BS EN ISO 13590:2018 pdf free.Small craft – Personal watercraft – Constructionand system installation requirements.
1.Scope:This International Standard applies to personal watercraft as defined in 3.1, for the construction andinstallation of builder’s plate,permanently installed petrol fuel systems, electrical systems, steeringsystems,ventilation，hull structure and floatation, and requirements for stability,freeboard andowner’s manual.
2 Normative references:The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For datedreferences, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenceddocument (including any amendments) applies.
3Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1.personal watercraft.vessel less than 4 m in length, which uses an internal combustion engine powering a water-jet pumpas its primary source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting,standing, or kneeling on, rather than within, the confines of a hull.
3.2.fuel system:entire assembly of the fuel fill, vent, tank and distribution components, including and not limited topumps, valves,strainers, carburettors and filters.
3.3.static floating position:attitude in which a personal watercraft floats in calm water, with each fuel tank flled to its ratedcapacity, but with no person or items of portable equipment on board.
3.4conduit:any type of rigid plastic or metal piping or tubing which supports the conductors contained within
3.5.AWG American Wire Gauge
3.6.ignition protection:design and construction of a device such that, under design operation conditions; it will not ignite aninflammable hydrocarbon mixture surrounding the device when an ignition source causes an internalexplosion, or it is incapable of releasing sufficient electrical or thermal energy to ignite a hydrocarbonmixture, or the source of ignition is hermetically sealed
3.7.sheath:material used as a continuous protective covering, such as electrical tape, moulded rubber, mouldedplastic or flexible tubing, around one or more insulated conductors.
The “builder’s plate”shall be permanently displayed,and characters and other marking shall becapable of withstanding the combined effects of water, oil, salt spray, direct sunlight, heat, cold andwear expected during normal operation of the personal watercraft without loss of legibility, and shallbe resistant to removal and alteration of information without leaving some obvious sign of such effects.Alternatively, the information may be printed or etched on the craft itself.The colours applied to the label shall be fade resistant.BS EN ISO 13590 pdf download.