What is BS EN 1647 about?
BS EN 1647 discusses about Leisure accommodation vehicles. BS EN 1647 specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in EN 13878, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
BS EN 1647 specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a user's handbook and also specifies the corresponding test methods.
Who is BS EN 1647 for?
BS EN 1647 on caravan holiday homes is applicable to:
- Caravan engineers
- Owners of the caravan homes
- Designers of caravan homes
- Manufacturers of caravan
Why should you use BS EN 1647?
How do you know you’ve made a well-designed and engineered van that has the best chance of not falling apart or being terrible to tow?
There are plenty of other questions to ask as part of your due diligence while making a caravan, but crucial ones to begin with include what design and engineering methods are used.
BS EN 1647 provides recommendation on taking environmental aspects into account during development, production, and disposal of caravan holiday homes based on established knowledge and within the respective technical possibilities.
BS EN 1647 specifies a guidelines on providing a saftey advice manul for the users.
BS EN 1647 specifies variuos test methods that the manufacterer must follow during designing and manufacture steps of the caravan which will ensure the safety of the users as well as providing the caravan which comply with the regulatory standards.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 1647:2018+A1:2021 s supersedes BS EN 1647:2018, which is withdrawn.
In relation to EN 1647:2012, the following main technical changes have been made:
- “Ceiling height”, requirements specified
- Glazing”, requirements specified
- kitchen location” and 5.10 “Fire behavior of materials” deleted
- Electricity”, earth wiring specified
- “Emergency windows and emergency panels” modified
- “Protection of flammable elements” specified