EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric thermal-storage room heaters intended to heat the room in which they are located, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single phase and 480 V for other appliances.

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-61: Besondere Anforderungen für Speicherheizgeräte

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-61: Règles particulières pour les appareils de chauffage à accumulation

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-61. del: Posebne zahteve za termoakumulacijske grelnike prostorov - Dopolnilo A12

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2021
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.100.10 - Electric heaters
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 01-Oct-2021
• Due Date: 14-Sep-2022
• Completion Date: 01-Oct-2021
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60335-2-61:2003/A11:2019 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters
• Effective Date: 05-Oct-2021
• Amends: EN 60335-2-61:2003 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters
• Effective Date: 21-Apr-2020

Overview

EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021 is a CENELEC European safety standard specifying particular requirements for electric thermal‑storage room heaters (storage heaters) used in households and similar environments. It applies to appliances with rated voltages up to 250 V single‑phase and 480 V for other configurations. Amendment A12 (2021) updates the original Part 2‑61 document and aligns it with the latest Part 1 and related publications to clarify hazards, marking, installation and temperature‑rise limits.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope and hazard assumptions: Addresses reasonably foreseeable hazards for all persons; explicitly notes limits regarding unsupervised use by very young children and vulnerable people.
• Definitions: Adds “heater for mounting at high level” (fixed at least 1.8 m above the floor).
• Marking and instructions:
  • New child‑safety instructions: keep children <3 years away; children 3–8 may only operate with supervision/instruction and must not perform plugging, regulation or cleaning.
  • Requires an instruction that the heater must not be located immediately below a socket outlet.
  • For heaters without built‑in room thermostats, mandatory warning text about lack of room‑temperature control and burn risk.
  • Installation guidance for fixed heaters intended for bathroom use (must comply with installation regulations).
• Heating and temperature‑rise limits (Clause 11 / Table 101):
  • Amendment revises surface temperature rise limits for air‑outlet grilles and accessible surfaces depending on material and design. Examples from Table 101:
    • Air‑outlet grilles for controlled‑output heaters with fans: 175 K (metal), 195 K (other materials).
    • Other heaters’ grilles: 130 K (metal), 145 K (other).
    • Accessible metal surfaces: 85 K; glass/ceramic: 100 K; moulded material: 105 K.
  • Specific lower limits for portable storage heaters without handles and for built‑in floor or window‑sill outlets.
• Immediate surrounds: Annex AA provides guidance on the spatial limits (e.g., 100 mm vertical, 25 mm other directions) around air outlets used in temperature checks.
• Regulatory relationship: Annex ZZA links the standard to the EU Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU) and indicates presumption of conformity when cited in the Official Journal.

Applications

• Design, testing and certification of electric thermal‑storage room heaters
• Manufacturer product documentation and user instructions
• Type testing by conformity assessment and test laboratories
• Installation guidance for electricians and HVAC installers
• Safety compliance checks for market surveillance and regulators

Who should use this standard

• Heater manufacturers and product designers
• Test laboratories and certification bodies
• Compliance officers and regulatory authorities
• Technical writers preparing manuals and installation instructions
• Installers and safety engineers specifying safe mounting/clearances

Related standards

• EN 60335‑1 (General requirements for household appliances)
• EN 60335‑2‑30 (Particular requirements for room heaters)
• Referenced IEC/ISO publications listed in Annex ZC for harmonized test methods

Keywords: EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021, thermal-storage room heaters, safety standard, CENELEC, temperature rise limits, Low Voltage Directive, marking and instructions, heater mounting.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2021
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-61. del: Posebne zahteve
za termoakumulacijske grelnike prostorov - Dopolnilo A12
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements
for thermal-storage room heaters
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-61:
Besondere Anforderungen für Speicherheizgeräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-61: Règles particulières
pour les appareils de chauffage à accumulation
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.100.10 Električni grelniki Electric heaters
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2021
ICS 13.120; 97.100.10
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61:
Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-61: Règles particulières pour les appareils de ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-61: Besondere Anforderungen für
chauffage à accumulation Speicherheizgeräte
This amendment A12 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-61:2003; it was approved by CENELEC on 2021-04-06. 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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© 2021 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021 E

European foreword
This document EN 60335-2-61:2003/A12:2021 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 (dop) 2022-02-20
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2024-08-20
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
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(s). For the
relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZA, which is an integral part of this document.

TEXT of A12 of 60335-2-61
1 Modification to the introduction
Delete the EN addition
Addition:
This European amendment A12 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
– EN 60335-1:2012+A11:2014+ A13:2017+A1:2019+A14:2019+A2:2019 (Part 1)
– EN 60335-2-61:2003+A1:2005+A2:2008 (Part 2)
2 Modification to the Scope
Replace the paragraph starting with "As far as is practicable… children playing with the appliance ", except
Note 101 and Note 102, with the following:

This standard deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards presented by appliances and machines that are
encountered by all persons. However, in general, it does not take into account:
• children playing with the appliance;
• the use of the appliance by very young children;
• the use of the appliance by young children without supervision.
It is recognized that very vulnerable people may have needs beyond the level addressed in this standard.
3 Modification to Clause 3, Definitions
Add the following definition:
3.Z106 heater for mounting at high level
heater intended to be fixed at a height of at least 1,8 m above the floor

4 Modification to Clause 7, "Marking and instructions"
7.12 Modification
Add the following sentences after the paragraph starting with "This appliance can be used…. children without
supervision":
Children less than 3 years should be kept away unless continuously supervised.
Children aged from 3 years and less than 8 years shall only switch on/off the appliance provided that it has
been placed or installed in its intended normal operating position and they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved.
Children aged from 3 years and less than 8 years shall not plug in, regulate and clean the appliance or
perform user maintenance.
Addition:
The instructions shall state that the heater must not be located immediately below a socket outlet.

The instructions for room heaters without a built-in room thermostat or thermal control limiting the room
temperature shall include the substance of the following:
WARNING: This heater is not equipped with a device to control the room temperature.
CAUTION — Some parts of this product can become very hot and cause burns. Particular attention has to be
given where children and vulnerable people are present.
7.12.1 Addition
The installation instructions for fixed heaters likely to be used in a bathroom shall state that the heater is to be
installed in accordance with installation regulations.
5 Modification to the Clause 11, "Heating"
11.8 Modification
Replace Table 101 by the following:

SIST EN 60335-2-61:20
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