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BS 5544 for anti-bandit glazing (glazing resistant to manual attack) BS 5750 for quality management, the ancestor of ISO 9000; BS 5759 Specification for webbing load restraint assemblies for use in surface transport; BS 5837 for protection of trees during construction work; BS 5839 for fire detection and alarm systems for buildings
BS 1363 was introduced in 1947 as one of the new standards for electrical wiring in the United Kingdom used for post-war reconstruction. This plug corresponds to Type G in the IEC table. [38] BS 1363 replaced the BS 546 plug and socket (which are still found in old installations or in special applications such as remotely switched lighting ...
In 1939 no. 6229 swapped identities with the first of the class 6220 Coronation and was sent to North America with a specially-constructed Coronation Scot train to appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair. [1] There was therefore for a while a blue 6229 Duchess of Hamilton in the UK and a red 6220 Coronation in the US.
Many accessories for electrical installations (e.g., wall sockets, switches) sold in the UK are designed to fit into the mounting boxes defined in BS 4662:2006—Boxes for flush mounting of electrical accessories—Requirements, test methods and dimensions, with an 86 mm × 86 mm square face plate that is fixed to the rest of the enclosure by ...
0–9. AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types; BS 25999; BSI PAS 100; BS 857; BS 1088; BS 1362; BS 1363; BS 1852; BSI PAS 2060; BS 2961; Standard wire gauge
British Standards (BS) are the standards produced by the BSI Group which is incorporated under a royal charter and which is formally designated as the national standards body (NSB) for the UK. [1] The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to: [ 2 ]
BSI Group develops PASs in the UK, [1] while the International Electrotechnical Commission develops international PASs in the arena of electrical, electronic and related technologies, [2] and the International Organization for Standardization develops international ISO PASs. [3] BSI Group pioneered the PAS format.
BS 6312 431A plug, colloquially a British Telecom 4-wire male plug. British telephone sockets were introduced in their current plug and socket form on 19 November 1981 by British Telecom to allow subscribers to connect their own telephones. The connectors are specified in British Standard BS 6312.