EN 60379:2004

Methods for measuring the performance of electric storage water-heaters for household purposes

States and defines the principal performance characteristics of electric storage water-heaters which are of interest to the user and to describe the standard methods for measuring these characteristics. This standard is concerned neither with safety nor with performance requirements.

Verfahren zum Messen der Gebrauchseigenschaften von elektrischen Warmwasserspeichern für den Hausgebrauch

Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction des chauffe-eau électriques à accumulation pour usages domestiques

A pour objet d'énumérer et de définir les principales caractéristiques d'aptitude à la fonction des chauffe-eau électriques à accumulation intéressant le consommateur et de décrire les méthodes normalisées pour la vérification de ces caractéristiques. La présente norme ne traite pas des prescriptions de sécurité ni des valeurs exigées pour les caractéristiques d'aptitude à la fonction.

Metode za merjenje električnih lastnosti akumulacijskih grelnikov vode za uporabo v gospodinjstvu

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 18-Feb-2004
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Oct-2006
• ICS: 91.140.65 - Water heating equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 59X - Consumer information related to household electrical appliances
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 59 - IEC_TC_59
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 59 - IEC_TC_59
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 19-Feb-2004
• Completion Date: 19-Feb-2004
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60379:2005 - Methods for measuring the performance of electric storage water-heaters for household purposes

Relations

• Replaces: HD 500 S1:1988 - Methods to be used for measuring energy consumption of thermal storage water heaters and for the purpose of informing consumers of it
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN IEC 60379:2023 - Methods for measuring the performance of electric storage water heaters for household purposes
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI SIST EN 60379:2005
STANDARD
januar 2005
Metode za merjenje električnih lastnosti akumulacijskih grelnikov vode za
uporabo v gospodinjstvu
(istoveten EN 60379:2004)
Methods for measuring the performance of electric storage water-heaters for
household purposes
ICS 91.140.65 Referenčna številka
©  Standard je založil in izdal Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje ali kopiranje celote ali delov tega dokumenta ni dovoljeno

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60379
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM February 2004

ICS 91.140.65 Supersedes HD 500 S1:1988

English version
Methods for measuring the performance
of electric storage water-heaters for household purposes
(IEC 60379:1987, modified)
Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude  Verfahren zum Messen der
à la fonction des chauffe-eau électriques Gebrauchseigenschaften von elektrischen
à accumulation pour usages domestiques Warmwasserspeichern für den
(CEI 60379:1987, modifiée) Hausgebrauch
(IEC 60379:1987, modifiziert)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2003-11-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

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Switzerland and United Kingdom.

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

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© 2004 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.

Ref. No. EN 60379:2004 E
Foreword
The text of the International Standard IEC 60379:1987, prepared by SC 59C, Heating appliances, of
IEC TC 59, Performance of household electrical appliances, together with the common modifications
prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 59X, Consumer information related to household
electrical appliances, was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60379 on
2003-11-01.
This European Standard supersedes HD 500 S1:1988. It only modifies some clauses for clarification, for
better reproducibility and for better information to the consumer.

The following dates were fixed:

- latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2004-11-01

- latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2006-11-01

This European Standard, based on HD 500 S1:1988, has been prepared by the Technical Committee
CENELEC TC 59X due to the draft implementing Directive of the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association on the indication of the energy consumption of electric storage water
heaters. According to this draft implementing Directive the energy consumption to be declared in
kWh/year refers only to standing loss without water withdrawal and the classification of the energy
efficiency is derived from this standing loss.

Clauses and subclauses which are additional to those in IEC 60379 are prefixed "Z".

Technical differences to HD 500 S1:1988 are
a) definition of the rated capacity (in order to clarify the term “storage temperature” used in the draft
implementing Directive),
b) general conditions for measurement,
c) verification of the rated capacity,
d) standing loss at 24 h,
e) tolerances and control procedures,
f) no declaration to provide,
g) accuracy of instrumentation,
h) tolerances,
i) mixed water quantity at 40 °C.

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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60379:1987 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard with agreed common modifications as given below.
COMMON MODIFICATIONS
1 Scope
Add a new paragraph:
The common modifications supplement, as far as necessary, test methods which shall be applied in
accordance with a Commission’s Directive, which is based on standing loss only, implementing Council
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric storage water heaters. Clauses
defining permitted tolerances to values declared by the manufacturer and control procedures for checking
these declared values are added.
5 Terms relating to characteristics of appliances
5.1 Rated capacity
Change headline to “Capacity”.
Change the content of this subclause
...