Standards Development

Scope

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

This part of IEC 60335 deals with the safety of electric water-bed heaters and their associated control units, for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V Including DC supplied appliances.

Note of the Secretary: These appliances are not typically battery-operated appliances and a general search found no battery-operated water bed heaters on the market. Therefore, they were not specifically included in the Scope similar to what was done for IEC 60335-2-122 and a number of the MT32 standards.

Appliances not intended for normal household use, but that nevertheless can be a source of danger to the public, such as appliances intended to be used in hotels, are within the scope of this standard.

As far as is practicable, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by appliances that are encountered by all persons in and around the home. However, in general, it does not take into account

–         persons (including children) whose

- physical, sensory or mental capabilities; or

- lack of experience and knowledge

prevents them from using the appliance safely without supervision or instruction;

–         children playing with the appliance.

Attention is drawn to the fact that

– for appliances intended to be used in vehicles or on board ships or in aircraft, additional requirements can be necessary;

– in many countries additional requirements are specified by the national health authorities, the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour, the national water supply authorities and similar authorities.

This standard does not apply to appliances

– for medical purposes (IEC 60601);

– intended for immersion in water during use.