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APPENDIX 1
FM Approval for use in the USA
A1.0 Factory Mutual Approval
For installation in the USA the BA405C has FM
Intrinsic Safety and FM Nonincendive approval,
project identification 3026081. Copies of the
Certificate of Compliance are available from BEKA
associates sales office and www.beka.co.uk.
A2.1 Intrinsic safety approval
The BA405C is approved to the FM Class 3610
intrinsic safety standard for use in indoor and
outdoor hazardous (classified) locations.
Installations must comply with BEKA associates
Control Drawing CI405-27 which is attached to this
Appendix, ANSI/ISA RP12.06.01 ‘Installation of
Intrinsically safe Systems for Hazardous
(Classified) Locations’ and with the National
El;ectrical Code ANSI/NFPA70.
The BA405C has a T4 rating at ambient
temperatures up to 60
o
C and may be used with
the following gases:
Intrinsic Safety
Division 1 or 2
Class I Group A & B
Group C
Group D
Zone 0, 1 or 2
Class 1 Group IIC
Group IIB
Group IIA
The FM entity parameters are similar to the ATEX
parameters. The intrinsically safe systems shown
in this manual may therefore be used for
installations in the USA providing the Zener
barriers or galvanic isolators are FM Approved. All
installations must comply with BEKA associates
Control Drawing CI405-27.
A2.2 Nonincendive approval
The BA405C is FM Class 3611 nonincendive
approved allowing it to be installed in Division 2
indoor and outdoor hazardous (classified)
locations without the need for Zener barriers or
galvanic isolators. US installations must comply
with the BEKA associates Control Drawing CI405-
27, which is attached to this Appendix, and with
the National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA70.
The BA414DF has a T4 rating at ambient
temperatures up to +60
o
C and may be used with
the following gases:
Nonincendive
Division 2
Class I Group A & B
Group C
Group D
Zone 2
Class I Group IIC
Group IIB
Group IIA
