Standard Method of Tests for Door Closers Intended for Use with Swinging Doors

This Standard establishes requirements for combination door closers-holders equipped with integral electromechanical or electromagnetic holders and which may be provided with integral smoke detectors intended for use with swinging doors in fire separations and on exit doors.  These requirements also apply to electromagnetic door holder units which are for use with a separate door closer and separate automatic fire detector.

The combination door closers-holders (with or without integral smoke detectors) described in this Standard provide one of the following types of hold open functions:

a)     Single point hold open.

b)     Multiple point hold open. (Two, three, four, etc. discrete hold open points as set at the manufacturer's plant.)

c)     Infinite hold open points with one as set by the user.

This Standard does not cover spring hinges.

The combination door closers-holders with or without smoke detector units covered by this Standard are intended for installation in accordance with NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives, CAN/ULC-S524, Standard for the Installation of Fire Alarm Systems, CSA C22.1, Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, Safety Standard for Electrical Installations, and as permitted by the National Building Code of Canada.

The combination door closers-holders with or without smoke detector units covered by this Standard are intended for installation on interior doors and for interior mounting on exterior doors.

The applicability of data from this Standard to a product in actual use is dependent on test specimens being representative of that product.