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BS EN 60335-2-40:1998 Specification for safety of household and similar electrical appliances. - Particular requirements for electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners and dehumidifiers, 2005
- BRITISH STANDARD [Go to Page]
- National foreword [Go to Page]
- Foreword
- Foreword to amendment A1
- Introduction
- Foreword to amendment A11
- Contents
- 1 Scope
- 2 Definitions [Go to Page]
- heat pump
- sanitary hot water heat pump
- air conditioner
- dehumidifier
- dehumidification — comfort
- dehumidification — process
- dehumidification — heat recovery
- wet-bulb temperature (WB)
- dry-bulb temperature (DB)
- evaporator
- heat exchanger
- indoor heat exchanger
- outdoor heat exchanger
- supplementary heater
- pressure-limiting device
- pressure-relief device
- self-contained unit
- appliances accessible to the general public
- appliances not accessible to the general public
- fan coil/air handling unit
- 3 General requirement
- 4 General conditions for the tests [Go to Page]
- Addition:
- Replacement:
- Addition:
- Motor-compressors are also subjected to the relevant test of
- 5 Void
- 6 Classification [Go to Page]
- Modification:
- Addition:
- Appliances shall be classified according to the accessibility either as
- 7 Marking and instructions [Go to Page]
- Modification:
- Addition:
- Addition:
- A marking shall be provided for a replaceable fuse or a replaceable overload
- If the product is intended for permanent connection to fixed wiring with aluminium wires, the mar...
- 8 Protection against access to live parts
- 9 Starting of motor-operated appliances
- 10 Power input and current
- 11 Heating [Go to Page]
- Appliances and their surroundings shall not attain excessive temperatures in normal use.
- Appliances are installed in a test room in accordance with the manufacturer’s installation instru...
- Temperatures other than those of windings are determined by means of fine-wire thermocouples so c...
- Appliances are operated under
- Where appliance can be operated in the cooling mode as well as the heating mode, a test is conduc...
- Appliances with defrost facilities, are additionally submitted for a defrost test in the most unf...
- All appliances are operated continuously until steady conditions are achieved except for defrost ...
- During the test the temperatures are monitored continuously and shall not exceed the values shown... [Go to Page]
- Table 3 Temperature limits
- Table 3 Temperature limits
- Test casing
- 12 Void
- 13 Leakage current and electric strength at operating temperature [Go to Page]
- Modification:
- 14 Void
- 15 Moisture resistance [Go to Page]
- Addition:
- Addition:
- Spillage test
- 16 Leakage current and electric strength [Go to Page]
- Modification:
- 17 Overload protection of transformers and associated circuits
- 18 Endurance
- 19 Abnormal operation [Go to Page]
- Appliances shall be so constructed that the risk of fire, or of mechanical damage impairing safet...
- The motors, other than motor-compressors, are mounted on a support of wood or similar material. T... [Go to Page]
- Table 6 Maximum winding temperature
- If the motor-compressor has not been type-tested against the requirements of IEC�60335-2-34, a sa...
- Appliances incorporating three-phase motors are operated under the conditions of Clause�
- The appliance is operated under the conditions in Clause�
- The
- Air to air appliances are operated under the conditions specified in Clause�
- All appliances provided with
- If all electric heating elements are not energized under the conditions specified in�
- The appliance is operated under conditions in Clause�
- Compliance for
- If, for any of the fault conditions specified in�
- Appliances with
- During the tests of� [Go to Page]
- Table 7 Maximum abnormal temperature
- All appliances provided with supplementary heaters and with free air discharge are subjected to t...
- 20 Stability and mechanical hazards
- 21 Mechanical strength
- 22 Construction [Go to Page]
- Addition:
- Replacement:
- Appliances intended to be fixed shall be so designed that they can be securely fixed and maintain...
- Appliances provided with
- Non-self-resetting cut-outs
- Containers of
- In the case of closed containers of
- Pressure relief devices,
- The outlet system of open containers of
- Storage tanks of
- Wiring connected to a
- Non-self-resetting thermal cut-outs
- It shall not be necessary to manually reset any
- 23 Internal wiring
- 24 Components [Go to Page]
- Addition:
- Thermal control devices incorporating replaceable parts shall be marked in such a way that the re...
- 25 Supply connection and external cords [Go to Page]
- Addition:
- Addition:
- 26 Terminals for external conductors
- 27 Provision for earthing
- 28 Screws and connections
- 29 Creepage distances, clearances and distances through insulation [Go to Page]
- Modification: [Go to Page]
- Table 101 Minimum clearances and creepage distances for motor-compressors
- 30 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking [Go to Page]
- Not applicable
- Addition:
- 31 Resistance to rusting
- 32 Radiation, toxicity and similar hazards [Go to Page]
- Figure 101b Arrangement for heating test of appliances with supplementary heater — Downflow application
- Figure 102 Supply circuit for locked-rotor test of a motor of the single-phase type — Revise�as�needed for t...
- Annex A (normative) [Go to Page]
- Normative references
- Annex D (normative) [Go to Page]
- Alternative requirements for protected motor units
- Annex F (normative) [Go to Page]
- Motors not isolated from the supply mains and having basic insulation not designed fo...
- Annex AA (informative) [Go to Page]
- Examples for operating temperatures of the appliance
- Annex ZAA (informative) [Go to Page]
- The relevance of the pressure equipment directive [Go to Page]
- Table ZAA.1 Dangerous refrigerants
- Table ZAA.2 Non-dangerous refrigerants [Go to Page]
