California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 3 - Factory-Built Housing, Mobilehomes, and Manufactured Homes › Subchapter 2 - Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, Multifamily Manufactured Homes, Commercial Modulars, and Special Purpose Commercial Modulars › Article 3 - Commercial Modulars › Subarticle 5 - Plumbing › Section 4516.1 - LPG - Location and Installation of Containers and Systems

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) No LP-gas container shall be installed or
						provision made for installing or storing, even temporarily, inside any
						commercial modular, except for listed, completely self-contained hand torches,
						lanterns, or similar equipment with containers having a maximum water capacity
						of not more than two and one-half (2 ½ ) pounds (approximately one (1)
						pound LPG capacity).
(b) Where
						provided, containers, control valves and regulating equipment shall be mounted
						on the hitch, installed in a single compartment that is vapor-tight to the
						inside of the commercial modular and accessible only from the outside, or
						mounted on the frame. Compartments shall be constructed of galvanized steel,
						not less than 0.0299 inch (0.759 mm) thick. Seams and joints shall be lapped,
						mechanically secured and made airtight to the interior. Alternate materials and
						methods of construction may be used if they provide equivalent quality,
						strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability and safety. Fuel-gas
						tubing from the gas-supply connection may pass through the wall, floor or
						ceiling of the compartment. Where such tubing passes through any wall, floor or
						ceiling, such tubing shall be protected by the use of bulkhead fittings or
						equivalent devices which shall snugly fit both the tubing and the hole in the
						compartment through which the tubing passes.
(c) Containers and container carriers shall
						be securely mounted, located, and installed, so as to minimize the possibility
						of damage to containers, their appurtenances or contents as follows:
(1) Containers shall be installed with as
						much road clearance as practicable but not less than the minimum road clearance
						under maximum spring deflection. This clearance shall be measured to the bottom
						of the container, or to the lowest fitting, support or attachment on the
						container or container housing, whichever is lower.
(2) Fuel containers and container carriers
						shall be securely mounted to prevent jarring-loose, slipping or rotating, and
						fastenings shall be designed and constructed to withstand, without permanent
						visible deformation, static loading in any direction equal to four times the
						weight of the container filled with fuel. When containers are mounted within a
						commercial modular, the securing of the container to the unit shall comply with
						this provision. Any hoods, domes or removable portions of the housing or
						cabinet shall be provided with means to keep them firmly in place in
						transit.
(3) All container valves,
						appurtenances and connections shall be adequately protected to prevent damage
						due to accidental contacts with stationary objects, from loose objects, stones,
						mud, or ice, thrown up from the ground or floor, and from damage due to
						overturn of the commercial modular or similar accident. In the case of
						permanently mounted containers, this provision may be met by the location on
						the commercial modular, with parts of the commercial modular furnishing the
						protection. On portable (removable) containers the protection for container
						valves and connections shall be permanently attached to the
						container.