Vacuum cleaners for household use - Methods of measuring the performance

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Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der Gebrauchseigenschaften

Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction

Sesalniki za uporabo v gospodinjstvu - Metode za merjenje lastnosti

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60312:200X/oprAA:2008
01-april-2008
Sesalniki za uporabo v gospodinjstvu - Metode za merjenje lastnosti
Vacuum cleaners for household use - Methods of measuring the performance
Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der
Gebrauchseigenschaften
Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la
fonction
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60312:200X/prAA:2008
ICS:
97.080
SIST EN 60312:200X/oprAA:2008 en,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60312
prAA
NORME EUROPÉENNE
February 2008
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 97.080


English version


Vacuum cleaners for household use -
Methods of measuring the performance



Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch -
Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der
Gebrauchseigenschaften



This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 60312:200X; it is submitted to
CENELEC members for CENELEC enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2008-07-04.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 59X.

If this draft becomes an amendment, 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
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Project: 16120 Ref. No. EN 60312:200X/prAA:2008 E

Draft for Enquiry

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EN 60312:200X/prAA:2008 – 2 –
Foreword
1)
This draft amendment to European Standard EN 60312:200X was prepared by WG 6 of the Technical
Committee CENELEC TC 59X, Consumer information related to household electrical appliances. It is
submitted to the CENELEC enquiry.
This draft amendment has been prepared under Mandate M/353 given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables and figures which are additional to those in IEC 60312:2007 are
prefixed “Z”.
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1)
Circulated to CENELEC/IEC parallel vote and ratified on 2008-02-01.
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Text of prAA to EN 60312
1.3 Definitions
Replace 1.3.16 by:
1.3.16
stroke speed
speed of the cleaning head, moved as uniformly as possible (0,5 m/s ± 0,02 m/s) during a forward or a return
stroke. Cleaning heads with their own speed should be moved with their own speed
Add the following definitions:
1.3.Z1
vacuum cleaner
electrically operated appliance that removes dry material (dust, fibre, threads) from the surface to be cleaned
by an airflow created by a vacuum developed within the unit. The material thus removed is separated in the
appliance and the cleaned suction air is returned to the ambient
1.3.Z2
passive nozzle
cleaning head without any agitation devices
1.3.Z3
cleaning head width
the external maximum width of the cleaning head in mm
1.3.Z4
reference vacuum cleaner system
electrically operated equipment used to fix the reference dust removal ability on carpets with given air related
parameters to improve the reproducibility of test results
NOTE Reference vacuum cleaner system is not suitable for other tests than dust pick-up from carpets.
1.4 General conditions for testing
1.4.6 Operation of the vacuum cleaner
Add after the first paragraph:
NOTE This only applies to those devices that may be operated by the user during normal use. Any safety device shall be allowed to
opera
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