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FIA
T DUCA
TO NA
TURAL POWER
IDENTIFICATION DATA
IMPORTANT If the vehicle has been
registered in a country other than
Italy, the certification data, identifi-
cation and inspection procedures for
the methane canisters should con-
form to the legislation in that coun-
try. In any case, it should be re-
membered that the life of the can-
isters is 20 years from the produc-
tion date as set out in ECE Regula-
tion no. 110.
Marking the canisters
Each methane canister is identified in the
factory with a stamp on the nose of the
actual canister.
fig. 11
F0N0405m
The stamp includes:
CNG ONLY
(type of gas designed for:
compressed natural gas only);
DO NOT USE AFTER
-
(canister expiry date: month-year);
FABER
(name of canister manufacturer);
/
/
(canister regis-
tration number);
L
(nominal canister capacity in litres);
KG
(weight of canister kg: specific
for each canister);
20.0MPa15°C
(operating pressure at
15°C);
30.0MPa
(canister test pressure);
E
110R
-
(ECE homologa-
tion number);
ECE R 110
(manufacturing regulations);
CNG-1
(type of canister);
/
(canister manufacture test
date: month/year);
USE ONLY FABER-APPROVED
PRD
(PRD safety device warning);
(
–
N)
(ENI stamp).
The other plates (handed over with the
vehicle documentation) contain the date
for the first inspection of the canisters.
SYSTEM INSPECTION
The canisters should be inspected, in ac-
cordance with ECE Regulation Procedure
no. 110, every 4 years from the vehicle
registration date or in accordance with
specific regulations in individual countries.
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