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Division 2

United Kingdom

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The descriptive plaque must be built into the equipment and must show the following markings, which must be visible on the equipment when installed:

  • name and address of the manufacturer of the equipment,

  • manufacturer's number and year of construction,

  • approval mark for the equipment type,

  • the constant of the equipment in the form ‘k = … rev/km’or ‘k = … imp/km’,

  • optionally, the range of speed measurement, in the form indicated in point 1,

  • should the sensitivity of the instrument to the angle of inclination be capable of affecting the readings given by the equipment beyond the permitted tolerances, the permissible angle expressed as:

    where α is the angle measured from the horizontal position of the front face (fitted the right way up) of the equipment for which the instrument is calibrated, while β and γ represent respectively the maximum permissible upward and downward deviations from the angle of calibration α .