Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-150C - Commercial coaches › MECHANICAL › Section 296-150C-1340 - Mechanical definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions contained in the International Mechanical Code,
				  current edition, and the following definitions apply to the commercial
				  coaches.
"Accessible"
is having access to a fixture,
				  connection, appliance, or equipment that requires the removal of an access
				  panel, door, or similar obstruction.
"Appliance compartment"
is a room having a floor
				  area not in excess of twice the largest plan area of the room's appliance or
				  appliances plus clearances required in this chapter.
"Automatic pilot device"
is a device employed
				  with gas-burning equipment that will either automatically shut off the gas
				  supply to the burner being served or automatically activate, electrically or
				  otherwise, a gas shutoff device when the pilot flame is extinguished.
"Btuh"
is British thermal units per hour.
"Clearance"
is the distance between the
				  appliance, chimney, vent, or chimney or vent connector, or plenum and the
				  nearest surface.
"Combustible material"
is a material adjacent to
				  or in contact with a heat-producing appliance, vent connector, chimney, or
				  steam and hot water pipes, made of or surfaced with wood, compressed paper,
				  plant fibers, or other products that will ignite and burn. Such material must
				  be considered combustible even though flame-proofed, fire-retardant treated, or
				  plastered.
"Connector-gas appliance"
is a flexible or
				  semi-rigid connector listed as conforming to ANSI Standard Z21.24, Metal
				  Connectors for Gas Appliances, used to convey fuel gas, three feet or less in
				  length (six feet or less for gas ranges), between a gas outlet and a gas
				  appliance in the same room.
"Fuel gas piping system"
is the arrangement of
				  piping, tubing, fittings, connectors, valves, and devices designed and intended
				  to supply or control the flow of fuel gas to an appliance.
"Gas"
is fuel gas, such as natural gas,
				  manufactured gas, undiluted liquefied petroleum gas (vapor phase only),
				  liquefied petroleum air-gas mixtures, or mixtures of these gases that would
				  ignite in the presence of oxygen.
"Gas-supply connection"
is the terminal end or
				  connection to which a gas-supply connector is attached.
"Input rating"
is the maximum fuel-burning
				  capacity of any warm-air furnace, recessed heater, or burner expressed in
				  British thermal units per hour.
"Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG)"
is any
				  material that is composed predominantly of propane, propylene, butanes (normal
				  butane or isobutane), and butylenes, or any mixture of them.
"Quick-disconnect device"
is a hand-operated
				  means of connecting and disconnecting a gas supply or connecting gas systems
				  and is equipped with an automatic device to shut off the gas supply when
				  disconnected.
"Readily accessible"
is having direct access
				  without the necessity of removing any panel, door, or similar
				  obstruction.
Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 43.22 RCW. 12-15-061,
					 § 296-150C-1340, filed 7/17/12, effective 9/1/12. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.22.340, [43.22.]355,
					 [43.22.]360,[43.22.]432 , [43.22.]440 and [43.22.]480. 96-21-146, §
					 296-150C-1340, filed 10/23/96, effective
					 11/25/96.