SIST EN IEC 60335-2-40:2025/A11:2025

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-40: Particular requirements for electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners and dehumidifiers

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric heat pumps, sanitary hot water heat pumps and air conditioners, incorporating motor-compressors as well as hydronic fan coils units, dehumidifiers (with or without motor-compressors), thermoelectric heat pumps and partial units. Their maximum rated voltage being not more than 300 V for single phase appliances and 600 V for multi-phase appliances. Appliances not intended for normal household use but which nevertheless can be a source of danger to the public, such as appliances intended to be used by laymen in shops, in light industry and on farms, are within the scope of this standard.

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-40: Besondere Anforderungen für elektrisch betriebene Wärmepumpen, Klimageräte und Raumluft-Entfeuchter

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-40: Règles particulières pour les pompes à chaleur électriques, les climatiseurs et les déshumidificateurs

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-40. del: Posebne zahteve za električne toplotne črpalke, klimatske naprave in razvlažilnike zraka - Dopolnilo A11

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Jun-2023
• Publication Date: 18-Nov-2024
• ICS: 23.120 - Ventilators. Fans. Air-conditioners
• ICS: 27.080 - Heat pumps
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 14-Nov-2024
• Due Date: 19-Jan-2025
• Completion Date: 19-Nov-2024
• Directive: 2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• 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/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024/A11:2024 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-40: Particular requirements for electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners and dehumidifiers

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN IEC 60335-2-40:2025 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-40: Particular requirements for electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners and dehumidifiers (IEC 60335-2-40:2022)
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2025

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-40. del: Posebne zahteve
za električne toplotne črpalke, klimatske naprave in razvlažilnike zraka - Dopolnilo
A11
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-40: Particular requirements
for electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners and dehumidifiers
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-40:
Besondere Anforderungen für elektrisch betriebene Wärmepumpen, Klimageräte und
Raumluft-Entfeuchter
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-40: Règles particulières
pour les pompes à chaleur électriques, les climatiseurs et les déshumidificateurs
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024/A11:2024
ICS:
23.120 Zračniki. Vetrniki. Klimatske Ventilators. Fans. Air-
naprave conditioners
27.080 Toplotne črpalke Heat pumps
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024/A11

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2024
ICS 23.120
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-40:
Particular requirements for electrical heat pumps, air-
conditioners and dehumidifiers
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-40: Exigences particulières pour les pompes à ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-40: Besondere Anforderungen für
chaleur électriques, les climatiseurs et les elektrisch betriebene Wärmepumpen, Klimageräte und
déshumidificateurs Raumluft-Entfeuchter
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024; it was approved by CENELEC on 2024-08-12. 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 Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2024 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024/A11:2024 E

Contents Page
1 Modification to the Introduction . 4
2 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope” . 4
3 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions” . 5
4 Modification to Clause 8, “Protection against access to live parts” . 5
5 Modification to Clause 20, “Stability and mechanical hazards” . 5
6 Modification to the annexes . 5
7 Modification to the Bibliography . 20
European foreword
This document (EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024/A11:2024) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 “Safety of household
and similar electrical appliances”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2025-08-12
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2027-08-12
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
The numbering system for European clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes that are additional
to those in the IEC standard are prefixed with the letter “Z”.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN-CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document is read in conjunction with EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024.
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 the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZB, which are an integral part of
this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body/national
committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN and CENELEC websites.
1 Modification to the Introduction
Addition:
With this European amendment A11, EN IEC 60335-2-40:2023+A11:2023 is superseded.
This European amendment A11 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
— EN 60335-1:2012+A11:2014+A13:2017+A1:2019+A14:2019+A2:2019+A15:2021+A16:2023 (Part 1)
— EN IEC 60335-2-40:2024 (Part 2)
2 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope”
Replace the third paragraph, beginning with “Appliances not intended…”, with the following:
“These appliances are used for the household environment and commercial purposes.
NOTE Z101 Examples of appliance for household environment are appliances for typical housekeeping functions used
in the household environment that can also be used by non-expert users for typical housekeeping functions:
—  in shops, offices and other similar working environments;
—  in farmhouses;
—  by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
—  in bed and breakfast type environments.
NOTE Z102 Household environment includes the dwelling and its associated buildings, the garden, etc.”
Add the following after NOTE 102:
“Appliances and machines intended to be used by expert or trained users in shops, in light industry and on
farms, and appliances and machines which are declared to be for commercial use by lay persons are within the
scope of this document.
NOTE Z103 Additional requirements for such appliances are given in Annex ZE.
NOTE Z104 Guidance on the relevance of the Pressure Equipment Directive is given in Annex ZAA.
This document deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards presented by appliances and machines that are
encountered by all persons.
However, in general, it does not take into account:
— children playing with the appliance;
— the use of the appliance by very young children;
— the use of the appliance by young children without supervision.
It is recognized that very vulnerable people can have needs beyond the level addressed in this document.
This document deals with specific requirements on noise emitted from these appliances if the generated noise
is LpA > 70 dB(A) and it is considered to be a relevant hazard.
NOTE Z105 Additional information for such appliances are given in Annex ZE and Annex ZAB.”
3 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions”
7.12.1 Addition:
Add the following paragraphs at the end of the clause:
“The installation instructions for appliances that are intended to be permanently connected to fixed wiring, and
have a leakage current not exceeding 10 mA, shall state that the installation of a residual current device (RCD)
having a rated residual operating current not exceeding 30 mA is advisable.
For appliances not accessible to the public and which are intended to be permanently connected to fixed
wiring and which may have a leakage current exceeding 10 mA, the installation instructions shall specify the
rating of the residual current device (RCD) to be installed.
For appliances not accessible to the general public the restrictions for the installation location shall be
described in the installation instructions.”
4 Modification to Clause 8, “Protection against access to live parts”
8.1.1 Addition
Add, at the end of the paragraph starting with “Test probe B and probe 18…”, the following:
“Test probe 18 of EN 61032:1998 is not applied to appliances not accessible to the general public.”
5 Modification to Clause 20, “Stability and mechanical hazards”
Modify the sentence as follows:
“This clause of Part 1 is applicable except as follows:”
20.2 Addition:
Add, after the second dashed item in the compliance criteria, the following sentence:
“Test probe 18 of EN 61032:1998 is not applied to appliances not accessible to the general public.”
6 Modification to the annexes
The annexes of Part 1 are applicable with following modifications:
Annex ZC
(normative)
Normative references to international publications with their
corresponding European publications
The Annex ZC of Part 1 is applicable with following addition:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60068-2-52 2017 Environmental testing – Part 2-52: Tests – EN IEC 60068-2-52 2018
Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium, chloride
solution)
IEC 60079-0 2017 Explosive atmospheres – Part 0: EN IEC 60079-0 2018
Equipment – General requirements
+ COR1 2020 + AC 2020
IEC 60079-7 2015 Explosive atmospheres – Part 7: EN IEC 60079-7 2015
Equipment protection by increased safety
+ A1 2017 + A1 2018
“e”
IEC 60079-14 2013 Explosive atmospheres – Part 14: EN 60079-14 2014
Electrical installations design, selection and

+ AC 2016
erection
IEC 60079-15 2017 Explosive atmospheres – Part 15: EN IEC 60079-15 2019
Equipment protection by type of protection
“n”
IEC 60335-2-34 2021 Household and similar electrical appliances EN IEC 60335-2-34 2023
– Safety – Part 2–34: Particular

+ A11 2023
requirements for motor-compressors
Household and similar electrical appliances
IEC 60335-2-51 2019 EN IEC 60335-2-51 2023
– Safety – Part 2–51: Particular

+ A11 2023
requirements for stationary circulation
pumps for heating and service water

installations
IEC 60695-1-10 2016 Fire hazard testing – Part 1–10: Guidance EN 60695-1-10 2017
for assessing the fire hazard of
electrotechnical products – General
guidelines
IEC 60695-10-2 2014 Fire hazard testing – Part 10–2: Abnormal EN 60695-10-2 2014
heat – Ball pressure test method
IEC 60730-2-6 2015 Automatic electrical controls – Part 2–6: EN 60730-2-6 2016
Particular requirements for automatic
+A1 2019 + A1 2020
electrical pressure sensing controls
including mechanical requirements
IEC 61032 1997 Protection of persons and equipment by EN 61032 1998

enclosures – Probes for verification
IEC 62471 2006 Photobiological safety of lamps and lamp EN 62471 2008
systems
ISO 527-3 2018 Plastics – Determination of the tensile EN ISO 527-3 2018
properties – Part 3: Test conditions for
films and sheets
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO 817 2014 Refrigerants – Designation and safety - -
classification
+ A1 2017
+ A2 2021
ISO 1302 2002 Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) EN ISO 21920-1 2022
– Indication of surface texture in technical
product documentation
ISO 2578 1993 Plastics – Determination of time- EN ISO 2578 1998
temperature limits after prolonged
exposure to heat
ISO 5149-1 2014 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps – - -
Safety and environmental requirements –
+ A1 2015
Part 1: Definitions, classification and
+ A2 2021
selection criteria
ISO 5149-2 2014 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps – - -
Safety and environmental requirements –
+A1 2020
Part 2: Design, construction, testing,

marking and documentation
ISO 5149-3 2014 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps – - -
Safety and environmental requirements –
+A1 2021
Part 3: Installation site
ISO 5151 2017 Non-ducted air conditioners and heat - -
pumps – Testing and rating for
+A1 2020
performance
ISO 7010 2019 Graphic symbols – Safety colours and EN ISO 7010 2020
safety signs – Registered safety signs
+ A1 2020 + A1 2020
+ A2 2020 + A2 2022
+ A3 2021 + A3 2022
+ A4 2021 + A4 2023
+ A5 2022 + A5 2023
+ A6 2022 + A6 2023
Ducted air-conditioners and air-to-air heat
ISO 13253 2017 - -
pumps – Testing and rating for
+ A1 2020
performance
ISO 13256-1 2021 Water-source heat pumps – Testing and - -
rating for performance – Part 1: Water-to-
air and brine-to-air heat pumps
Water-source heat pumps – Testing and
ISO 13256-2 2021 - -
rating for performance – Part 2: Water-to-
water and brine-to-water heat pumps
ISO 13355 2016 Packaging – Complete, filled transport EN ISO 13355 2016
packages and unit loads – Vertical random
vibration test
ISO 14903 2017 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps – EN ISO 14903 2017
Qualification of tightness of components
and joints
ISO 15042 2017 Multiple split-system air-conditioners and - -
air-to-air heat pumps – Testing and rating

+ A1 2020
for performance
Annex ZE
(normative)
Specific add
...