SIST EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2:2025

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-38: Particular requirements for commercial electric griddles and griddle grills (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-38: Besondere Anforderungen für elektrische Bratplatten und Kontaktgrills für den gewerblichen Gebrauch (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-38: Règles particulières pour les plaques à griller électriques à usage collectif (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-38. del: Posebne zahteve za komercialne električne plošče in žare - Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 26-Nov-2024
• ICS: 97.040.20 - Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 21-Nov-2024
• Due Date: 26-Jan-2025
• Completion Date: 27-Nov-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: EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2:2024 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-38: Particular requirements for commercial electric griddles and griddle grills

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN 60335-2-38:2003 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-38: Particular requirements for commercial electric griddles and griddle grills
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2025

Overview

EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2:2024 is a CENELEC amendment to the European safety standard for commercial electric griddles and griddle grills, aligned with IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017. Approved in August 2024, this amendment updates the 2003 base standard with clarified scope, new definitions, revised test methods and limits, and additional marking/instruction requirements. Key national implementation dates: latest publication date (dop) 2025-05-15 and withdrawal of conflicting national standards (dow) 2027-11-15.

Key Topics

• Scope and definitions
  • Extends scope to appliances “not intended for household and similar use”.
  • New terms: functional surface and adjacent surface (surfaces intentionally heated or heated by conduction).
• Marking and instructions
  • Mandatory hot surface marking (IEC 60417‑5041) and specific wording (“CAUTION: Hot surfaces”).
  • Instructions must state intended commercial applications and movement/cleaning requirements for stationary appliances (including equipotential bonding and flexible connection strain limits).
• Heating and temperature limits
  • Test probe method and contact conditions defined for measuring external surface temperature rise.
  • Steady state defined as 60 minutes after reaching normal operation.
  • Maximum temperature rises (Table 101) under normal conditions include:
    • Bare metal: 48 K
    • Coated metal: 59 K
    • Glass and ceramic: 65 K
    • Plastic (and plastic coating > 0.4 mm): 74 K
  • Localised areas up to 100 mm from adjacent surfaces may exceed limits by up to 25 K but must be marked.
• Electrical safety
  • Modified permissible leakage current values: e.g., cord-and-plug appliances - 0.75 mA or 1 mA per kW rated input (whichever is higher) with a 10 mA maximum for certain types.
• Mechanical and durability
  • Moisture test: 1 litre of solution poured over griddle center in 1 min.
  • Screws and earthing continuity criteria reference ISO 898‑1 and ISO 3506 series; torque-based checks ensure minimal contact pressure for earthing.

Applications

This amendment is essential for:

• Manufacturers of commercial griddles/griddle grills (design, product safety compliance).
• Test laboratories and certification bodies performing safety and conformity testing.
• Safety engineers, compliance officers, procurement teams in foodservice, catering equipment suppliers, and QA departments.
• Regulatory and standards professionals mapping appliance requirements to EU/EFTA rules.

Related standards

• IEC 60335-2-38 (base international standard)
• IEC 60584-1 (thermocouples)
• ISO 898-1 and ISO 3506-1/2/3/4 (fastener mechanical properties)
• IEC 60417 (marking symbols)

Keywords: EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2:2024, commercial electric griddles, griddle grills safety, temperature rise limits, leakage current, CENELEC compliance, IEC 60335-2-38.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-38. del: Posebne zahteve
za komercialne električne plošče in žare - Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 60335-2-
38:2002/A2:2017)
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-38: Particular requirements
for commercial electric griddles and griddle grills (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-38:
Besondere Anforderungen für elektrische Bratplatten und Kontaktgrills für den
gewerblichen Gebrauch (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-38: Règles particulières
pour les plaques à griller électriques à usage collectif (IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2:2024
ICS:
97.040.20 Štedilniki, delovni pulti, Cooking ranges, working
pečice in podobni aparati tables, ovens and similar
appliances
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2024
ICS 97.040.20
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-38:
Particular requirements for commercial electric griddles and
griddle grills
(IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-38: Règles particulières pour les plaques à griller ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-38: Besondere Anforderungen für
électriques à usage collectif elektrische Bratplatten und Kontaktgrills für den
(IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017) gewerblichen Gebrauch
(IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017)
This amendment A2 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-38:2003; it was approved by CENELEC on 2024-08-07. 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.
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Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

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European foreword
This document (EN 60335-2-38:2003/A2:2024) consists of the text of document
IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017 prepared by IEC/TC 61 “Safety of household and similar electrical
appliances”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2025-05-15
implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting (dow) 2027-11-15
with this document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document is read in conjunction with EN 60335-2-38:2003/A11:2024.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the
European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these
requests for its Member States.
For relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZZB, which is an integral part of
EN 60335-2-38:2003/A11:2024.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60335-2-38:2002/A2:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.

IEC 60335-2-38 ®
Edition 5.0 2017-03
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A MENDMENT 2
AM ENDEMENT 2
Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –

Part 2-38: Particular requirements for commercial electric griddles and griddle

grills
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues – Sécurité –

Partie 2-38: Règles particulières pour les plaques à griller électriques à usage

collectif
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© IEC 2017
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
61/5320/FDIS 61/5372/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.

IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct
understanding of its contents. Users should therefore print this document using a
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1 Scope
Add, in the second paragraph, the words, “and similar”, after the words, “….not intended for
household”, to read:
“…not intended for household and similar use,…”.
Replace Note 101 by the following:
NOTE 101 These appliances are used for the commercial processing of food, for example in kitchens of
restaurants, canteens, hospitals and in commercial enterprises such as bakeries, butcheries, etc.

IEC 60335-2-38:2002/AMD2:2017 – 3 –
© IEC 2017
Replace the third dashed item of Note 103 by the following dashed item:
– appliances for continuous mass production of food;
2 Normative references
Replace the existing text by the following:
This clause of Part 1 is applicable except as follows.
Addition:
IEC 60584-1, Thermocouples – Part 1: EMF specifications and tolerances
ISO 898-1, Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel – Part 1:
Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes – Coarse thread and fine pitch thread
ISO 3506-1, Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners – Part 1:
Bolts, screws and studs
ISO 3506-2, Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners – Part 2:
Nuts
ISO 3506-3, Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners – Part 3:
Set screws and similar fasteners not under tensile stress
ISO 3506-4, Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners – Part 4:
Tapping screws
3 Definitions
Replace the title of Clause 3 but not the clause number by the following:
Terms and definitions
Add the following new definitions:
3.105
functional surface
surface that is intentionally heated by an internal heat source and has to be hot to carry out
the function for which the appliance is intended
Note 1 to entry: An example is the heated sheath of a tubular heating element.
3.106
adjacent surface
surface adjacent to a functional surface and which can become hot through conduction
7 Marking and instructions
7.1 Replace the text of the addition by the following:
If appliances have external accessible surfaces, for which temperature rise limits are
specified in Table 101 and for which the provisions of footnote b to Table 101 apply, then the
appliance shall be marked with symbol IEC 60417-5041(2002-10), or with the substance of
the following:
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CAUTION: Hot surfaces.
7.6 Delete symbol 5021 of IEC 60417-1.
Add the following new symbol.
[symbol IEC 60417-5041 (2002-10)] Caution, hot surface

7.12 Replace the paragraph before the modification by the following:
If symbol IEC 60417-5021 (2002-10) or symbol IEC 60417-5041 (2002-10) is marked on the
appliance, its meaning shall be explained.
The instructions shall include the substance of the following:
These appliances are intended to be used for commercial applications, for example in
kitchens of restaurants, canteens, hospitals and in commercial enterprises such as bakeries,
butcheries, etc., but not for continuous mass production of food.
If the manufacturer wants to limit the use of the appliance to less than the above, this has to
be clearly stated in the instructions.
7.12.1 Add to the last sentence of the first paragraph “or a steam cleaner”.
Add the following before the test specification.
If a stationary appliance is intended to be moved for cleaning, this shall be stated.
For stationary appliances equ
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