ASTM F2666-07
(Specification)Standard Specification for Aboveground Portable Pools for Residential Use
Standard Specification for Aboveground Portable Pools for Residential Use
ABSTRACT
This specification provides safety and performance requirements for portable pools for residential use. This specification addresses pool hazards including childhood drowning, sanitation, electrical safety, and entrapment. Portable pool has two types: Type A which uses no pump and filter and Type B which uses pumps and filters. Pools shall be resistant to horizontal and vertical forces in order to avoid break or collapse when tested. All air valves shall be accessible for each inflatable section. Once a section of the pool is inflated, the air valve shall be capable of being inserted inside the inflated section without extending beyond the surface more than a certain length. Written instructions shall be provided with each pool. They shall include the pool model name or number, the name, address, and phone number of the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and shall cover, at a minimum: pool safety, product description, parts and assembly (including where and how to affix safety signs, if applicable), filling (including information on the fill line), emptying, deflation (if applicable), cleaning, maintenance, and storage.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification provides safety and performance requirements for portable pools for residential use.
1.2 This specification addresses pool hazards including childhood drowning, sanitation, electrical safety, and entrapment.
1.3 This specification covers both portable pools that are designed to be used with pumps and filters and those not designed to be used with pumps and filters.
1.4 This specification covers all types of portable pools with a water depth of less than 36 in. (91 cm). Aboveground/on ground residential swimming pools with a water depth of 36 in. (91 cm) or greater shall comply with ANSI/APSP-4.
1.5 This specification does not cover public pools, pools used in commercial amusement parks, water fountains, water displays, or fish ponds.
1.6 &inch-pound-units;
1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation:F2666 −07
StandardSpecification for
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Aboveground Portable Pools for Residential Use
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2666; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This specification has been developed to address the risk of drowning and other hazards associated
with portable pools. Portable pools—including “self-rising,” “soft-sided self-rising,” “frame pools,”
“big blue pools,” “inflatable,” or “inflatable top ring” pools—reemerged in the market in the 1990s.
To date, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has reports of nearly 100 portable pool
drowning deaths and submersions from 2000 through 2006. Most of these incidents involve children
younger than four years of age. In 2005, there were 32 portable pool drowning deaths and 7 additional
submersion incidents reported to the Commission. This is nearly triple the number of drowning and
submersion incidents the previous year. Further, it is likely that these numbers are undercounts as the
CPSC had not previously distinguished among pool types in its database. This specification has been
developed by ASTM International in response to this emerging hazard.
1. Scope priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.1 This specification provides safety and performance re-
quirements for portable pools for residential use.
2. Referenced Documents
1.2 This specification addresses pool hazards including 2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
childhood drowning, sanitation, electrical safety, and entrap-
F963 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
ment.
F1346 Performance Specification for Safety Covers and
1.3 This specification covers both portable pools that are
Labeling Requirements for All Covers for Swimming
designed to be used with pumps and filters and those not
Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs
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designed to be used with pumps and filters.
2.2 ANSI Standards:
ANSI Z535.4 American National Standard for Product
1.4 Thisspecificationcoversalltypesofportablepoolswith
Safety Signs and Labels
a water depth of less than 36 in. (91 cm). Aboveground/on
ANSI/APSP-4 American National Standard for
groundresidentialswimmingpoolswithawaterdepthof36in.
Aboveground/On-Ground Residential Swimming Pools
(91 cm) or greater shall comply with ANSI/APSP-4.
ANSI/APSP-7 American National Standard for Suction En-
1.5 This specification does not cover public pools, pools
trapment Avoidance in Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs
used in commercial amusement parks, water fountains, water
and Catch Basins
displays, or fish ponds.
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2.3 CPSC Documents:
1.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
CPSC Pub. No. 362 Safety Barrier Guidelines for Home
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
Pools
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
2.4 Other Standards:
and are not considered standard.
16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other Ar-
1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the ticles Intended for Use by Children Under 3 Years ofAge
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on the ASTM website.
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Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.60 on Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
Portable Pools. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2007. Published December 2007. DOI: Available from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 4330 East
10.1520/F2666-07. West Hwy., Bethesda, MD 20814, http://www.cpsc.gov.
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F2666−07
Which Present Choking,Aspiration, or Ingestion Hazards 5.6.1 Type A pools shall have a means of removing the
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Because of Small Parts water from the pool in a timely manner so as to not create a
drowning hazard.
3. Terminology
5.6.2 When water is intended to be emptied from a portable
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard: pool through the use of a drain(s), the pool shall have a large
enough drain(s) to empty the pool of water to a level
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