Leisure accommodation vehicles. Caravans - Habitation requirements relating to health and safety

BS EN 1645-1:2004+A1:2008 Leisure accommodation vehicles. Caravans. Habitation requirements relating to health and safety

BS EN 1645-1 specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of people when they use caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation. It also specifies the corresponding test methods. Requirements applicable to road safety are not covered by BS EN 1645-1.

BS EN 1645-1 applies exclusively to rigid and rigid folding caravans as defined in EN 13878.

EN 1645-2 gives requirements relating to user payloads for caravans.

Contents of BS EN 1645-1:

• Foreword

• Scope

• Normative references

• Terms and definitions

• Testing

• Design and construction

• Internal equipment

• Drinking water supply, storage and disposal of waste water

• Appliances

• Classification of thermal insulation and heating

• Installations

• Ventilation

• Fire precautions

• Warning notice

• User's handbook

• Rigidity test

• Grab handle test

• Strength of Entrance Steps

• Slip resistance test

• Separate entrance step stability test

• Clear height over bunks

• Strength of protection against falling out of bunks

• Mechanical strength of bunks

• Security of folding bunks

• Safety of access to upper bunks

• Measurement of gaps

• Thermal insulation – Method of calculation

• Determination of the thermal transmittance for caravans – Test method

• Test equipment

• Bibliography