EN 50636-2-100:2014

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-100: Particular requirements for hand-held mains-operated garden blowers, vacuums and blower vacuums

Replacement: This European Standard specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of hand-held mains-operated electrical garden vacuums, and garden blower/vacuums with or without shredding means and garden blowers, hereinafter referred to as machine(s), for use at and around the home or for similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V single phase. This European Standard does not apply to: - machines powered by combustion engines; NOTE 1 Combustion engine driven machines are covered by EN 15503. - machines driven by an external power source; - machines powered from a 3 phase supply; - vacuum cleaners intended primarily for use indoors, for water suction cleaning or animal grooming; NOTE 2 EN 60335-2-2 deals with this type of machine. - walk-behind, hand-guided (support-wheeled) and ride-on machines; - combination of a mains driven and/or battery powered blowers and vacuums with internal combustion engines (hybrid); - back-pack powered blowers and back-pack powered vacuums. EMC and environmental aspects, except noise, have not been considered in this standard. This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards presented by hand-held mains-operated electrical garden vacuums, garden blower/vacuums with or without shredding means and garden blowers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable. This European Standard is not applicable to machines, which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CENELEC.

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-100: Besondere Anforderungen für handgehaltene netzbetriebene Laubgebläse und/oder -sauger

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-100 : Exigences particulières pour les souffleurs, aspirateurs et aspiro-souffleurs portatifs pour le jardin, alimentés par le secteur

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General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 19-Jun-2014
• Withdrawal Date: 24-Nov-2016
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 65.060.70 - Horticultural equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 116 - Safety of hand-held motor-operated electric tools
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 116 - Safety of hand-held motor-operated electric tools
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 116 - Safety of hand-held motor-operated electric tools
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 20-Jun-2014
• Completion Date: 20-Jun-2014
• Directive: 2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50636-2-100:2015 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-100: Particular requirements for hand-held mains-operated garden blowers, vacuums and blower vacuums

Standards Content (Sample)

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Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-100: Particular
requirements for hand-held mains-operated garden blowers, vacuums and blower
vacuums
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke -- Teil 100:
Besondere Anforderungen für handgehaltene netzbetriebene Laubgebläse und/oder -
sauger
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50636-2-100:2014
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
65.060.70 Vrtnarska oprema Horticultural equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50636-2-100

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2014
ICS 13.120; 65.060.70
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-100:
Particular requirements for hand-held mains-operated garden
blowers, vacuums and blower vacuums

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-100 : Exigences particulières pour les souffleurs, ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-100: Besondere Anforderungen für
aspirateurs et aspiro-souffleurs portatifs pour le jardin, handgehaltene netzbetriebene Laubgebläse und/oder -
alimentés par le secteur sauger

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2013-11-25. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard 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 European Standard 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 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
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2014 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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Contents
Foreword . 4
Introduction. 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references. 8
3 Definitions . 9
4 General requirement . 10
5 General conditions for the tests . 10
6 Classification . 11
7 Marking and instructions . 11
8 Protection against access to live parts . 14
9 Starting of motor operated appliances. 14
10 Power input and current . 14
11 Heating . 14
12 Void . 14
13 Leakage current and electric strength at operating temperature . 14
14 Transient overvoltages . 14
15 Moisture Resistance . 15
16 Leakage current and electric strength . 15
17 Overload protection of transformers and associated circuits . 15
18 Endurance . 15
19 Abnormal operations . 15
20 Stability and mechanical hazards . 15
21 Mechanical strength . 20
22 Construction . 22
23 Internal wiring . 22
24 Components . 22
25 Supply connection and external flexible cords . 23
26 Terminals for external conductors . 23
27 Provision for earthing . 23
28 Screws and connections . 23
29 Clearances, creepage distances, and solid insulation . 23
30 Resistance to heat and fire . 23
31 Resistance to rusting . 24
32 Radiation, toxicity and similar hazards . 24

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Annexes. 25
Annex Β (normative) Appliances powered by rechargeable batteries. 25
Annex AA (normative) Safety signs and symbols which may be used on blowers and blower
vacs . 26
Annex BB (normative) Vibration . 29
Annex CC (normative) Noise test code – Engineering method (grade 2) . 32
Annex DD (informative) Example of a material and construction fulfilling the requirements for
an artificial surface . 40
Annex EE (informative) Safety instructions for hand-held mains-operated electrical garden
vacuums, and garden blower/vacuums with or without shredding means and garden blowers42
Annex ZZ (informative) Coverage of Essential Requirements of EU Directives . 45
Bibliography . 46

Figures
Figure 1 – Young Adult Arm Probe . 17
Figure 2 – Adult Arm Probe . 18
Figure 3 – Ceramic Prism . 22
Figure AA.1 – “Read operator’s manual” . 26
Figure AA.2 – “SWITCH OFF: Remove plug from mains before cleaning or maintenance” . 26
Figure AA.3 – “Do not expose to rain” . 27
Figure AA.4 – “Wear eye protection” . 27
Figure AA.5 – “Keep bystanders away” . 27
Figure AA.6 – “Disconnect the mains plug if the cord becomes damaged or entangled” . 28
Figure BB.1 – Examples of transducer location/orientation (hand-held machines) . 31
Figure CC.1 – Microphone positions on the hemisphere (see Table CC.1) . 33
Figure CC.2 – Test set-up for machines with suspension point . 34
Figure CC.3 – Test set-up for machines without suspension point . 35
Figure DD.1 – Sketch of the measurement surface covered with an artificial surface (not to
scale) . 41

Tables
Table CC.1 – Co-ordinates of microphone positions . 34
Table CC.2 – Absorption coefficients . 36

Foreword
This document (EN 50636-2-100:2014) has been prepared by CLC/TC 116, "Safety of motor-
operated electric tools".
The following dates are fixed:

• latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
(dop) 2014-12-20
national standard or by endorsement

• latest date by which the national standards conflicting
(dow) 2016-11-25
with the EN have to be withdrawn
– rewording of some clauses;
– alignment to the European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC;
– alignment to EN 60335-1:2012.
This document is to be used in conjunction with EN 60335-1:2012 and its amendments
“Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety – Part 1: General requirements”.
When “Part 1” is mentioned in this standard, it refers to EN 60335-1:2012.
This document supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in Part 1, so as to convert
that publication into the European Standard “Particular requirements for hand-held mains-
operated garden blowers, vacuums and blower vacuums”.
Where a particular subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in this document, that subclause
applies as far as is relevant. Where this standard states “addition”, “modification” or
“replacement”, the relevant text in Part 1 is to be adapted accordingly.
Compliance with the relevant clauses of Part 1 together with this Part 2 provides one means
of conforming to the specified essential health and safety requirements of the Directive.
This European Standard follows the overall requirements of EN ISO 12100:2010.
The following numbering system is used:
– subclauses, notes, tables and figures that are numbered starting from 101 are
additional to those in Part 1;
– additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc.;
NOTE  In this European Standard the following print types are used:
- requirements proper: in roman type;
- test specifications: in italic type;
- explanatory matter: in smaller 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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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 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 2006/42/EC, see informative Annex ZZ, which is an
integral part of this document.
Warning: Other requirements arising from other EU Directives can be applicable to the
products falling within the scope of this European Standard.

Introduction
This document is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events
are covered is as indicated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or
B standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the other standards,
for machines which have been built and designed to the provisions of this type C standard.

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