CSA B140.3-1962 (R2020)

Preface:

This is the first edition of one of a series of Standards covering minimum requirements for safe operation, acceptable performance, design, construction, manufacture, marking, and testing of oil burning equipment.

Nothing in these requirements is to be considered in any way as indicating a measure of quality beyond compliance with the provisions they contain.

Safe and satisfactory operation of oil burning equipment depends to a great extent upon its proper installation. To assure satisfactory and safe operation, equipment complying with the requirements of this Standard should be installed in accordance with the latest issue of CSA Standard B139, Installation Code for Oil Burning Equipment.

Appendices and footnotes appearing in CSA Standards are not considered part of the requirements of the Standard but are included to facilitate their use.

This Standard was prepared by the Committee on Oil Burning Equipment under the jurisdiction of the Sectional Committee on Oil Burning Equipment and was formally approved by these Committees and the CSA Technical Council.

Scope:

1.1
This Specification applies to complete flue-connected oil burning stoves incorporating oil burners of the vapourizing-type.

1.2
The requirements given herein apply to circulating and radiant room heaters, ranges, and combination ranges, as defined in this Specification.

Note: The following related appliances are covered by other CSA Standards:
(a) Mobile home furnaces and trailer heaters. Refer to CSA Standard B140.10, Mobile Home Furnaces and Trailer Heaters;
(b) Portable kerosene heaters and stoves that are not intended to be flue-connected. Refer to CSA Standard B140.9, Portable Kerosene Heaters.

1.3
The requirements given herein apply also to water heaters, as defined in this Specification, when equipped with an oil burner of the vapourizing type.

1.4
The requirements given herein do not apply to units intended for use with pipes or ducts for the distribution of the heated air.