DIN Standards Committee Gas Technology
DIN EN 50379-1
; VDE 0400-50-1:2013-06
Specification for portable electrical apparatus designed to measure combustion flue gas parameters of heating appliances - Part 1: General requirements and test methods; German version EN 50379-1:2012
Anforderungen an tragbare elektrische Geräte zur Messung von Verbrennungsparametern von Heizungsanlagen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren; Deutsche Fassung EN 50379-1:2012
Overview
This European Standard covers apparatus for measuring gas concentrations and other combustion parameters, as used in the installation and maintenance of heating appliances. Such apparatus may be used for testing the performance of appliances for different types of fuels, either by the installer, maintenance engineer or inspector. The apparatus may consist of different functional modules, which may be tested separately for complying with this standard and will be combined in different ways according to the different applications. This part of EN 50379 contains the general requirements and is supplemented by the requirements in EN 50379-2 and/or EN 50379-3. This European Standard specifies general requirements for the construction, testing and performance of portable spot reading apparatus designed to give an assessment of specific combustion flue gas parameters, such as concentration of gaseous compounds, temperature and/or pressure, to check the combustion performance of heating appliances for domestic residential and commercial applications, using commercially available fuels. The committee responsible for the standard is UK 966.1 "Mess- und Warngeräte für gefährliche Gase" ("Measurement and warning devices for dangerous gases") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
