British Standards Institution

Source:: IEC
Committee:: CPL/59/1 - Dishwashers and washing machines
Categories:: Laundry appliances
Number of comments:: 0

Scope

This International Standard is applicable to household electric tumble dryers of the automatic and non-automatic type, with or without a cold water supply and incorporating a heating device. This excludes tumble dryers which use gas or other fuels as a heating source.

The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of household electric tumble dryers (3.1.1) of interest to users and to describe standard methods for measuring these characteristics. It is also applicable to tumble dryers for communal use in blocks of flats or in launderettes.

NOTE 1 Household washing machines performance is assessed to IEC 60456.

NOTE 2 Household washer-dryer combined performance is assessed to IEC 62512.

This international standard does not apply to tumble dryers (3.1.1) for commercial use such as in commercial laundries.

NOTE 3 The preparation of methods for measuring the performance of tumble dryers (3.1.1) for commercial use is under evaluation.

This international standard does not specify the acoustical noise measurement for household tumble dryers (3.1.1).

NOTE 4 Acoustical noise measurements and evaluation for household tumble dryers (3.1.1) are specified in IEC 60704-1, IEC 60704-2-6 and IEC 60704-3

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1. Proposal (Complete)

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2. Draft (Complete)

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03/10/2025

3. Public Comments

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09/07/2025

Public Comments end date:

30/07/2025

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BS EN 61121 Ed.5.0 Tumble dryers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance

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