Specification
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Scope
- 2 Reference publications
- 3 Definitions and abbreviations
- 4 Design requirements
- 4.1 Supply fittings
- 4.2 Servicing
- 4.3 Installation
- 4.4 Threaded connections
- 4.5 Connections other than threaded connections
- 4.6 Accessible designs
- 4.7 Backflow prevention
- 4.8 Cover plates and escutcheons
- 4.9 Toxicity and lead content
- 4.10 Frost-proof faucets and hydrants
- 4.11 Showerheads, body sprays, and hand-held showers
- 4.12 Cross-flow
- 4.13 Fittings incorporating electrical features
- 4.14 Materials
- 4.15 Automatic compensating valve temperature control
- 4.16 Lawn faucets
- 4.17 Flexible water connectors
- 4.18 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
- 4.19 Household hot water dispensers with storage electrical heating systems
- 5 Performance requirements and test procedures
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Coatings
- 5.3 Pressure and temperature
- 5.4 Flow rate
- 5.5 Operating requirements
- 5.6 Life cycle
- 5.7 Resistance to installation loading
- 5.8 Resistance to use loading
- 5.9 Backflow prevention
- 5.10 Lawn faucets
- 5.11 Alternative materials test
- 5.12 High-efficiency showerheads and hand-held showers
- 5.13 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
- 6 Markings, packaging, and installation instructions
- Annex A (informative) Unit conversion and rounding criteria
- Annex B (normative) Tests by fitting type
ASME A112.18.1-2018/CSA B125.1-18 Plumbing supply fittings
July 2018 © 2018 Canadian Standards Association
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be tested at both water temperatures. Operating controls shall not require a moving force greater than
45 N (10 lbf) or 22 N (5 lbf) for accessible designs.
5.5.4
Swing spouts, including those with pullout spouts, shall be tested at a flowing pressure of 860 ± 14 kPa
(125 ± 2 psi), with water at 10 ± 6 °C (50 ± 10 °F). The force required to turn the spouts shall not exceed
45 N (10 lbf) measured at the end of the spout.
5.5.5
At a flowing pressure of 860 ± 14 kPa (125 ± 2 psi), with water at 38 ± 6 °C (100 ± 10 °F), showerhead,
body spray, and hand-held shower assembly ball joints shall not require a moving force greater than
45 N (10 lbf) at the farthest point from the ball joint.
5.6 Life cycle
5.6.1 Performance requirements
5.6.1.1 General
5.6.1.1.1
Fittings incorporating moving parts or parts subject to wear shall be tested in accordance with
Clauses 5.6.2 and 5.6.3 for the number of cycles specified in Table 3, except for automatic
compensating valves (see Clause 4.15).
5.6.1.1.2
The specimens shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
During and after the test, the specimens shall continue to function as they did at the beginning of the
test and shall not develop defects that could adversely affect their functionality or serviceability.
5.6.1.1.3
In addition to the requirements specified in Clauses 5.6.1.1.1 and 5.6.1.1.2, valves, swing spouts,
showerheads, body sprays, hand-held shower assemblies, diverters, aerators, and other end point
devices shall comply with the applicable requirements specified in Clauses 5.6.1.2 to 5.6.1.6 after the
life cycle test specified in Clause 5.6.2.
5.6.1.2 Valves or controls
Manually activated valves or controls
a) shall open, operate, and close with a torque or force that does not exceed 120% of that specified in
Table 2 when tested in accordance with Clause 5.5 (except for accessible design valves, which shall
not exceed the force specified in Clause 5.5.2); and
b) may have the packing nut tightened once during the test to stop leakage along the stem.
5.6.1.3 Swing spouts
5.6.1.3.1
Swing spouts, except those with pullout spouts
a) shall not leak at the spout joint when tested in accordance with Clause 5.3.1.3;