 5 5.6 Scrappingofthesystem . 5 Bibliography 6EN13856:2002(E) 3 Foreword ThisdocumentEN13856:2002hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC286,“LPGequipmentand accessories“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyNSAI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicatio
15、nofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2002,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byNovember2002. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechR
16、epublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiestheminimumrequirementsforthecontentsoftheusermanualforAutomotive LPGpropulsionsystemsfittedinroadvehicle
17、s. Thisstandarddoesnotcovertheusermanualforforklifttrucksorotherindustrialmachinery. 2 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply. 2.1 usermanual documentprovidinginformationaboutstartingup,runningin,operationof,servicingofandminormaintenanceof theL
18、PGsystem 2.2 LPGsystem systemprimarilycomposedofanLPGcontainerinaccordancewithprEN12805andanumberofother componentsinaccordancewithprEN12806 3 Symbolsandabbreviations LPG isLiquefiedPetroleumGas 4General 4.1 Thepurposeoftheusermanualistoinformtheenduseraboutthecharacteristicsandsafetyaspectsofthe in
19、stalledLPGsystem. 4.2 TheusermanualshallbeissuedbytheLPGsystemmanufacturerandsuppliedtotheuseroftheLPG system. 4.3 ThemanufactureroftheLPGsystemshallincludealltheinformationthatisrequiredtoensurethecorrect functioningandsafeoperationoftheLPGsystem.EN13856:2002(E) 4 4.4 Theusermanualshallbewrittenint
20、helanguage(s)ofthecountrywheretheLPGsystemissold. 5 Contentsoftheusermanual 5.1 Technicalspecifications Theusermanualshallcontainatleastthefollowing: a) adescriptionofthesystemandthemaincomponents; b) adescriptionofthefuelforwhichtheLPGsystemisdesigned; c) thenecessaryinformationaboutrunninginandtun
21、ingofthesystem. 5.2 Safetyinstructions Theusermanualshallincludesectionsonthefollowing: a) instructionsforcorrectuseofthesystem; b)dangers of misuse; c) actionstobetakenintheeventofagasleak; d) adverseeffectsofextremeambientconditionssuchashumidityandtemperature; e) nationalregulationsforparking,mai
22、ntenanceandreapproval. 5.3 OperationoftheLPGsystem 5.3.1 FillingoftheLPGcontainer TheusermanualshallincludetheprocedureforfillingtheLPGcontainer. Particularattentionshallbepaidtotheimportanceofthemaximumfillinglevelof80%ofthetotalvolumeofthe containerinstalledinthevehicle. 5.3.2 Switchoverprocedure
23、Whenthevehicleisdualfuelled,theusermanualshalldescribethecorrectmethodofswitchingoverfromonefuel totheother. 5.3.3 Opening/closingofmanualvalveswhenfitted Theusermanualshallindicatetheproceduretooperatethemanualvalves. NOTE ThisisparticularlyimportantformaintenanceoftheLPGsystem. 5.3.4 Levelindicato
24、r Theusermanualshallgiveinformationonthelocationofthelevelindicator,forexampleonthedashboardoron thetank.Thereadoutshallbeexplainedwithparticularattentiontothe80%fillinglevel.EN13856:2002(E) 5 5.4Maintenance Theusermanualshallstatethefrequencyandtypeofmaintenancetobecarriedout,itshallalsostatethata
25、competentpersonshallcarryoutthemaintenance. Theusermanualshallindicateproperprocedurestobefollowedwhenavehicleisrepaintedandputinahot painting/dryingbooth. 5.5 Defectsandrepair Theusermanualshallindicatewhichactionsshallbetakeninthecaseofadefectand/orwhenarepairoffaulty componentsoftheLPGsystemisreq
26、uired. WhentheLPGsystemisequippedwithadiagnosticsystemtheusermanualshalldescribeitsuse. 5.6 Scrappingofthesystem Theusermanualshallgiveproperinstructionsfortheremovalofthesystemfromthevehicleandforscrappingthe system/vehicle.EN13856:2002(E) 6 Bibliography prEN12805, Automotiveliquefiedpetroleumgasco
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