Abstract

This document specifies requirements for the construction and performance of residential sprinklers as well as test methods for their type approval, which are operated by a change of state of an element or bursting of a glass bulb under the influence of heat and incorporating the following types of water seals:

• conical metal spring with a PTFE gasket or coating;
  • metal cap or disc with PTFE gasket or coating;
    • copper gasket, with or without a PTFE coating. Sprinklers in accordance with this document are only used in automatic sprinkler systems for domestic and residential applications as defined in EN 16925. In comparison with EN 12259-14:2020, technical modifications have been made to clarify the types of sprinkler seal that are covered by this document in Amendment 1. In Amendment 2 the pressure values in Annex C1.1 and C.2.1 were corrected as well the unit for the force increase in Annex G.1

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Begin

2023-05-03

WI

00191399

Planned document number

DIN EN 12259-14

Project number

03101430

Responsible national committee

NA 031-03-03 AA - Water extinguishing systems and components - mirror committee of CEN/TC 191/WG 5 and WG 10  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 191/WG 5 - Sprinkler systems  

draft standard

Fixed firefighting systems - Components for sprinkler and water spray systems - Part 14: Sprinklers for residential applications - Amendment 2; German and English version EN 12259-14:2020+A1:2022/prA2:2023
2023-11
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previous edition(s)

Fixed firefighting systems - Components for sprinkler and water spray systems - Part 14: Sprinklers for residential applications; German version EN 12259-14:2020+A1:2022
2022-08

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