1 AS 2428.

1—2004
TM
Australian Standard
Methods of testing smoke/heat release vents
AS 2428.1

Method 1: Determination of resistance to leakage

during rain

PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by Standards Australia Committee ME-062, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning to supersede AS 2428.1—1983, Methods of testing smoke/heat release vents,
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Part 1: Determination of resistance to leakage during rain.

The main changes from the 1983 edition are summarized as follows:
Clause 7.2—Failing criteria was revised, criteria clarified and expanded.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.

METHOD

1 SCOPE
This Standard sets out the method for determining the resistance of a smoke/heat release
vent leakage during rain.

2 PRINCIPLE
The smoke/heat release vent is mounted in a section of roof and subjected to an airstream
into which water has been introduced to simulate wind-blown rain. The vent is monitored
visually from inside the roof for signs of water penetration. The maximum wind velocity at
which the vent resists the entry of water, i.e., the rain leakage wind velocity v r, is
determined.

3 APPARATUS
The following apparatus is required:
(a) A wind machine having a propeller of a diameter not less than 3900 mm, for
producing an airstream or wind. The wind velocity shall be measured 11 ±1 m
upstream from the nearest part of the specimen.
(b) A system of 72 spray nozzles fixed in a rectangular grid pattern of—
(i) 12 horizontal rows each spaced 450 mm apart; and
(ii) 6 vertical rows 610 mm apart.
This system shall be located 8.800 m from the wind-speed measuring device and with
the centre of the grid of nozzles on the centreline of the airstream. The system shall
introduce water into the airstream at a rate of 1.6 L/s or 2.5 L/s, whenever required.

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release vents Determination of resistance to
leakage during rain
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