British Standards Institution

Source:: IEC
Committee:: CPL/61/0 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Testing | Testing. Electrical and electronic | Commercial and Consumer Goods | Domestic electrical appliances

Scope

This Technical Specification deals with the safety after repair, refurbishment, and remanufacturing of an appliance already placed on the market and subsequent safety testing of appliances within the scope of IEC TC61 and its subcommittees. The concept of upgrade of an appliance and use of reused components are also addressed.

This Technical Specification does not deal with performance-related topics.

Purpose

Following the decision of TC61 Bled meeting (see Item 5a of 61/5848A/RM), WG49 “Circular Economy and Material Efficiency" was established and requested to clarify the terminology (what is reuse, refurbish, recycling, etc); to collect and study information and documents on circular economy; and to consider the basic series of concepts to be applied under the conditions of reuse, repair, refurbish, etc for IEC 60335 products to ensure that they keep the basic safety criteria.

WG49 has developed this proposal. The document will serve to draw the attention of all market operators on the main points to be covered to ensure safety of this type of appliances.

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

04/03/2022

Proposal end date:

06/05/2022

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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61/6511/NP , PNW TS 61-6511 ED1; Household and similar electrical appliances – repair, refurbishment, and remanufacturing of an appliance and subsequent safety testing - General safety requirements

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