EN 60335-2-98:2003/A1:2005

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-98: Particular requirements for humidifiers

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-98: Besondere Anforderungen für Luftbefeuchter

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-98: Règles particulières pour les humidificateurs

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-98. del: Posebne zahteve za vlažilnike zraka (IEC 60335-2-98:2002/A1:2004)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 15-Feb-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Nov-2007
• ICS: 97.030 - Domestic electrical appliances in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 61 - IEC_TC_61
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 61 - IEC_TC_61
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 16-Feb-2005
• Completion Date: 16-Feb-2005
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• 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
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Directive: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60335-2-98:2003/A1:2005 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-98: Particular requirements for humidifiers

Relations

• Amends: EN 60335-2-98:2003 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-98: Particular requirements for humidifiers
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Overview

EN 60335-2-98:2003/A1:2005 is the CENELEC amendment (A1) to the European adoption of IEC 60335-2-98 - the safety standard that sets particular requirements for household and similar humidifiers. Published in 2005, this amendment updates the 2003 EN edition to address additional safety, construction and testing details relevant to humidifier design, manufacture and conformity assessment across Europe.

Keywords: EN 60335-2-98:2003/A1:2005, humidifiers safety standard, IEC 60335-2-98, CENELEC amendment

Key Topics and Requirements

The amendment A1 supplements the original standard with targeted changes and clarifications. Principal technical topics in this document include:

• Scope clarification
  • Covers normal and abnormal situations expected in practice and addresses the impact of electromagnetic phenomena on safe operation.
• Power input and current
  • Addition for electrode-type appliances: the negative deviation for power input is not limited (specific to electrode-type humidifiers).
• Leakage current and electric strength
  • Requirements for testing at operating temperature now explicitly include metal foil where applicable when measuring leakage current and dielectric strength.
• Construction and access
  • A new clarification excludes appliances from a specific construction requirement when access to the filling aperture requires withdrawal of an appliance connector.
• Editorial and normative updates
  • Deletes some previous notes and refines wording to harmonize the EN text with IEC Amendment 1:2004.

Keywords: leakage current, electric strength, electrode-type humidifiers, construction requirements

Practical Applications and Who Uses It

This standard is essential for professionals involved in the safety and compliance of humidifiers:

• Product designers and engineers - to design safe humidifiers that meet European safety expectations.
• Test laboratories and conformity assessors - to perform required leakage, dielectric and operational tests at specified conditions.
• Manufacturers and quality managers - to implement production controls and technical documentation for market entry.
• Regulatory and certification bodies - to evaluate safety performance and enforce national implementation of the EN amendment.

Use cases include pre-compliance design reviews, type testing, risk assessments, and preparing technical files for national standard adoption.

Related Standards

• IEC 60335-2-98 (original international publication / base document)
• IEC 60335-2-15 (referenced for appliances for heating liquids as noted in the amendment)

EN 60335-2-98:2003/A1:2005 is a targeted update that helps ensure humidifiers are designed and tested against realistic abnormal conditions and modern safety expectations-critical for safe household appliance development and compliance.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI SIST EN 60335-2-
98:2003/A1:2005
STANDARD
maj 2005
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-98. del: Posebne
zahteve za vlažilnike zraka (IEC 60335-2-98:2002/A1:2004)
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-98: Particular
requirements for humidifiers (IEC 60335-2-98:2002/A1:2004)
ICS 23.120; 97.030 Referenčna številka
©  Standard je založil in izdal Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje ali kopiranje celote ali delov tega dokumenta ni dovoljeno

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60335-2-98/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM February 2005

ICS 97.030
English version
Household and similar electrical appliances –
Safety
Part 2-98: Particular requirements for humidifiers
(IEC 60335-2-98:2002/A1:2004)
Appareils électrodomestiques  Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den
et analogues – Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke
Sécurité Teil 2-98: Besondere Anforderungen
Partie 2-98: Règles particulières für Luftbefeuchter
pour les humidificateurs (IEC 60335-2-98:2002/A1:2004)
(CEI 60335-2-98:2002/A1:2004)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-98:2003; it was approved by
CENELEC on 2004-12-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2005 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.

Ref. No. EN 60335-2-98:2003/A1:2005 E

Foreword
The text of document 61/2746/FDIS, future amendment 1 to IEC 60335-2-98:2002, prepared by the
IEC Technical Committee 61, Safety of household and similar electrical appliances, was submitted to
the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A1 to
EN 60335-2-98:2003 on 2004-12-01.
The following dates are applicable:
- latest date by which the amendment has to be
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2005-09-01
- date on which national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2007-12-01
This amendment supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses
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