| The following rules apply for rooms where compressors with oil injection cooling are to be installed:
- The room must have special fire protection if the compressor motor rating is over 40 kW.
- Compressors with a motor rating of over 100 kW must be installed in a separate fire-protected room.
Requirements for fire-protected installation rooms:
- The walls, ceilings, floors and doors must be Fire safety category F30 or better.
- No inflammable liquids may be stored in the installation room.
- The floor area around the compressor must not be made of combustible material.
- Leaking oil must not be allowed to spread on the floor.
- There must be no inflammable substances within a radius of at least three metres from the compressor.
- No combustible system parts, such as cable lines, may be laid over the compressor.
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