Foreword

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee EL-002- Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances and Small Power Transformers to supersede AS/NZS 60335.2.2:2002 three years from the date of publication. During this period it is anticipated that regulatory authorities will approve vacuum cleaners and water-suction cleaning appliances to either standard

The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers, designers, regulatory authorities, testing laboratories and similar organizations with safety requirements designed to give the user protection against hazards that might occur during normal operation and abnormal operation of the appliance and which may be used as the basis for approval for sale or for connection to the electricity supply mains in Australia and New Zealand

This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (October 2011). The changes required by the amendments are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected. Where an application date other than immediate is applicable to an amendment the date of application (DOA) is indicated by the marginal bar against the part affected.

This Standard is an adoption with national modifications of the sixth edition of IEC 60335-2-2, Household and similar electrical appliances – safety – Part 2-2: Particular requirements for vacuum cleaners and water-suction cleaning appliances. It has been varied as indicated to take account of Australian and New Zealand conditions.

This part 2 has to be used in conjunction with the latest edition of AS/NZS 60335.1 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 1: General requirements and its Amendments. It was established on the basis of AS/NZS 60335.1:2002.

The principal changes in this edition as compared with the 2002 edition of AS/NZS 60335.2.2 are as follows (minor changes are not listed):

– aligns the text with AS/NZS 60335.1:2002, and its Amendments 1, 2 and 3;

This part 2 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of AS/NZS 60335.1 so as to convert it into the Australian/New Zealand Standard: Safety requirements for vacuum cleaners and water-suction cleaning appliances.

When a particular subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in this part 2, that subclause applies as far as is reasonable. When this standard states "addition", "modification" or "replacement", the relevant text of Part 1 is to be adapted accordingly.

NOTE 1 The following numbering system is used:

– subclauses, tables and figures that are numbered starting from 101 are additional to those in Part 1;

– unless notes are in a new subclause or involve notes in Part 1, they are numbered starting from 101, including those in a replaced clause or subclause;

– additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc.;

– subclauses, notes and annexes that are additional to those in the IEC standard are prefixed with the letters AZ.

NOTE 2 The following print types are used:

– requirements: in roman type;

– test specifications: in italic type;

– notes: in small roman type.

Words in bold in the text are defined in Clause 3.

NOTE 3 In this document, p is used in the margin to indicate instructions for preparing a consolidated version.

The essential safety requirements in AS/NZS 38201 that could be applicable to requirements for vacuum cleaners and water-suction cleaning appliances are covered by this standard.

The national variations to the IEC 60335-2-2 Ed 6 form the Australian and New Zealand national variations for purposes of the IECEE scheme for recognition of results of testing to standards for safety of electrical equipment (the CB scheme).