ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 13846 First edition 2000-10-01 Plastics piping systems End-load- bearing and non-end-load-bearing assemblies and ioints for thermoplastics pressure piping Test method for long-term leaktightness under internal water pressure Systemes de canalisations en plastiques - Assemblages et jonctions avec et sans effet de fond pour canalisations thermoplastiques avec pression Methode d'essai pour verifier I'étancheite a long terme sous une pression d'eau interne Reference number ISO 13846:2000(E) ISO @ ISO 2000 Copyright International Organization for Standardization ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 13846:2000(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISo Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event ?ISO2000 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.ch Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland CopyightinteratinalOorganization for Standardization @ISo2000-Allrightsreserved networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 13846:2000(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 3. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject of collaboration with ISO Technical Committee TC 138, Plastics pipes, fittings and valves for the transport of fluids! cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement). CopyihtIntemafionai Organizalin for standardization Served ii