EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
(Amendment)Electric toys - Safety
Electric toys - Safety
2012-07-20 - Publication editing allocated to cpalagi@cencenelec.eu * Amdt developed to answer the concerns expressed by the European Commission regarding EN 62115:2005 and its links with M/445 and with the Toys Directives 88/378/EEC & 2009/48/EC (see D136/061 and BT136/DG8024/DC).
Elektrische Spielzeuge - Sicherheit
Jouets électriques - Sécurité
Električne igrače - Varnost - Dopolnilo A11
Ta mednarodni standard obravnava varnost igrač, ki imajo vsaj eno funkcijo, odvisno od elektrike. Dodatne zahteve za eksperimentalne sete so podane v dodatku A. Igrače, ki uporabljajo elektriko za sekundarne funkcije, so zajete v obsegu tega standarda. Dodatne zahteve za igrače, ki vsebujejo laserje in svetleče diode, so podane v dodatku E. Da so v skladu s tem standardom, morajo biti električne igrače prav tako v skladu z ISO 8124-1, saj zajema nevarnosti, drugačne od tistih, ki lahko nastanejo zaradi uporabe elektrike.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2012
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Electric toys - Safety
Elektrische Spielzeuge - Sicherheit
Jouets électriques - Sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.200.50 ,JUDþH Toys
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62115/A11
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.120; 97.200.50
English version
Electric toys -
Safety
Jouets électriques - Elektrische Spielzeuge -
Sécurité Sicherheit
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN 62115:2005; it was approved by CENELEC on 2012-
06-04. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate
the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
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the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
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Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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Ref. No. EN 62115:2005/A11:2012 E
Foreword
This document (EN 62115:2005/A11:2012) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 "Safety of household and
similar electrical appliances".
The following dates are fixed:
– latest date by which this document has to be implemented (dop) 2013-06-04
at national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) 2015-06-04
this document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
This A11 has been developed to answer the concerns expressed by the European Commission regarding
EN 62115:2005 and its links with M/445 and the Toys Directive 2009/48/EC (see D136/061 and
BT136/DG8024/DC).
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive.
For the relationship with EU Directive 2009/48/EC, see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZB, which are an
integral part of this document.
Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables and figures which are additional to those in IEC 62115:2003 +
A1:2004+ A2:2010 are prefixed “Z”.
NOTE The following print types are used:
– requirements: in roman type;
– test specifications: in italic type;
– notes: in small roman type.
Words in bold in the text are defined in Clause 3. When a definition concerns an adjective, the adjective and the
associated noun are also in bold.
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1 Scope
Replace the first paragraph by the following:
This European Standard specifies electrical safety requirements for toys that have at least one function
dependant on electricity, toys being any product designed or clearly intended, whether or not exclusively,
for use in play by children of less than 14 years of age.
rd
Replace the 3 dash of Note 1 by the following:
– functional toys (a toy which performs and is used in the same way as a product, appliance or installation intended for use by
adults, and which may be a scale model of such product, appliance or installation);
nd
Replace the 2 paragraph after Note 2 by the following text:
If it is intended that a child also plays with the packaging, the latter is considered to be part of the toy.
This European Standard only covers the electrical safety aspects of toys. Non-electrical safety aspects
are covered by EN 71 series. For more details, see Annexes ZZA and ZZB.
Delete Notes 4 and 5.
Add the following after Note 3.
This European Standard does not apply to the following toys:
– playground equipment intended for public use;
– automatic playing machines, whether coin operated or not, intended for public use;
– toy vehicles equipped with combustion engines;
– toy steam engines;
– slings and catapults.
Furthermore, it does not cover the following items, which, for the purpose of this European Standard, are
not considered toys:
– electric decorative robots (EN 50410);
– decorative objects for festivities and celebrations;
– sports equipment including roller skates, inline skates, and skateboards intended for children with a
body mass of more than 20 kg;
– bicycles with a maximum saddle height of more than 435 mm, measured as the vertical distance
from the ground to the top of the seat surface, with the seat in a horizontal position and with the seat
pillar set to the minimum insertion mark;
– scooters and other means of transport designed for sport or which are intended to be used for travel
on public roads or public pathways;
– electrically driven vehicles which are intended to be used for travel on public roads, public pathways,
or the pavement thereof;
– aquatic equipment intended to be used in deep water, and swimming learning devices for children,
such as swim seats and swimming aids;
– puzzles with more than 500 pieces;
– guns and pistols using compressed gas, with the exception of water guns and water pistols, and
bows for archery over 120 cm long;
– products and games using sharp-pointed missiles, such as sets of darts with metallic points;
– functional educational products, such as electric ovens, irons or other functional products operated at
a nominal voltage exceeding 24 V which are sold exclusively for teaching purposes under adult
supervision;
– fireworks, including percussion caps which are not specifically designed for toys;
– products intended for use for educational purposes in schools and other pedagogical contexts under
the surveillance of an adult instructor, such as science equipment;
– electronic equipment, such as personal computers and game consoles, used to access interactive
software and their associated peripherals, unless the electronic equipment or the associated
peripherals are specifically designed for and targeted at children and have a play value on their own,
such as specially designed personal computers, key boards, joy sticks or steering wheels;
– interactive software, intended for leisure and entertainment, such as computer games, and their
storage media, such as CDs;
– child-appealing luminaries;
– fashion accessories for children which are not for use in play;
– babies soothers;
– personal protective equipment including swimming goggles, sunglasses and other eye protectors as
well as bicycle and skateboard helmets;
– products for collectors, provided that the product or its packaging bears a visible and legible
indication that it is intended for collectors of 14 years of age and above.
EXAMPLES of this category are
– detailed and faithful scale models,
– kits for the assembly of detailed scale models,
– folk dolls and decorative dolls and other similar articles,
– historical replicas of toys, and
– reproductions of real firearms.
2 Normative references
Add the following new references:
EN 60730 series, Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use (IEC 60730 series)
EN 61000-4-2, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques –
Electrostatic discharge immunity test (IEC 61000-4-2)
EN 61000-4-3, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-3: Testing and measurement techniques –
Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test (IEC 61000-4-3)
EN 61000-4-4, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-4: Testing and measurement techniques –
Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test (IEC 61000-4-4)
EN 61000-4-5, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-5: Testing and measurement techniques –
Surge immunity test (IEC 61000-4-5)
EN 61000-4-6, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-6: Testing and measurement techniques –
Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields (IEC 61000-4-6)
EN 61000-4-11:2004, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-11: Testing and measurement
techniques – Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests (IEC 61000-4-11:2004)
EN 61000-4-13, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-13: Testing and measurement
techniques – Harmonics and interharmonics including mains signalling at a.c. power port, low frequency
immunity tests (IEC 61000-4-13)
EN 61180-1, High-voltage test techniques for low-voltage equipment – Part 1: Definitions, test and
procedure requirements (IEC 61180-1)
EN 61558-2-6, Safety of transformers, reactors, power supply units and similar products for supply
voltages up to 1 100 V – Part 2-6: Particular requirements and tests for safety isolating transformers and
power supply units incorporating safety isolating transformers (IEC 61558-2-6)
– 5 – EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
EN 61558-2-16, Safety of transformers, reactors, power supply units and similar products for supply
voltages up to 1 100 V – Part 2-16: Particular requirements and tests for switch mode power supply units
and transformers for switch mode power supply units (IEC 61558-2-16)
EN 62233:2008 + corr. Aug. 2008, Measurement methods for electromagnetic fields of household
appliances and similar apparatus with regard to human exposure (IEC 62233:2005, mod.)
Delete the following references
EN 71-3, Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
EN 60730-1, Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use - Part 1: General requirements
(IEC 60730-1)
Replace EN 60068-2-75 by the following:
EN 60068-2-75:1997, Environmental testing – Part 2-75: Tests – Test Eh: Hammer tests
(IEC 60068-2-75:1997)
3 Definitions
Add the following new definitions:
3.5.Z1
dangerous malfunction
unintended operation of the appliance that may impair safety
3.5.Z2
protective electronic circuit
electronic circuit that prevents a hazardous situation under abnormal operating conditions
NOTE Parts of the circuit may also be used for functional purposes.
4 General requirement
st
Delete the word ‘normal’ from the requirement (1 paragraph).
5 General conditions for the tests
5.7 Add the following:
The interconnection cord set for connection to a computer, console, monitor screen or other audio-video
equipment supplied with a computer toy is tested with the connector of the interconnection cord set fully
inserted in the appliance inlet of the toy. The plug-connector at the other end of the interconnection cord
is not tested (see 14.Z1).
NOTE The term “interconnection cord set” is defined in EN 60799:1998.
6 Criteria for reduced testing
6.2 Replace the text by the following:
6.2 Battery toys are considered to comply with Clauses 10, 11 (except 11.1), 12, 15 (except 15.2),
17 (except 17.1 for battery compartments intended to contain button cell batteries), 18 (except the
additional distances for computer toys) and 19 if
– the accessible insulation between parts of different polarity cannot be bridged by a straight steel pin
having a diameter of 0,5 mm and any suitable length over 25 mm, (insulation between parts of
different polarity in battery compartments protected by a cover that can only be removed with the aid
of a tool or by two independent movements applied simultaneously are not considered as accessible
for the purposes of this requirement), and
– the total battery voltage does not exceed 2,5 V, measured 1 s after a 1 Ω resistor has been
connected between the supply terminals of the toy, with any current limiting device short-circuited
and without the toy being operated.
7 Marking and instructions
th
7.4 Replace the 5 paragraph (introduced by EN 62115:2005/A2:2011) with the following:
The instructions and markings for dual-supply toys shall include the instructions and markings required
for both battery toys and transformer toys.
Add the following before the paragraph starting with “The instructions for transformer toys”:
For transformer toys, the following age warning shall be visible to consumers at the time of purchase:
“Warning Not suitable for children under 36 months”.
A brief indication of the specific hazard calling for this restriction (e.g. misuse of transformer can cause
electrical shock) “shall accompany the age warning or appear in the instructions which accompany the toy.
The text “Not suitable for children under 36 months” may be replaced by the age warning symbol from
EN 71-1. This requirement does not apply to toys which, on account of their function, dimensions,
properties and similar characteristics, are clearly unsuitable for children under 36 months. The term
“36 months” may be replaced with the term “3 years”.
Replace the second dash in the third list with the following new dashes:
– the toy shall only be used with a transformer for toys;
– the model number or specification of a suitable transformer for use with the toy;
Add the following before the last paragraph:
For computer toys which do not meet the requirement of 14.Z1 b), the instructions shall state the
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