European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-5: Particular requirements for dishwashers - Incorporates Amendment A12: 2012
 N EN 60335-2-5

Annotation

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

This European Standard deals with the safety of electric dishwashers for household and similar purposes, that are intended for washing and rinsing dishes, cutlery and other utensils, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.

Appliances intended to be used by laymen in shops and other premises for normal housekeeping purposes, are within the scope of this European Standard.

NOTE Z101 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 and other similar working environments;

– in farm houses;

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

– in bed and breakfast type environments.

NOTE Z102 Household environments include the dwelling and its associated buildings, the garden, etc.

As far as is practicable, this European Standard deals with the common hazards presented by appliances that are encountered by all persons in household and similar environments.

However, in general, it does not take into account