← All standardsAS/NZS 3718:2005Water supply - Tap ware
  • 1Scope and General
  • 2Materials
  • 3Design and Manufacture
  • 4Performance Requirements
  • AMeans for Demonstrating Compliance with This Standard
  • BList of Referenced Documents
  • CResistance of Plastic-Bodied Taps to Chemical Degradation
  • DHydraulic Strength Test for Tap Assemblies
  • ESurface-Mounting Strength Test for Taps
  • FDetermination of Watertightness
  • GDetermination of the Nominal Flow Rate of Taps and Tap Outlets for Use with High Pressure
  • HTorque Test for Fabricated Assemblies
  • ITorque Test for Handle and Handle Attachment
  • JTorque Test for Head-to-Body Connection
  • KTorque Test for Operating Mechanism of Tap
  • LEndurance Test for Taps and Components
  • MStrength Test for Connector Nuts and Assembly
  • NLoad Test for Button-Operated and Foot-Operated Taps
  • ODimensions of Taps
  • PSimulated Samples
  • QEndurance Test for Flow Controllers
  • RDetermination of the Nominal Flow Rate of Taps and Tap Outlets for Use with Low and Unequal Pressures
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AS/NZS 3718:2005

Water supply - Tap ware

Standards New Zealand

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  • 1Scope and General
  • 2Materials
  • 3Design and Manufacture
  • 4Performance Requirements
  • AMeans for Demonstrating Compliance with This Standard
  • BList of Referenced Documents
  • CResistance of Plastic-Bodied Taps to Chemical Degradation
  • DHydraulic Strength Test for Tap Assemblies
  • ESurface-Mounting Strength Test for Taps
  • FDetermination of Watertightness
  • GDetermination of the Nominal Flow Rate of Taps and Tap Outlets for Use with High Pressure
  • HTorque Test for Fabricated Assemblies
  • ITorque Test for Handle and Handle Attachment
  • JTorque Test for Head-to-Body Connection
  • KTorque Test for Operating Mechanism of Tap
  • LEndurance Test for Taps and Components
  • MStrength Test for Connector Nuts and Assembly
  • NLoad Test for Button-Operated and Foot-Operated Taps
  • ODimensions of Taps
  • PSimulated Samples
  • QEndurance Test for Flow Controllers
  • RDetermination of the Nominal Flow Rate of Taps and Tap Outlets for Use with Low and Unequal Pressures
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