AS/NZS 60335.2.4:2010

Deals with the safety of electric spin extractors for household and similar purposes that have a capacity not exceeding 10 kg of dry cloth and a drum peripheral speed not exceeding 50 m/s, their rated voltages being not more than 250 volt for single-phase appliances and 480 volt for other appliances. This Standard is an adoption with national modifications of the sixth edition of IEC 60335-2-4, Household and similar electrical appliances – safety – Part 2.4: Particular requirements for spin extractors. The principal changes in this edition as compared with the 2002 edition of AS/NZS 60335.2.4 are as follows (minor changes are not listed): – aligns the text with AS/NZS 60335.1:2002, and its Amendments 1, 2 and 3; – clarifies criteria for the protection against mechanical hazards for double lid appliances (20.103 and 20.104); – some notes have been converted to normative text (Clause 1, 20.102 and Annex AA).