CLC/TC 59X - Consumer information related to household electrical appliances

IEC 60704-2-10:2024 applies to ranges, ovens, steam ovens, grills and microwave ovens for household and similar use. This document does not apply to hobs. This document does not apply to appliances or parts of appliances that use gas energy. Requirements for the declaration of noise emission values are not within the scope of this document. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) alignment with the fourth edition of IEC 60704-1:2021; b) alignment with IEC 60350-1:2023 regarding the definitions and settings; c) introduction of the measurement of the steam function; d) revision of settings and test parameters. This document is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 60704-1:2021, Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 1: General requirements.

See scope or EN 50597:2018

This part of EN 62552 specifies the essential characteristics of household and similar refrigerating appliances cooled by internal natural convection or forced air circulation, and establishes test methods for checking these characteristics. For the purposes of declaration, the tests defined in this part of IEC 62552 are considered to be type tests to assess the fundamental design and operation of a refrigerating appliance. This part of IEC 62552 does not define requirements for production sampling or conformity assessment or certification. This part of IEC 62552 does not define a regime for verification testing as this varies by region and country. When verification of the performance of a refrigerating appliance of a given type in relation to this standard is necessary, it is preferable, wherever practicable, that all the tests specified be applied to a single unit. The tests can also be made individually for the study of a particular characteristic.

IEC 60704-2-9:2024 is available as IEC 60704-2-9:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 60704-2-9:2024 applies to electric hand-held hairdryers for household and similar use supplied from mains, which operate with a flow of air. These particular requirements can also be applied to analogous electrically operated devices such as hairstyling appliances, which produce the airflow by a fan. Helmet-type hairdryers are excluded from this document. This document does not apply to hair care appliances with radiant heating. For determining and verifying noise emission values declared in product specifications, see IEC 60704-3. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2003. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) Alignment with IEC 60704-1:2021. This part 2-9 is intended to be used in conjunction with the fourth edition of IEC 60704-1:2021: Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 1: General requirements.

This part of EN 62552 specifies the essential characteristics of household and similar refrigerating appliances cooled by internal natural convection or forced air circulation, and establishes test methods for checking these characteristics. This part of EN 62552 describes the methods for the determination of energy consumption characteristics and defines how these can be assembled to estimate energy consumption under different usage and climate conditions. This part of EN 62552 also defines the determination of volume.

This part of EN 62552 specifies the essential characteristics of household and similar refrigerating appliances cooled by internal natural convection or forced air circulation, and establishes test methods for checking these characteristics. This part of EN 62552 describes the methods for the determination of performance requirements. Although there is some commonality in the set-ups for different tests (and so it may be an advantage to apply them all to one sample), these are separate tests to evaluate specific characteristics of the sample being tested. This part of IEC 62552 does not specify a procedure to generalise the results from sample test results to a prediction of the characteristics of the whole population from which that sample was selected.

IEC 63086-2-1:2024 specifies test methods for measuring the performance of electrically powered household and similar air cleaners intended for the reduction of particulate pollutants.

IEC 60704-2-2:2023 is available as IEC 60704-2-2:2023 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 60704-2-2:2023 applies to electric fan heaters, designed for placing on the floor, table or counter, etc., or for mounting. This document does not apply to: - electric storage room heaters; - room humidifiers; - room dehumidifiers; - air cleaners; - heaters designed exclusively for industrial purposes. For determining and verifying noise emission values declared in product specifications, refer to IEC 60704-3:2019. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2009. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - alignment with the latest edition of IEC 60704-1:2021, - addition of several ISO standards, - revision of built-in-conditions, - addition of requirements on climatic conditions and on background noise. This part 2-2 is intended to be used in conjunction with the fourth edition of IEC 60704-1:2021, Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 1: General requirements. This part 2-2 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in IEC 60704-1:2021.

IEC 60704-2-13:2023 applies to cooking fume extractors for household and similar use intended for filtering the air of a room or for exhausting the air out of a room, including their accessories and their component parts. It also applies to cooking fume extractors where the fan is mounted separately from the appliance inside or outside of the room where the appliance is located, but controlled by the appliance when the fan is defined in the technical documentation. This document deals also with down-draft systems that are arranged beside, behind or under the cooking appliance. Measurements carried out in accordance with this document determine the noise emission into the room, from which cooking fumes are extracted. Noise emission to the outside (e.g. through air ducts) are not considered. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) alignment with IEC 61591:2023; b) change of title, scope and definitions 3.103 and 3.104: this document deals with cooking fume extractors (this covers range hoods and down-draft systems); c) exhaust pipe of down-draft systems specified; d) built-in range hoods in recirculation mode with an air outlet device specified; e) alignment with IEC 60704-1:2021. This document is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60704-1:2021.

Scope unchanged, see EN62512:2020

This document describes a method which determines the electrical parameters for compatibility of cookware and induction hobs for household use. Cookware is an integral part of the cooking system; electrical parameters can affect the cooking process regarding the required power setting, speed of heating up, sufficient power for different cooking processes etc. For determining the compatibility of a cookware to an induction cooking zone and cooking area, a measurement device and a measurement procedure is specified in this document. It allows measuring the resistivity and/or impedance of the cookware under test (CUT) in a repeatable and reproducible way. The measured electric properties indicate the compatibility characteristics of a cookware on an induction cooking zones and cooking area. For determination the compatibility of an induction cooking zone or cooking area with a cookware, this document describes the measurement how to determine the power generated by the cooking zone under test (ZUT) in combination with the selected cookware. NOTE 1 For definitions of induction hob, induction cooking zone and cooking area EN 60350-2 is relevant. Further performance characteristics of hobs which are of interest to the user, like energy consumption, heating up time or heat distribution are not addressed. This document does not deal with safety requirements. NOTE 2 Further performance characteristics for hobs are covered in EN 60350-2. NOTE 3 Further performance characteristics for cookware are covered in EN 12983-1 and EN 12983-2. NOTE 4 Safety requirements are covered in IEC 60335-2-6 and IEC 60335-2-9. Appliances covered by this document can be built-in or portable induction hobs. The hob can also be a part of a cooking range.

IEC 61591:2023 applies to cooking fume extractors incorporating a fan for the recirculation or extraction mode situated in a household kitchen. It can also be used for cooking fume extractors where the fan is mounted separately from the appliance, but controlled by the appliance when the fan is defined in the technical documentation (e.g. name plate data) and instructions for installation. This document deals also with down-draft systems arranged beside, behind or under the cooking appliance. This document defines the main performance characteristics of these appliances, which are of interest to the user, and specifies methods for measuring these characteristics. This document does not specify a classification or ranking for performance. This document does not deal with safety requirements that are in accordance with IEC 60335-1 and IEC 60335-2-31. Cooking fume extractors without fans operated by a central ventilation system are covered in EN 13141-3. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2019. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) new definition of working point, see 3.19; b) new definition for lowest setting and automatic setting, see 3.17 and 3.18; c) revised requirements for installation and positioning, see 6.2; d) added a normative reference ISO 5801 for the specification of the pressure compensation chamber, see Clause 10; e) separate clauses for determining the volumetric airflow and fluid dynamic efficiency, see Clauses 10 and 11; f) new approach for determining the fluid dynamic efficiency ("9-point calculation"); g) new definitions, new clause and new Annex B regarding the measurement of low-power modes; h) new Annex A: assumption for the parameter b.

IEC 60350-1:2023 is available as IEC 60350-1:2023 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 60350-1:2023 specifies methods for measuring the performance of electric cooking ranges, ovens, steam ovens, and grills for household use. This document is also applicable to portable appliances with similar functionalities that were previously covered by the withdrawn IEC 61817. The ovens covered by this document can be with or without microwave function. Manufacturers are expected to define the primary cooking function of the appliance – microwave function or thermal heat. The primary cooking function is measured with an existing method according to energy consumption. If the primary cooking function is declared in the instruction manual as a microwave function, IEC 60705 is applied for energy consumption measurement. If the primary cooking function is declared as a thermal heat, then IEC 60350-1 is applied for energy consumption measurement. If the primary function is not declared by the manufacturer, the performance of the microwave function and thermal heat is measured as far as it is possible. For measurement of energy consumption and time for heating a load (see Clause 8), this document is furthermore not applicable to: - microwave combination function; - ovens with reciprocating trays or turntable; - small cavity ovens (see 3.16); - ovens without adjustable temperature control; - heating functions and eco functions other than defined in this document; - appliances with only solo steam function. This document does not apply to microwave ovens (IEC 60705). This document defines the main performance characteristics of these appliances that are of interest to the user and specifies methods for measuring these characteristics. This document does not specify a classification or ranking for performance. This document does not deal with safety requirements (IEC 60335-2-6 and IEC 60335-2-9). Appliances covered by this document can be built-in or for placing on a working surface or the floor. There is no measurement method for the energy consumption for grilling and steam functions available. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2016 and Interpretation Sheet 1:2021. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) new definitions for heating function, eco function and definitions relevant for low power mode considerations are amended in Clause 3; b) order of clauses is changed; c) revision of 5.3; d) update of 6.2 in order to improve the reliability of volume measurement; e) removal of 6.7, Level of shelf; f) revision of Clause 7 concerning the accuracy of eco functions with residual heat use; g) revision of Clause 8 in order to improve the reliability of the method for measuring the energy consumption, especially regarding anti-circumvention; h) unique energy consumption measurement for all heating functions and eco functions with an indication of the energy consumption for a temperature increase of 165 K (compared to 155 K currently for forced air circulation function, for example), which results in higher energy consumption values compared to the previous edition; i) Ry replaced by L* in Clause 9 and reference to IEC TS 63350; j) cook

This document specifies the application of relevant transport protocols for Home and Wide Area Networks as well as cloud connectivity; in this case, SPINE (Smart Premises Interoperable Neutral-Message Exchange), SPINE-IoT, and SHIP (Smart Home IP). This document is part of the EN 50631 series, which defines the information exchange between Smart Appliances and management systems in homes and buildings including energy management.

This document defines data models for Interoperable Connected Household Appliances. The data models are derived from a logical decomposition of use cases into functional blocks that themselves were realized by abstract actions on the data model itself. This document is part of the EN 50631 series, which defines the information exchange between Smart Appliances and management systems in homes and buildings including energy management.

This Standard specifies methods for measuring the performance of electric storage water heaters to produce domestic potable or non-potable hot water for household and similar use. The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of electric storage water heaters and to describe the test methods for measuring these characteristics. NOTE 1 This standard does not apply to; - storage water heaters that use electricity as a secondary source of heating the water; - storage water heaters that do not use a tank to storage hot water; - electric storage water heaters that do not meet the minimum (or maximum) output performance of the smallest (or biggest) load profile, as defined in Table 4. - water-heaters without thermal insulation NOTE 2 This standard does not specify safety requirements. For safety requirements see IEC 60335-1 in conjunction with IEC 60335-2-21.

This document maps the generic use case functions and data models defined in EN 50631-1:2023 to specific languages; in this case, SPINE and SPINE-IoT. This document is part of the EN 50631 series, which defines the information exchange between Smart Appliances and management systems in homes and buildings including energy management.

This document maps the generic use cases, use case functions, and generic data definitions to categories of appliances (e.g. washer, dishwasher, water heater, HVAC devices) as well as any necessary appliance-specific details and deviations. This document is part of the EN 50631 series, which defines the information exchange between Smart Appliances and management systems in homes and buildings including energy management.

This part of IEC 62885 is applicable to dry-cleaning robots for household use or under conditions similar to those in households. The purpose of this document is to specify the essential performance characteristics of dry-cleaning robots that are of interest to users and to describe methods for measuring these characteristics. Due to nature of the way this product operates in the home, comparisons with other types of surface cleaning appliances (e.g. dry vacuum cleaners) should not be made unless otherwise indicated. The cleaning performance methods, in particular, should only be used to make comparisons with other dry-cleaning robots and not with manually operated vacuum cleaner products. This document is concerned neither with safety requirements nor with performance requirements.

IEC 60704-2-4:2011 These particular requirements apply to single unit electrical washing machines and the washing and spinning function of combined appliances for household and similar use and to spin extractors for household and similar use. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (2001). Main changes are: - measurement uncertainty and standard deviations are taken into account, - definitions of standard test load and standard test program are modified, - test enclosure was replaced by common test enclosure defined in Part 1 and - information to be reported is modified. This publication is to be read in conjunction with  IEC 60704-1:2010.

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This part of IEC 63237 provides a method of standardizing the descriptions of household electrical appliances. The aims of this standard are - to define a common language for customers and suppliers through the publication of classes, represented by properties and their attributes; - enable electronic data exchange by machines (including information technology systems, see M2M communication); - to optimize workflows between customers and suppliers as well as in processes such as engineering, development and purchasing within their own organizations; - to offer also a dictionary to legislators and - to reduce transaction costs. The standard describes household electrical appliances using properties and makes the associated properties available in the IEC Common Data Dictionary (IEC CDD). Furthermore, this document provides rules, methods and the generic data structure for product specific classification standards and on how to produce a reference dictionary based on IEC 61360 Series. This in turn creates a descriptive basis of company internal and external descriptions of household electrical appliances based on structured classes and lists of properties. NOTE The terms "class", "properties" and "attributes" are defined in Clause 3 following the established definitions in IEC and ISO documents.

This International Standard specifies test methods to measure the performance of electrically operated spray seats for household and similar use. This standard applies to spray seats including tank-type spray seats, instantaneous-type spray seats and combination-type spray seats. This document does not apply to the electrically operated spray seats that are intended for medical and/or assistive functions NOTE: This International Standard does not specify acoustical noise requirements for electrical spray seats. Acoustical noise measurements are specified in IEC 60704-1 and IEC 60704-2-x.

IEC 62885-9:2019 lists the characteristic performance parameters for walk-behind and ride-on floor scrubbers and sweepers and other floor cleaning machines in accordance with IEC 60335-2-72:2016. The intent is to serve the manufacturers in describing parameters for their manuals and their literature. This may include all or some of the parameters listed in this definition document. This first edition of IEC 62885-9 cancels and replaces IEC 62826:2014 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to IEC 62826:2014 a) reference to a dated version of IEC 60335-2-72 to ensure consistency between the two standards; b) a new calculation for the nominal current consumption in 22.1; c) a new calculation for the maximum net run-time of commercial floor treatment machines in 22.2; d) update of the Bibliography.

IEC 63136:2019 applies to manually loaded under-counter one-tank and one-tank hood-type electrically heated dishwashing machines for washing plates, dishes, glassware, cutlery and similar articles. These machines are used in commercial kitchens, such as restaurants, canteens, hospitals and in businesses such as bakeries, butchers' shops, etc. This document does not apply to commercial dishwashers with transport systems (flight-type and rack conveyor dishwashers) and utensil washers. This document does not apply to undercounter water-change dishwashers. This document does not apply to appliances designed exclusively for industrial purposes. The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of electric dishwashers for commercial use and to describe the standard methods of measuring these characteristics. The characteristics are measured by washing plates. This document is concerned neither with safety nor with minimum performance requirements.

Scope is unchanged (see EN 60436:2020)

States and defines the principal performance characteristics of electric dry irons, steam irons, spray irons,and steam irons with seperate water reservoir or boiler/generator not exceeding 5L in capacity, for household or similar use.

IEC 62885-8:2019 is applicable for measurements of the performance of mains-operated dry vacuum cleaners, including water filter vacuum cleaners, for commercial use. The requirements for the construction and testing covered by this document are applied in addition to the requirements for commercial vacuum cleaners in IEC 60335-2-69. The purpose of this document is to specify essential performance characteristics of dry vacuum cleaners for commercial use that are of interest to operators and to describe methods for measuring these characteristics. Due to the influence of environmental conditions, variations in time, origin of test materials and proficiency of the operator, some of the described test methods will give more reliable results when applied for comparative testing of a number of appliances at the same time, in the same laboratory and by the same operator. The methods here can be applied with modifications for surface-cleaning product types or technologies not currently covered within the scope. For safety requirements, reference is made to IEC 60335-1 and IEC 60335-2-69. This first edition cancels and replaces IEC PAS 62611, published in 2009.

IEC 61855:2022 applies to electrical appliances for household and similar use for drying and styling hair (including their accessories). This document defines the main performance characteristics that are of interest to the user and specifies methods of measuring these characteristics. Appliances to which this document applies include: – Hair dryers; – Hair curlers; – Hair straighteners. This document does not specify the requirements for performance. This document does not deal with safety requirements (IEC 60335-2-23). This document does not apply to electric hair clippers or trimmers. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2003. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) the definitions of hair dryers, hair curlers and hair straighteners are updated; b) the measurement of temperature profile of the outlet air of hair dryers is added; c) the measurement of temperature profile of the whole work area of hair curlers is added; d) the measurement of temperature profile of the heating plate of hair straighteners is added; e) the measurement method for air flow of hair dryers is introduced; f) the measurement method for anion emission concentration of anion hair dryers is introduced; g) the measurement method for tension of hair straighteners is introduced; h) the service life test for hair dryers, hair curlers and hair straighteners is introduced.

IEC 61121:2012(E) is applicable to household electric tumble dryers of the automatic and non-automatic type, with or without a cold water supply and incorporating a heating device. This excludes tumble dryers which use gas or other fuels as a heating source. The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of household electric tumble dryers of interest to users and to describe standard methods for measuring these characteristics. This edition includes significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition.

This International Standard is applicable for measurements of the performance of dry vacuum cleaners for household use in or under conditions similar to those in households. The purpose of this standard is to specify essential performance characteristics of dry vacuum cleaners being of interest to the users and to describe methods for measuring these characteristics.

IEC 60704-2-3:2017 is intended to be used in conjunction with the third edition (2010) of IEC 60704-1, Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 1: General requirements. The relevant text of Part 1 as amended by this standard establishes the test code for dishwashers. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) it doesn’t contain the description of an appropriate test enclosure because the test enclosure has been incorporated in IEC 60704-1:2010, Annex B; b) the values of standard deviations of sound power levels determined according to this part are given in Clause 1; c) to prevent an appliance being programmed to recognize the test cycles, and reacting specifically to them, in this new edition an artificial soil is used in addition to the unsoiled load and the rinse aid container has to be filled. This artificial soil successive may build up a film on the load. Therefore, detergent also has to be used. An initial test has shown that no foam is to be expected. This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 60704-1:2010.

IEC 60704-3:2019 is available as IEC 60704-3:2019 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 60704-3:2019 describes procedures for determining and verifying the declared values of the noise emitted by household and similar appliances. It applies to all categories of household and similar electrical appliances covered by IEC 60704-1 and all parts of IEC 60704-2, which include particular requirements for special categories of appliances. It applies to appliances being produced in quantity, such as in batches, series or lots, which are manufactured to the same technical specification and characterized by the same declared value of noise emission. This part of IEC 60704: – considers the term "declaration" to include all means for providing information on the noise emission values to potential users (consumers) of the appliances; this includes labels, brochures, advertisements, commercial and technical information papers, etc.; – considers the declaration for appliances manufactured by mass production; – specifies a simple statistical method for verifying the declared values by investigating a sample of only three appliances. This International Standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60704-1:2010 and the latest edition of IEC 60704-2 (all parts). This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006. This edition constitutes a technical revision. It includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) in Annex A, standard deviations that are now specified for various appliance categories in the parts of IEC 60704-2 have been excluded from Table A.1; b) furthermore, this edition makes reference to new standards and is implementing ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 in a more accurate manner.

IEC 60879:2019 specifies the performance-measuring methods of comfort fans and regulators for household and similar purposes, including conventional fans, tower fans and bladeless fans, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase fans and 480 V for other fans, and their rated power input being less than 125 W. According to the testing method, the comfort fans are classified into two groups: – pedestal fans, table fans, wall fans, louvre fans, tower fans, bladeless fans; – ceiling fans. Wherever applicable, the term "fan" used in this document includes its associated regulator, if any. This document does not apply to: – safety of electric fans for household and similar purposes (IEC 60335-2-80); – performance of ventilating fans (IEC 60665); – electromagnetic compatibility of fans (CISPR 14-1 and CISPR 14-2, IEC 61000-3-2, IEC 61000-3-3). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1986. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) the definitions of fans have been revised; b) the test methods for the different types of fans have been revised to allow modern test instrumentation to be used; c) acoustic noise measurement and standby power measurement methods have been introduced.

IEC 60704-2-16:2019 applies to single-unit electric washer-dryers for household and similar use intended for placing on the floor against a wall, for building-in or placing under a counter, a kitchen worktop or under a sink, for wall-mounting or on a counter. This standard is concerned with objective methods of engineering accuracy for determining sound power levels of airborne acoustical noise. Requirements for the declaration of noise emission values are not within the scope of this document. This part is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 60704-1:2010.

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This standard applies to electric direct-acting room heaters. They may be portable, stationary, fixed, or built-in. It does not apply to: - thermal-storage room heaters (EN 60531); - heating appliances incorporated in the building structure; - central heating systems; - heaters connected to an air duct; - wall-paper, carpets or drapes incorporating flexible heating elements; - sauna stoves. This standard defines the main performance characteristics of direct-acting room heaters and specifies methods for measuring these characteristics, for the information of users. This standard does not specify values for performance characteristics. NOTE: - This standard does not deal with: - safety requirements (EN 60335-2-30); - acoustical noise of fan heaters (EN 60704-2-2).

This document summarises the observations on the EN 4555X series of standards in view to applying them to household and similar electrical appliances Scope This document assesses the applicability of the EN 45552 – EN 45559 to household and similar electrical appliances that are in the scope of ecodesign (2009/125/EC). Note: EN 45552, EN 45553, EN 45554, EN 45555, EN 45556, EN 45557, EN 45558 and EN 45559 are referred to as EN 4555X series of standards to increase readability. This document will highlight where further work on metrics and measurement methodologies is necessary or may be needed for household and similar electrical appliances beyond each of the EN 4555X standards listed in Clause 5.

IEC 60704-2-18:2022 applies to single-unit electric water heaters for household and similar use intended for placing on the floor against a wall, for building-in or placing under a counter, a kitchen worktop or under a sink, for wall-mounting or on a counter. This document does not apply to: – combustion water heaters; – water kettles; – heat pump water heaters; – conventional electric storage water heaters as defined in IEC 60335-2-21:2012, Clause 1; – instantaneous electric water heaters without any noise-producing components such as motors and pumps. This document is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 60704‑1:2021.

This document deals with the methods for measuring the performance of electrically powered toothbrushes. This document applies to electrically powered toothbrushes used for cleaning the teeth with electric energy to drive. Rechargeable toothbrushes and primary battery powered toothbrushes, both for adult and child, are within the scope of this standard. This standard is just to specify the measurement method but does not define any limit value. NOTE: The electrically powered toothbrushes are classified as follows: Classification with regard to supply modes: - primary battery powered toothbrush - rechargeable toothbrush -- wireless rechargeable toothbrush -- corded rechargeable toothbrush Classification with regard to moving modes: - rotary electrically powered toothbrush - reciprocated electrically powered toothbrush -- linear reciprocated electrically powered toothbrush -- rotational reciprocated electrically powered toothbrush - vibratory electrically powered toothbrush The different types are clarified for information, since there is no difference in the tests to be done, except for the types of primary battery powered toothbrush and rechargeable toothbrush.

This document specifies the performance and the corresponding methods of test of AC ventilating fans for household and similar purposes intended for air forcing and exhaust, driven by single-phase AC motors having a power consumption of less than 125 W (including any associated regulators) for use on single-phase AC circuits not exceeding 250 V. This document applies to ventilating fans such as partition fans for walls and windows and duct fans. NOTE This document does not apply to: - the safety of electric fans for household and similar purposes (IEC 60335-2- 80); - the performance of comfort fans (IEC 60879); - range hoods and other cooking fume extractors (IEC 61591); - airborne acoustic noise for fans (IEC 60704-2-7); - electromagnetic compatibility of fans (CISPR 14-1 and CISPR 14-2, IEC 61000-3-2, IEC 61000-3-3).

This clause of IEC 63159-1:2021 is applicable with the following exception: Addition: This document applies to electrical instantaneous water heaters designed to operate as multifunctional appliances with an electric rated power > 2 kW. This document specifies tests for the assessment of the performance.