General Installation Requirements - Valor Ultimate Turbochim BR517S Installer's Manual

P A R T 2 : G E N E R A L I N S T A L L A T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S
2.1
The installation must be in accordance with these instructions.
For the user's protection, in the United Kingdom it is the law that all gas
appliances are installed by competent persons in accordance with the current
edition of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations. Failure to install
the appliance correctly could lead to prosecution. The Council for the
Registration of Gas Installers (CORGI) requires its members to work to
recognised standards.
In the United Kingdom, all electrical supply installation must be installed in
accordance with the current edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations (BS7671).
In the United Kingdom the installation must also be in accordance with:
a) All the relevant parts of local regulations.
b) The current edition of the Building Regulations issued by the Department
of the Environment and the Welsh Office or the Building Standards
(Scotland) Regulations issued by the Scottish Development Department.
c) All relevant codes of practice.
d) The relevant parts of the current editions of the following British
Standards:-
BS 5440 Part 1
BS 5871 Part 2
BS 6891
In the republic of Ireland the installation must also conform with:
a) The current editions of:-
IS 813
ICP3
IS327
b) All relevant national and local rules in force.
The current ETCI National Rules for Electrical Installation.
2.2 Electrical isolation of the unit should be by means of a switched fuse
spur that should be readily accessible to the user, easily identifiable and
preferably sited adjacent to the appliance. It should only connect this appliance.
2.3 This fire is a fan flued appliance. This appliance is designed for
installation in a room which does not have a purpose built flue or chimney and
where it is intended to be against a wall where the fanned flue can not be sited
directly behind the heater.
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