Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V.

Domestic cooking appliances burning gas - Part 1-1: Safety - General
 N EN 30-1-1

Annotation

This European Standard specifies the construction and performance characteristics as well as the requirements and methods of test for the safety and marking of freestanding and built-in domestic cooking appliances burning the combustible gases given in 4.1 according to the categories specified in 4.2, referred to in the text as "appliances".

This European Standard covers the following types of domestic cooking appliances, as defined in Clause 3, and belonging to the classes defined in 4.3 (see Table 1):

- independent freestanding hotplates;

- independent built-in hotplates;

- independent hotplates and grills;

- table cookers;

- freestanding ovens;

- built-in ovens;

- freestanding or built-in grills;

- griddles;

- freestanding cookers;

- built-in cookers.

Unless specifically excluded hereafter, this European Standard applies to these appliances or their component parts, whether or not the component parts are independent or incorporated into a single appliance, even if the other heating components of the appliance use electrical energy (e.g. combined gas-electric cookers).

This European Standard includes requirements covering the electrical safety of equipment incorporated in the appliance that is associated with the use of gas. It does not include requirements covering the electrical safety of electrically-heated component parts or their associated equipment1).