- Standard No.
- ASHRAE 18-2008
- Release Date
- 2008
- Published By
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- Latest
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ASHRAE 18-2008
- Replace
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ANSI/ASHRAE 18-2006
- Scope
- 2.1 This standard applies to self-contained, mechanically
refrigerated drinking-water coolers as described below:
a. water coolers that are supplied with piped water under
pressure,
b. water coolers that require a bottle or reservoir to store the
supply of water to be cooled, and
c. water coolers of the general type described in Section
2.1(a) or 2.1(b) that provide additional utility described
by any one, or more than one, of the following:
1. a refrigerated storage compartment with or without
provisions for making ice,
2. a means for the heating of potable water, and/or
3. a connection that may be used to supply cooled water to
a remote dispensing means.
2.2 This standard does not apply to
a. water coolers intended for use on central circulating-type systems or
b. water coolers employing remote-type condensing units.
2.3 This standard does not
a. provide methods for field or production testing or
b. establish criteria for evaluation of equipment with respect to safety, health hazards, durability, adverse operating conditions, or other factors involved in field applications.
ASHRAE 18-2008 history
- 2008 ASHRAE 18-2008 Methods of Testing for Rating Drinking-Water Coolers with Self-Contained Mechanical Refrigeration
- 2006 ASHRAE 18-2006 Methods of Testing for Rating Drinking-Water Coolers with Self-Contained Mechanical Refrigeration
- 1987 ASHRAE 18-1987 Methods of Testing for Rating Drinking-Water Coolers with Self-Contained Mechanical Refrigeration Systems
ASHRAE 18-2008 Methods of Testing for Rating Drinking-Water Coolers with Self-Contained Mechanical Refrigeration has been changed from ANSI/ASHRAE 18-2006 Method of Testing for Rating Drinking-Water Coolers with Self-Contained Mechanical Refrigeration Systems.