oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-7:2025

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-7: Particular requirements for washing machines

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric washing machines for household and similar use, that are intended for washing clothes and textiles, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.

Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-7: Besondere Anforderungen für Waschmaschinen

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-7: Exigences particulières pour les machines à laver le linge

L'IEC 60335-2-7:2024 traite de la sécurité des machines à laver le linge électriques pour usages domestiques et analogues destinées à laver des vêtements et des textiles, dont la tension assignée est inférieure ou égale à 250 V pour les appareils monophasés et à 480 V pour les autres appareils, y compris les appareils alimentés en courant continu et les appareils alimentés par batteries. La présente norme traite également de la sécurité des machines à laver le linge électriques pour usages domestiques et analogues qui emploient un électrolyte à la place d'un détergent. Les appareils non destinés à un usage domestique normal, mais qui peuvent néanmoins constituer une source de danger pour le public, tels que les appareils destinés à être utilisés par des usagers non avertis dans des magasins, chez des artisans et dans des fermes, sont compris dans le domaine d'application de la présente norme.
Dans la mesure du possible, la présente norme traite des dangers courants que présentent les machines à laver le linge et auxquels sont exposés tous les individus situés à l'intérieur et autour de l'habitation. Cependant, elle ne tient en général pas compte:
- des personnes (y compris des enfants) dont les capacités physiques, sensorielles ou mentales; ou le manque d'expérience et de connaissance les empêchent d'utiliser l'appareil en toute sécurité sans surveillance ou instruction;
- des enfants qui jouent avec l'appareil.
L'attention est attirée sur le fait que:
- pour les machines à laver le linge destinées à être utilisées dans des véhicules ou à bord de navires ou d'avions, des exigences supplémentaires peuvent être nécessaires;
- dans de nombreux pays, des exigences supplémentaires sont spécifiées par les organismes nationaux de la santé, par les organismes nationaux responsables de la protection des travailleurs, par les organismes nationaux responsables de l'alimentation en eau et par des organismes similaires.
La présente norme ne s'applique pas:
- aux machines à laver le linge prévues exclusivement pour des usages industriels (ISO 10472-2);
- aux appareils destinés à être utilisés dans des locaux qui présentent des conditions particulières, telles que la présence d'une atmosphère corrosive ou explosive (poussière, vapeur ou gaz);
- aux machines à laver le linge équipées de dispositifs générant de la vapeur dans lesquels la vapeur est produite à une pression supérieure à 50 kPa;
- aux machines à laver le linge à usage commercial, y compris les machines destinées à un usage collectif dans des immeubles d'habitation ou dans des laveries automatiques (IEC 60335-2-122).
Cette neuvième édition annule et remplace la huitième édition parue en 2019. Cette édition constitue une révision technique.
Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) le texte a été aligné sur l'IEC 60335-1:2020;
b) certaines notes ont été converties en texte normatif (Article 1, 20.104, 20.105);
c) des exigences concernant le redémarrage du cycle d'essorage des machines à laver le linge à agitateur et des machines à laver le linge à turbine ont été ajoutées (20.108);
d) des exigences concernant la commande à distance ont été ajoutées (22.51);
e) l'application du calibre d'essai 19 a été ajoutée (8.1.1, 20.2).
La présente partie 2 doit être utilisée conjointement avec la dernière édition de l'IEC 60335-1 et ses amendements sauf si cette édit

Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-7. del: Posebne zahteve za pralne stroje

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Nov-2025
• ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
• ICS: 97.060 - Laundry appliances
• Technical Committee: VGA - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
• Current Stage: 4020 - Public enquire (PE) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 18-Sep-2025
• Due Date: 05-Feb-2026
• 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: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Mandate: M/536 - [C(2015)536] Standardisation request as regards radio equipment in support of Directive 2014/53/EU
• Ref Project: prEN IEC 60335-2-7:2025 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-7: Particular requirements for washing machines

Relations

• Amended By: oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2-7:2025/oprAA:2025 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-7: Particular requirements for washing machines
• Effective Date: 09-Apr-2024
• Revises: SIST EN IEC 60335-2-7:2024/A11:2024 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-7: Particular requirements for washing machine
• Effective Date: 09-Apr-2024
• Revises: SIST EN IEC 60335-2-7:2024 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-27: Particular requirements for washing machine (IEC 60335-2-7:2019)
• Effective Date: 09-Apr-2024

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2025
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-7. del: Posebne zahteve za
pralne stroje
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-7: Particular requirements
for washing machines
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-7:
Besondere Anforderungen für Waschmaschinen
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-7: Exigences
particulières pour les machines à laver le linge
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 60335-2-7:2025
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.060 Aparati za nego perila Laundry appliances
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 60335-2-7
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2025
ICS 97.060; 13.120 Will supersede EN IEC 60335-2-7:2023; EN IEC 60335-2-
7:2023/A11:2023
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-7:
Particular requirements for washing machines
(IEC 60335-2-7:2024)
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-7: Exigences particulières pour les machines à ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-7: Besondere Anforderungen für
laver le linge Waschmaschinen
(IEC 60335-2-7:2024) (IEC 60335-2-7:2024)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2025-12-05.

The text of this draft consists of the text of IEC 60335-2-7:2024.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard 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.

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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
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Project: 79742 Ref. No. prEN IEC 60335-2-7:2025 E

European foreword
This document (prEN IEC 60335-2-7:2025) consists of the text of document IEC 60335-2-7:2024,
prepared by IEC/TC 61 "Safety of household and similar electrical appliances".
This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this document (doa) dav + 6 months
has to be announced at national level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dav + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dav + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be withdrawn (to be confirmed or
modified when voting)
This document will supersede EN IEC 60335-2-7:2003 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if
any).
This document is read in conjunction with EN IEC 60335-2-7:2025/prAA:2025.
This document has been prepared under a standardisation 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 ZZC, which are an integral
part of EN IEC 60335-2-7:2025/prAA:2025.

IEC 60335-2-7 ®
Edition 9.0 2024-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –

Part 2-7: Particular requirements for washing machines

Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues – Sécurité –

Partie 2-7: Exigences particulières pour les machines à laver le linge

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 13.120, 97.060 ISBN 978-2-8322-0000-0

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 General requirement . 10
5 General conditions for the tests . 10
6 Classification . 11
7 Marking and instructions . 11
8 Protection against access to live parts . 12
9 Starting of motor-operated appliances . 12
10 Power input and current . 12
11 Heating . 12
12 Charging of metal-ion batteries . 15
13 Leakage current and electric strength at operating temperature . 15
14 Transient overvoltages . 15
15 Moisture resistance . 15
16 Leakage current and electric strength . 16
17 Overload protection of transformers and associated circuits . 17
18 Endurance . 17
19 Abnormal operation . 18
20 Stability and mechanical hazards . 19
21 Mechanical strength . 23
22 Construction . 23
23 Internal wiring . 26
24 Components . 26
25 Supply connection and external flexible cords . 27
26 Terminals for external conductors . 27
27 Provision for earthing . 27
28 Screws and connections . 27
29 Clearances, creepage distances and solid insulation . 27
30 Resistance to heat and fire . 27
31 Resistance to rusting . 27
32 Radiation, toxicity and similar hazards . 27
Annexes . 29
Annex B (normative) Battery-operated appliances, separable batteries and detachable
batteries for battery-operated appliances . 29
Annex R (normative) Software evaluation . 30
Annex AA (normative) Detergent . 31
Annex BB (normative) Ageing test for elastomeric parts . 32
Annex CC (normative) Detergent free electrolyser washing machines . 34
Annex DD (informative) Washing machines incorporating a power driven wringer . 38

IEC 60335-2-7:2024 © IEC 2024 – 3 –
Bibliography . 40

Figure 101 – Probe for measuring surface temperatures . 28

Table 101 – Maximum temperature rises for specified external accessible surfaces
under normal operating conditions . 14
Table AA.1 – Composition of the reference detergent . 31

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES –
SAFETY –
Part 2-7: Particular requirements for washing machines

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