SIST EN 60335-2-73:2003/A1:2006

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-73: Particular requirements for fixed immersion heaters

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke -- Teil 2-73: Besondere Anforderungen für ortsfeste Heizeinsätze

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité -- Partie 2-73: Règles particulières pour les thermoplongeurs installés à poste fixe

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-73. del: Posebne zahteve za pritrjene potopne grelnike (IEC 60335-2-73:2002/A1:2006)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Oct-2006
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 91.140.65 - Water heating equipment
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Nov-2006
• Due Date: 01-Nov-2006
• Completion Date: 01-Nov-2006
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• 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
• Directive: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Ref Project: EN 60335-2-73:2003/A1:2006 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-73: Particular requirements for fixed immersion heaters

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN 60335-2-73:2003 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-73: Particular requirements for fixed immersion heaters
• Effective Date: 21-Sep-2010

Overview

EN 60335-2-73:2003/A1:2006 is Amendment A1 to the European safety standard for fixed immersion heaters used in household and similar applications. Approved by CENELEC in March 2006, this amendment aligns the European text with IEC 60335-2-73:2002/A1:2006 and updates the base standard to clarify safety requirements, marking and instructions, and abnormal-operation testing.

This document is relevant to manufacturers, test laboratories, product safety engineers and compliance teams working with water heating equipment and domestic heating products.

Key Topics

• Introduction and scope adjustments

  • The amendment revises the introduction to explicitly address abnormal situations expected in practice and the influence of electromagnetic phenomena on safe operation.
  • The scope is updated to add the phrase "open to the atmosphere" after "water tank" in the second paragraph, refining the intended application of requirements.

• Classification and national alignment

  • Clause 6.2 deletes a previously added national addition; the amendment removes national divergences by endorsing the IEC text.
  • The amendment was to be implemented nationally by 2006-12-01, with conflicting national standards withdrawn by 2009-03-01.

• Marking and instructions

  • Clause 7.12.1 adds a requirement that, where applicable, the product instructions must state the immersion heater is to be installed only in systems where the heating element is always below water level (for example, cistern-fed tanks).

• Abnormal-operation testing

  • Clause 19.2 clarifies that the abnormal-operation test is not required for immersion heaters intended for installation in systems where the heating element remains continuously submerged (e.g., cistern-fed tanks).

Applications

This amendment improves clarity and practical application of the safety standard for:

• Manufacturers of fixed immersion heaters for domestic and similar water heating systems
• Product design teams ensuring compliance with marking and installation instructions
• Test labs validating safety performance under normal and defined abnormal conditions
• Regulatory and conformity assessment bodies harmonising national standards with IEC/CENELEC text

Practical benefits include reduced ambiguity in installation instructions, clearer test applicability for devices always submerged, and harmonised requirements across CENELEC members.

Related Standards

• IEC 60335-2-73:2002/A1:2006 - international counterpart endorsed by this amendment
• EN 60335-2-73:2003 - base European standard amended by A1

Note: This summary reflects the content of the amendment document. For full requirements, test methods and normative text, consult the official EN/IEC publication and national adoption texts.

Standards Content (Sample)

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Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety -- Part 2-73: Particular requirements
for fixed immersion heaters
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke -- Teil 2-73:
Besondere Anforderungen für ortsfeste Heizeinsätze
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité -- Partie 2-73: Règles particulières
pour les thermoplongeurs installés à poste fixe
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60335-2-73:2003/A1:2006
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
91.140.65 Oprema za ogrevanje vode Water heating equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60335-2-73/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.140.65
English version
Household and similar electrical appliances –
Safety
Part 2-73: Particular requirements for fixed immersion heaters
(IEC 60335-2-73:2002/A1:2006)
Appareils électrodomestiques et Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den
analogues – Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke
Sécurité Teil 2-73: Besondere Anforderungen
Partie 2-73: Règles particulières für ortsfeste Heizeinsätze
pour les thermoplongeurs (IEC 60335-2-73:2002/A1:2006)
installés à poste fixe
(CEI 60335-2-73:2002/A1:2006)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60335-2-73:2003; it was approved by CENELEC on
2006-03-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2006 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60335-2-73:2003/A1:2006 E

Foreword
The text of document 61/2957/FDIS, future amendment 1 to IEC 60335-2-73:2002, prepared by IEC
Technical Committee 61, Safety of household and similar electrical appliances, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A1 to EN 60335-2-73:2003
on 2006-03-01.
The following dates are applicable:
- latest date by which the amendment has to be
implemented at national level by publica
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