IEC 60335-2-8:2012/AMD2:2018

Amendment 2 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-8: Particular requirements for shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances

Amendement 2 - Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-8: Exigences particulières pour les rasoirs, les tondeuses et appareils analogues

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Nov-2018
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.170 - Body care equipment
• Technical Committee: TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Drafting Committee: MT 37 - TC 61/MT 37
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 18-Oct-2022

Relations

• Amends: IEC 60335-2-8:2012 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-8: Particular requirements for shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023
• Revised: IEC 60335-2-8:2022 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-8: Particular requirements for shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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IEC 60335-2-8 ®
Edition 6.0 2018-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 2
AM ENDEMENT 2
Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –
Part 2-8: Particular requirements for shavers, hair clippers and similar
appliances
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues – Sécurité –
Partie 2-8: Exigences particulières pour les rasoirs, les tondeuses et appareils
analogues
IEC 60335-2-8:2012-12/AMD2:2018-11(en-fr)

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IEC 60335-2-8 ®
Edition 6.0 2018-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 2
AM ENDEMENT 2
Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –

Part 2-8: Particular requirements for shavers, hair clippers and similar

appliances
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues – Sécurité –

Partie 2-8: Exigences particulières pour les rasoirs, les tondeuses et appareils

analogues
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 13.120; 97.170 ISBN 978-2-8322-6263-4

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© IEC 2018
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 61: Safety of household and
similar electrical appliances.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
61/5710/FDIS 61/5727/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
NOTE The attention of National Committees is drawn to the fact that equipment manufacturers and testing
organizations may need a transitional period following publication of a new, amended or revised IEC publication in
which to make products in accordance with the new requirements and to equip themselves for conducting new or
revised tests.
It is the recommendation of the committee that the content of this publication be adopted for implementation
nationally not earlier than 12 months or later than 36 months from the date of publication.

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3 Terms and definitions
Add the following new definitions:
3.105
washable clipper
clipper, the hand-held part of which can be cleaned under water
3.106
wet clipper
clipper, the hand-held part of which may be used in a bath or shower
3.107
washable epilator
epilator, the hand-held part of which can be cleaned under water
3.108
wet epilator
epilator, the hand-held part of which may be used in a bath or shower

© IEC 2018
6 Classification
6.1 Replace the second paragraph of the modification by the following:
Washable shavers, wet shavers, washable clippers, wet clippers, washable epilators
and wet epilators shall be class II or class III.
6.2 Replace the first sentence of the addition by the following:
Washable shavers, wet shavers, washable clippers, wet clippers, washable epilators
and wet epilators shall be at least IPX7.
7 Marking and instructions
7.1 In the first paragraph of the addition, replace washable shavers by washable shavers,
washable clippers, and washable epilators.
In the second paragraph of the addition, replace wet shavers by wet shavers, wet clippers,
and wet epilators.
7.12 In the penultimate paragraph of the addition, replace “for shavers” by “for appliances”
and replace “washable shavers or wet shavers” by “washable shavers, wet shavers,
washable clippers, wet clippers, washable epilators or wet epilators”.
In the last paragraph of the addition, replace “washable shavers” by “washable shavers,
washable clippers, and washable epilators”.
7.12.1 Replace the text of the addition by the following:
The instructions for washable shavers, wet shavers, washable clippers, wet clippers,
washable epilators and wet epilators, other than those classified IPX7, shall state that the
parts that have to be fixed must be installed so they cannot fall into water.
11 Heating
11.8 Replace the first sentence of the addition by the following:
The temperature rise of parts that are in contact with skin in normal use, or are held in the
hand, shall not exceed the limits specified for handles which are continuously held in normal
use. The temperature rise of parts of hair clippers or trimmers that are in contact with hair in
normal use, and may contact the skin for short periods, shall not exceed the limits specified
for handles which in normal use are held for short periods only.
20 Stability and mechanical hazards
Replace the text by the following:
This clause of Part 1 is applicable except as follows.
20.1 Replacement:
Appliances, other than fixed appliances and hand-held appliances without a charging stand,
intended to be used on a surface such as the floor or a table, shall have adequate stability.

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© IEC 2018
Compliance is checked by the following test, appliances incorporating an appliance inlet being
fitted with an appropriate connector and flexible cord. Hand-held appliances with a charging
stand are subjected to the test while placed on their charging stand.
The appliance, not connected to the supply mains, is placed in any normal position of use on
a plane inclined at an angle of 10° to the horizontal, the supply cord resting on the inclined
plane in the most unfavourable position. However, if part of an appliance comes into contact
with the horizontal supporting surface when the appliance is tilted through an angle of 10°, the
appliance is placed on a horizontal support and tilted in the most unfavourable direction
through an angle of 10°.
NOTE 101 The test on the horizontal support can be necessary for appliances provided with rollers, castors or
feet. In this case, castors or wheels can be blocked to prevent the appliance from rolling.
Appliances intended to be filled with liquid by the user in normal use are tested empty or filled
with the most unfavourable quantity of water up to the capacity indicated in the instructions.
The appliance shall not overturn unless the appliance or the part of the appliance which
overturns complies with all of the following:
– it only contains circuits operating at SELV according to 8.1.4;
– it only contains low power circuits according to 19.11.1;
– it is dropped from a height of 700 mm on a rigidly supported hard wood board 5 times, the
appliance being held in different positions likely to occur. After the drops, the appliance or
part of the appliance as relevant shall maintain compliance with 15.1 and 20.2;
– if the weight is more than 200 g, it does not have sharp edges when ready for use. An
edge with a radius of 1 mm or more is not considered a sharp edge.
The test is repeated on appliances with heating elements with the angle of inclination
increased to 15°. If the appliance overturns in one or more positions, it is subjected to the
tests of Clause 11 in each of these overturned positions.
During this test, temperature rises shall not exceed the values shown in Table 9.
21 Mechanical strength
Add the following new subclause:
21.101 Hand-held parts of appliances shall have adequate mechanical strength and be
constructed to withstand such rough handling that may be expected in normal use.
Compliance is checked by the following test.
The hand-held part of the appliance is placed in a sling that is constructed by tying together
the four corners of a single layer of cheese cloth. The lowest point of the sling is suspended
at a height of 700 mm for animal clippers and animal shearers above a rigidly supported
hardwood board surface and at a height 900 mm above a concrete or similar hard surface for
other appliances.
The hand-held part of the appliance in the sling is dropped from a stationary position. The test
is carried out a total of five times with the hand-held part of the appliance being positioned so
that it falls onto the surface in five different orientations.
The appliance shall not be damaged to such an extent that compliance with 8.1 and Clause
29 is impaired.
© IEC 2018
22 Construction
22.26 In the first paragraph of the addition, replace "washable shavers" by "washable
shavers, washable clippers and washable epilators".
In the second paragraph of the addition, replace “wet shavers” by “wet shavers, wet
clippers and wet epilators”.
22.36 In the second paragraph of the addition, replace “washable shavers and wet shavers”
by “washable shavers, wet shavers, washable clipp
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