EN 60335-2-29:2021/A11:2024

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-29: Particular requirements for battery chargers

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-29: Besondere Anforderungen für Batterieladegeräte

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric battery chargers for household and similar use having an output not exceeding 120 V ripple-free direct current, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V. Battery chargers intended for charging batteries in a household end use application outside the scope of the IEC 60335 series of standards are within the scope of this standard

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-29: Exigences particulières pour les chargeurs de batterie

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-29. del: Posebne zahteve za polnilnike baterij - Dopolnilo A11

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 18-Jul-2024
• ICS: 29.200 - Rectifiers. Convertors. Stabilized power supply
• ICS: 97.180 - Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 19-Jul-2024
• Due Date: 02-Sep-2026
• Completion Date: 19-Jul-2024
• 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 60335-2-29:2022/A11:2024 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-29: Particular requirements for battery chargers

Relations

• Amends: EN 60335-2-29:2021 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-29: Particular requirements for battery chargers
• Effective Date: 18-Apr-2023

Overview

EN 60335-2-29:2021/A11:2024 is a CENELEC amendment to the European safety standard EN 60335-2-29, which sets particular safety requirements for battery chargers used with household and similar electrical appliances. Prepared by CLC/TC 61, this amendment (A11) was approved in April 2024 and updates the normative Annex ZA on special national conditions. The document is relevant across CENELEC member countries and includes informative links to EU legislation (Annex ZZA).

Key topics and requirements

This amendment focuses on national conditions and specific requirements that affect the construction and safe use of battery chargers. Key technical aspects highlighted in the amendment include:

• Supply cord and cable requirements: Addition of a Finnish national condition specifying that battery chargers for automobile use, when intended for outdoor charging or locations with outdoor-like temperatures, must be provided with supply cords and secondary conductors having mechanical and electrical properties at least equivalent to EN 50525-2-21:2011+AC:2013 (cable type H05RN-F).
• National deviations / Annex ZA: A11 modifies Annex ZA (“Special national conditions”), documenting how national rules (here Finland) can impose stricter or specific requirements alongside the main EN 60335-2-29 text.
• Standards integration: The amendment explicitly references EN 50525-2-21 (H05RN-F) as the baseline for acceptable cord/cable properties in the Finnish context.

Note: The amendment updates the standard’s administrative and normative scope rather than introducing new test methods or general technical specifications beyond the national requirement cited.

Applications and who uses this standard

EN 60335-2-29 and amendment A11 are used by stakeholders involved in the safety, design, testing, certification and regulation of battery chargers:

• Manufacturers and design engineers - to ensure chargers (especially automotive/outdoor types) meet European safety and national cord/cable rules.
• Test laboratories and conformity assessors - to verify compliance with EN 60335-2-29 and the A11 national conditions.
• Regulators and procurement officers - to reference required safety attributes for products placed on national markets.
• Technical compliance teams - to align product documentation and markings with CENELEC requirements and national deviations.

Related standards

• EN 60335-2-29:2021 - Particular requirements for battery chargers (base standard)
• EN 50525-2-21:2011+AC:2013 - Cable specification cited in A11 (H05RN-F)

Keywords: EN 60335-2-29, battery chargers safety, amendment A11, CENELEC, H05RN-F, supply cord requirements, Annex ZA, household electrical appliance standard.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2024
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-29. del: Posebne zahteve
za polnilnike baterij - Dopolnilo A11
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-29: Particular requirements
for battery chargers
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-29:
Besondere Anforderungen für Batterieladegeräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-29: Exigences
particulières pour les chargeurs de batterie
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60335-2-29:2021/A11:2024
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.180 Razna oprema za dom in Miscellaneous domestic and
trgovino commercial equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60335-2-29:2021/A11

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM July 2024
ICS 29.200; 97.180
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-29:
Particular requirements for battery chargers
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-29: Exigences particulières pour les chargeurs de ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-29: Besondere Anforderungen für
batterie Batterieladegeräte
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-29:2021; it was approved by CENELEC on 2024-04-17. 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,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komite
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