BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN215:2004Thermostaticradiatorvalves—RequirementsandtestmethodsTheEuropeanStandardEN215:2004hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS91.140.10 CopyrightEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithCENNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--````,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN215:2004ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon25June2004©BSI25June2004ISBN058043981XNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN215:2004.ItsupersedesBSEN215-1:1991andBS7556:1992whicharewithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeRHE/16,Performancerequirementsforcontrolsystems,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to38,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithCENNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--````,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN215June2004ICS91.140.10SupersedesEN215-1:1987andHD1215-2:1988EnglishversionThermostaticradiatorvalves-RequirementsandtestmethodsRobinetsthermostatiquesd'équipementducorpsdechauffe-Exigencesetméthodesd'essaiThermostatischeHeizkörperventile-AnforderungenundPrüfungThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon8April2004.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2004CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN215:2004:ECopyrightEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithCENNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--````,`-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EN215:2004(E)2ContentsPageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope.....................................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences...........................................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions..........................................................................................................................................44Symbolsandabbreviations...............................................................................................................................115Requirements......................................................................................................................................................115.1Dimensions........................................................................................................................................................115.2Mechanicalproperties.......................................................................................................................................115.3Opera