EN 161:2001

Automatic shut-off valves for gas burners and gas appliances

Publication date:   Jun 11, 2004

General information

99.60 Withdrawal effective   Jan 24, 2007

CEN

CEN/TC 58 Safety and control devices for burners and appliances burning gaseous or liquid fuels

European Norm

23.060.40   Pressure regulators

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Scope

This European standard specifies the safety, construction and performance requirements for automatic shut-off valves for gas burners, gas appliances and similar use, hereafter referred to as valves.
This European Standard covers type testing only.
It applies to valves with declared maximum working pressures up to and including 4 bar, for use on burners or in appliances using fuel gases of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd families.
It applies to electrically operated valves and to valves actuated by fluids where the control valves for these fluids are actuated electrically, but not to any external electrical devices for switching the control signal or actuating energy.
It applies to valves where the flow rate is controlled by external electrical signals, either in discrete steps or proportional to the applied signal.
It applies to valves fitted with closed position indicator switches.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

90/396/EEC

Appliances burning gaseous fuels

Harmonized/Supporting
2009/142/EC

Appliances burning gaseous fuels

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
EN 161:1991

WITHDRAWN
EN 161:1991/A1:1996

WITHDRAWN
EN 161:1991/A2:1997

NOW

WITHDRAWN
EN 161:2001
99.60 Withdrawal effective
Jan 24, 2007

REVISED BY

WITHDRAWN
EN 161:2007