Manufacturing standard
DIN EN 14604 is a manufacturing standard which applies to companies which manufacture smoke detectors and then sell it on the EU market. The Pyrexx smoke detectors with the MGP installation technique fulfil the requirements of DIN EN 14604.
Although DIN EN 14604 defines, for example, the colour of the warning lights, assuming the manufacturer decides to fit their product which such a feature, it does not in any specific way define they type of fixing for a smoke detector. This standard does not set down particular screws and screw plugs as the means of fixing, but very generally uses the term “means of fixing”. This is also the correct approach, as the choice of fixing for a smoke detector is ultimately dependent upon the type of surface where the detector is to be installed. As part of the standard's impact test, the smoke detector must remain affixed in its installation location when the body of the device is hit from the side with a pre-defined force. Although this impact test cannot replicate the actual diversity of different installation locations and also does not define a particular means of fixing, Pyrexx GmbH has had the MGP installation method tested by TüV using the impact test contained in DIN EN 14604 for resistance to this defined lateral impact test. The MGP fixing technique passed the test with ease.