Digital Mixing Valve Test Methods
Digital mixing valves (DMVs) are rapidly becoming essential components in engineered hot water recirculating systems due to their ability to maintain precise temperature control...
Vacuum Breaker Testing Standards
Backflow refers to the unwanted reversal of fluid flow in a piping system — essentially when water moves in the opposite direction from what’s...
Water Heaters
With this issue of Working Pressure focusing on safety, I thought it would be a good time to revisit a topic previously discussed back...
ASSE 1086
Reverse osmosis (RO) systems help to eliminate a wide spectrum of harmful contaminates from water. Historically, however, ROs have shown to be one of...
ASSE 1379
My colleague Terry Burger has written about the efforts to include ASSE’s two newest standards, ASSE 1103, Performance Requirements for Pilot Operated Water Pressure...
ASSE 1003 vs ASSE 1103
My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about ASSE’s newest standard, ASSE 1103, Performance Requirements for Pilot Operated Water Pressure Reducing Valves for...
Harmonized Standards & Certified Products
My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about ASSE’s latest efforts to harmonize performance standards. Often the question asked is, “How does this...
How Products Get Certified
My colleague Terry Burger has written about the relationship between codes and standards. The goal of this article is to help people understand what...
What’s the Difference Between ASSE 1017 and ASSE 1070?
As my colleague Terry Burger mentioned in his article, "Temperature Control Devices," devices that are certified to ASSE 1017, Temperature Actuated Mixing Valves for...
ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT ®) Trademark Granted
ASSE International was recently granted a Certificate of Registration for the ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT®) certification mark by the U.S. Trademark...