Specification for
installation, exchange,
relocation and removal
of gas meters with a
maximum capacity not
exceeding 6 m3/h –
Part 3: Low and medium pressure
(3rd family gases)
The standard specifies requirements for the installation, exchange,
relocation and removal of credit or prepayment diaphragm and
ultrasonic gas meters with a maximum capacity not exceeding 6 m³/h.
NOTE 1 For the purposes of this standard, installation includes design,
inspection and commissioning. It is recognized that each of these tasks can
be performed by the same person.
This part of BS 6400 is applicable to meter installations:
a) supplied with 3rd family gases either:
1) from low pressure service pipework with a maximum
operating pressure not exceeding 75 mbar and a design
maximum incidental pressure of 350 mbar; or
2) from medium pressure service pipework with a maximum
operating pressure exceeding 75 mbar but not exceeding 2 bar
and a design maximum incidental pressure of 2.7 bar;
b) only fitted downstream of the emergency control valve;
c) that utilizes a meter regulator downstream of the emergency
control valve;
d) where all gas fittings subjected to medium pressure have been
pre-assembled and where strength and gas tightness testing has
been undertaken on the regulator assembly at the factory;
e) where the operating pressure at the outlet of the meter is
nominally 37 mbar.
Installation pipework is specified in BS 5482-1 and LPGA Code of
Practice 25 [14].
Service pipework (including the first emergency control valve) is
specified in BS 5482-1 and the LPGA Code of Practice 22 [15] and
LPGA Code of Practice 25 [14].
This standard does not cover pressure regulating installations installed
in a service pipework upstream of the emergency control valve.