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 60335.2.24:2003 three years from the date of publication. During this period it is anticipated that regulatory authorities will approve refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice-makers 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

The text of IEC 60335-2-24 Ed 7, prepared by IEC Technical Committee SC 61C, was submitted to the Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Combine Procedure (dual public comment and committee vote) for adoption of the IEC standard as a Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand joint standard.

This Standard is an adoption with national modifications of the seventh edition of IEC 60335- 2-24, Household and similar electrical appliances – safety – Part 2-24: Particular requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice-makers. 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.