European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-8: Particular requirements for shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances - Incorporates Amendment A1: 2016
 N EN 60335-2-8

Annotation

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

Battery-operated appliances and other d.c. supplied appliances are within the scope of this standard. Dual supply appliances, either mains-supplied or battery-operated, are regarded as battery-operated appliances when operated in the battery mode.

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances intended for the household environment and commercial purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V.

NOTE Z101 Battery-operated appliances and other d.c. supplied appliances are within the scope of this standard.

NOTE Z102 Examples of similar appliances are animal clippers and those used for manicure and pedicure.

NOTE Z103 Examples of appliance for household environment are appliances for typical housekeeping functions used in the household environment that may also be used by non-expert users for typical housekeeping functions:

• in shops, offices and other similar working environments;

• in farm houses;

• by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;

• in bed and breakfast type environments.

Appliances and machines intended to be used by expert or trained users in shops, in light industry and on farms, and appliances and machines which are declared to be for commercial use by lay persons are within the scope of this standard.