<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_ae6823d3-1a83-4c6a-b6dc-749b4cc40298" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>S10C4</sptc><title id="_bbaac72d-11fd-488d-9d98-6c39c86cb69e">Form of test</title><archive-num>2019: Spec C1.13a: 3.1</archive-num><subclause id="_f0263e37-a713-478b-9a3c-66237e5aa379" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_ac2aa2b4-8eff-45d5-b2d0-f212baced507">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Tests must be carried out in accordance with the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1480_0.4.0.xml#_75714f9c-ff9b-4e9d-9705-7ed3522e2004" id="_81f9c062-b776-4dff-85fb-65320f797c42" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Standard Fire Test</xref>, or an equivalent or more severe test, on the timber element with the proposed <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1377_5.3.0.xml#_be8a1d10-4119-4eb0-a014-07a806b104ff" id="_d1687b1b-4b94-4aa6-aa2b-57d10fcf3ab0" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">non-combustible</xref> coverings fixed in a representative manner, with the time the timber interface temperatures exceeded 300°C confirmed in a report from an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1175_0.13.0.xml#_52d35595-b475-460e-ac5e-5cd3e0a72e5f" id="_07c0cab5-04bf-4a48-9320-bddc583231b7" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Accredited Testing Laboratory</xref>.</p></subclause><subclause id="_3a4fdfdf-b103-411d-a1e5-b3e58cf352d8" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_d79f291a-9507-4135-93ba-ae2179c19a1f">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>If a fire protection system incorporates joints, the test specimens must incorporate representative joints.</p></subclause><subclause id="_9932c0e5-10f6-450e-ac0c-c11ff57fca7c" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_f3567e1d-23ea-4be5-aac1-045273e3ab70">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>Interface temperatures must be measured over the following features by a minimum of two thermocouples:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3442255b-5c9d-4109-abb4-6dc6d43aa07c">At joint positions in the protection systems.</li><li id="_0d639da0-9cb1-4ecd-afde-30fe4d36b263">At least 200 mm from any joint.</li><li id="_3d21c921-7b7b-4c8e-a3e7-242178dc8e41">At service penetrations.</li><li id="_ff91247c-a228-4bf2-aae0-5e216df5ee10">At any other locations where, in the opinion of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1175_0.13.0.xml#_52d35595-b475-460e-ac5e-5cd3e0a72e5f" id="_0158554d-e7d1-4803-a06d-c1c889c19d68" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">Accredited Testing Laboratory</xref>, the interface temperature may be higher than the above positions.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_d0af9028-04d7-4242-95ff-a84fb8117318" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_a631bd33-3fbd-43f3-bb9b-71b13f90bad0">SubClause</title><num>4</num><p>The temperatures must be measured in accordance with Appendix C1 and Section 2 of AS 1530.4 as appropriate.</p></subclause></clause>