oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026/oprAA:2026

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric thermal-storage room heaters for household and similar purposes that are intended to heat the room in which they are located, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances including direct current (DC) supplied appliances

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-61: Besondere Anforderungen für Speicherheizgeräte

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-61: Exigences particulières pour les appareils de chauffage à accumulation

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-61. del: Posebne zahteve za termoakumulacijske grelnike prostorov - Dopolnilo AA

Ta evropski standard obravnava varnost električnih akumulacijskih grelnikov prostorov za gospodinjsko in podobno uporabo, ki so namenjeni ogrevanju prostora, v katerem se nahajajo, njihova naznačena napetost pa ne presega 250 V za enofazne naprave in 480 V za druge naprave, vključno z napravami, ki se napajajo z enosmernim tokom (DC).

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Jun-2026
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.100.10 - Electric heaters
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 4020 - Public enquire (PE) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 07-May-2026
• Due Date: 24-Sep-2026
• Ref Project: prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2026
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-61. del: Posebne zahteve
za termoakumulacijske grelnike prostorov - Dopolnilo AA
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61: Particular requirements
for thermal-storage room heaters
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-61:
Besondere Anforderungen für Speicherheizgeräte
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-61: Exigences
particulières pour les appareils de chauffage à accumulation
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.100.10 Električni grelniki Electric heaters
oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2- en
61:2026/oprAA:2026
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
May 2026
ICS 13.120; 97.100.10 -
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-61:
Particular requirements for thermal-storage room heaters
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-61: Exigences particulières pour les appareils de ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-61: Besondere Anforderungen für
chauffage à accumulation Speicherheizgeräte
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026; it is submitted to CENELEC
members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2026-07-24.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 61.

If this draft becomes an amendment, 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.

This draft amendment was established by CENELEC 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.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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Project: 81696 Ref. No. prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026 E

prEN 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026 (E)
2 Contents Page
3 European foreword . 4
4 Modification to the introduction . 5
5 2 Modification to the Scope . 5
6 3 Modification to the Clause 2, “Normative Reference” . 5
7 Modification to Clause 3, Definitions . 5
8 5 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions” . 5
9 6 Modification to the Clause 11, “Heating” . 6
10 Modification to the Annexes. 7
11 8 Modification to Bibliography . 9
prEN 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026 (E)
13 European foreword
14 This document (prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 “Safety of
15 household and similar electrical appliances”.
16 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
17 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this document has to (doa) dav + 6 months
be announced at national level
• latest date by which this document has to be implemented (dop) dav + 12 months
at national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) dav + 36 months
this document have to be withdrawn (to be confirmed or
modified when voting)
18 prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026 includes the following significant technical modifications:
19 — introduction of requirements and instruction for children, people with disabilities and domestic animals;
20 — routine is not covered by this document.
21 This document is read in conjunction with prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026.
22 The numbering system for European clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes that are
23 additional to those in the IEC standard are prefixed with the letter “Z”.
Secretary’s note: The text contained in the Secretary’s notes will be removed from the standard before
publication, as it is provided solely to inform stakeholders about the reasons for introducing the European
common modifications
prEN 60335-2-61:2026/prAA:2026 (E)
24 1 Modification to the introduction
25 Delete, in the fourth paragraph, the words “manufacturer's”
26 2 Modification to the Scope
27 Replace the paragraph starting from “As far as is practicable …” up to “…children playing with the appliance”
28 with the following:
29 This document deals with the reasonably foreseeable hazards presented by appliances that are encountered
30 by all persons and domestic animals, when this is not in contradiction with the intended use of the appliance.
31 Convert the paragraph starting with “Attention is drawn to the…” in a Note.
32 With European Amendment A11 the EN 60335-2-61:2003+A1:2005+A2:2008+A12:2021 is superseded.
33 This European Amendment A11, supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of the standards below:
34 — EN IEC 60335-1:2023+A11:2023+prA12:2025 (Part 1)
35 — prEN IEC 60335-2-61:2026 (Part 2)
Secretary’s note: The above addition has been moved from the Introduction (informative text) to the
Scope (normative text) of the standard following discussions with the HAS consultants. According to an
EC decision (document GROW.H.3/SM/MH/DT 12/1/2024), Part 1 must be referenced by date in Part 2.
Consequently, the standard has been included in Clause 2, “Normative references”.
36 3 Modification to the Clause 2, “Normative Reference”
37 EN IEC 60335-1:2023, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General
38 requi
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