Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 2-4: Particular requirements for washing machines and spin extractors

IEC 60704-2-4:2011 These particular requirements apply to single unit electrical washing machines and the washing and spinning function of combined appliances for household and similar use and to spin extractors for household and similar use. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (2001). Main changes are: - measurement uncertainty and standard deviations are taken into account, - definitions of standard test load and standard test program are modified, - test enclosure was replaced by common test enclosure defined in Part 1 and - information to be reported is modified. This publication is to be read in conjunction with  IEC 60704-1:2010.

Elektrische Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Prüfvorschrift für die Bestimmung der Luftschallemission - Teil 2-4: Besondere Anforderungen an Waschmaschinen und Wäscheschleudern

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Code d'essai pour la détermination du bruit aérien - Partie 2-4: Exigences particulières pour les machines à laver le linge et les essoreuses centrifuges

La CEI 60704-2-4:2011 Les présentes exigences particulières s'appliquent à des machines à laver électriques monofonction, à des appareils combinant les fonctions de lavage et d'essorage pour usage domestique et analogue, et à des essoreuses centrifuges pour usage domestique et analogue. La présente troisième édition annule et remplace la deuxième édition (2001). Les principales modifications sont les suivantes: - prise en compte de l'incertitude de mesure et des écarts-types, - modification des définitions de la charge d'essai normalisée et du programme d'essai normalisé, - remplacement du meuble d'essai par le meuble d'essai commun défini dans la partie 1, - modification des informations à fournir. Cette publication doit être lue conjointement avec la CEI 60704-1:2010.

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Postopek preskušanja za ugotavljanje zvočnega hrupa v zraku - 2-4. del: Posebne zahteve za pralne stroje in centrifuge

Te posebne zahteve se uporabljajo za električne pralne stroje z eno enoto, funkcije pranja in centrifugiranja pri kombiniranih napravah za gospodinjstvo in podobne namene ter centrifuge za gospodinjstvo in podobne namene.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2012
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Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne
acoustical noise - Part 2-4: Particular requirements for washing machines and spin
extractors
Elektrische Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Prüfvorschrift für die
Bestimmung der Luftschallemission - Teil 2-4: Besondere Anforderungen an
Waschmaschinen und Wäscheschleudern
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Code d'essai pour la détermination du bruit
aérien - Partie 2-4: Règles particulières pour les machines à laver et pour les essoreuses
centrifuges
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60704-2-4:2012
ICS:
17.140.20 Emisija hrupa naprav in Noise emitted by machines
opreme and equipment
97.060 Aparati za nego perila Laundry appliances
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60704-2-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 17.140.20; 97.060 Supersedes EN 60704-2-4:2001

English version
Household and similar electrical appliances -
Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise -
Part 2-4: Particular requirements for washing machines and spin
extractors
(IEC 60704-2-4:2011, modified)

Appareils électrodomestiques et Elektrische Geräte für den Hausgebrauch
analogues - und ähnliche Zwecke -
Code d'essai pour la détermination du Prüfvorschrift für die Bestimmung der
bruit aérien - Luftschallemission -
Partie 2-4: Exigences particulières pour Teil 2-4: Besondere Anforderungen an
les machines à laver le linge et les Waschmaschinen und Wäscheschleudern
essoreuses centrifuges (IEC 60704-2-4:2011, modifiziert)
(CEI 60704-2-4:2011, modifiée)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2012-04-13. 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.

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Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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

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© 2012 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60704-2-4:2012 E
Foreword
The text of document 59D/379/CDV, future edition 3 of IEC 60704-2-4, prepared by IEC/SC 59D,
"Home laundry appliances", of IEC TC 59, "Performance of household electrical appliances", was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60704-2-4:2012.
A draft amendment, which covers common modifications to IEC 60704-2-4 (59D/379/CDV), was
prepared by CLC/TC 59X "Performance of household and similar electrical appliances" and approved
by CENELEC.
The following dates are fixed:
– latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2013-04-13
implemented at national level
by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting (dow) 2015-04-13
with this document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60704-2-4:2001.
EN 60704-2-4:2001:
measurement uncertainty and standard deviations are taken into account,
 definitions of standard test load and standard test program are modified,
 test enclosure was replaced by common test enclosure defined in Part 1,
 information to be reported is modified.
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.
EN 60704-2-4 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 60704-1:2010, Household and similar
electrical appliances – Test code for the determination of airborneacoustical noise – Part 1: General
requirements.
NOTE When “Part 1” is mentioned in this standard, it refers to EN 60704-1.
The relevant text of Part 1 as amended by this publication establishes the test code for washing
machines and spin extractors.
EN 60704-2-4 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in EN 60704-1. When a particular
subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in EN 60704-2-4, that subclause is applicable as far as
reasonable. Where this standard states "addition", "modification" or "replacement", the relevant
requirements, test specifications or explanatory matter in Part 1 should be adapted accordingly.
Subclauses, tables and figures that are additional to those in Part 1 are numbered starting from 101.
Additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc.

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Unless notes are in a new subclause or involve notes in Part 1, they are numbered starting from 101,
including those in a replaced clause or subclause.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60704-2-4:2011 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard with agreed common modifications.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
Addition to EN 60704-1:2010:
IEC 60704-2-6 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60704-2-6.

COMMON MODIFICATIONS
6 Operation and location of appliance under test
6.101 Standard test programme for noise measurements
Replace this clause by the following:
The standard test programme for noise measurements is the standard 60 °C cotton programme for
normally soiled load provided by the manufacturer in the instruction manual.
If this programme is not available, then the most efficient 60 °C cotton programme for normally soiled
load without pre-wash according to the manufacturer’s instructions shall be used. Other special
options shall be deselected.
Highest available spin speed is to be chosen.
The standard test programme for noise measurements is carried out without detergent.
6.102.1 General
Replace this clause by the following:
The standard test load for noise measurements of washing machines consist of conditioned cotton
test load at a weight close to, but in any case not more than, the rated capacity.
To minimize the influence of changes in the characteristics of the cotton test load items with increasing
age, the standard test load shall consist of cotton test load items which are well distributed in age to
give an average age of the standard test load between 30 and 50 runs of the standard test
programme. The number of items or average age shall not be adjusted during a test series.
The average age of the standard test load is calculated as follows:
A = × n ×a
∑ i i
n
i

where
a is the age of a single cotton test load item as the number of test runs after pre-treatment
i
as defined in 6.102.2;
n is the number of cotton test load items of the same age;
i
A is the average age of the standard test load expressed as the number of test runs.
Cotton test load items shall undergo normalisation as defined in 6.102.3 at least after have been used
10 runs of the standard test programme.
No test load item shall be used for more than 80 runs of the standard test programme, excluding pre-
treatment runs prior to initial use and normalisation runs.

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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Addition to EN 60704-1:2010 :
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60456 (mod) 2010 Clothes washing machines for household EN 60456 2011
+ corr. September 2011 use - Methods for measuring the + AC 2011
performance
IEC 60704-2-4 ®
Edition 3.0 2011-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Household and similar electrical appliances – Test code for the determination of
airborne acoustical noise –
Part 2-4: Particular requirements for washing machines and spin extractors

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues – Code d'essai pour la détermination
du bruit aérien –
Partie 2-4: Exigences particulières pour les machines à laver le linge et les
essoreuses centrifuges
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX Q
ICS 17.140.20; 97.060 ISBN 978-2-88912-789-4

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope and object . 6
1.1 Scope . 6
1.2 Object . 6
1.3 Measurement uncertainty . 6
1.101 Standard deviation for declaration and verification . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Measurement methods and acoustical environments . 8
4.2 Direct method . 8
4.3 Comparison method . 9
5 Instrumentation . 9
5.3 Instrumentation for measuring operating conditions . 9
6 Operation and location of appliances under test . 9
6.1 Equipping and pre-conditioning of appliances . 9
6.2 Supply of electric energy and of water or gas . 9
6.4 Loading and operating of appliances during tests . 10
6.5 Location and mounting of appliances . 10
6.101 Standard test programme for noise measurements . 10
6.102 Standard test load for noise measurements . 10
7 Measurement of sound power levels . 12
7.1 Microphone array, measurement surface and RSS location for essentially
free-field conditions over reflecting plane(s) . 12
7.4 Measurements . 12
8 Calculation of sound pressure and sound power levels . 12
8.101 Final result . 12
9 Information to be recorded. 13
9.2 Description of appliance under test . 13
9.7 Electric supply, water supply, etc. . 13
9.9 Operation of the appliance under test . 13
9.12 Measured data . 13
10 Information to be reported . 13
10.3 Test conditions for the appliance . 13
10.4 Acoustical data .
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