International Electrotechnical Commission

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-87: Particular requirements for electrical animal stunning equipment - Edition 3.0
 N 60335-2-87

Annotation

This part of IEC 60335 deals with the safety of electric animal-stunning equipment the rated voltage of which is not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.

NOTE 101 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 standard is applicable to electric animal-stunning equipment for industrial or commercial use, for use on farms or for use in areas where they may be a source of danger to the public.

So far as is practical, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by these types of appliances.

NOTE 102 Examples of electric animal-stunning equipment within the scope of this standard are those used to stun:

– bovines such as cattle, calves, cows, heifers and bulls;

– ovines such as sheep and lambs;

– caprines such as goats;

– cervids such as deer;

– solipeds such as horses, donkeys and mules;

– birds such as chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl;

– porcines such as pigs;