Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Particular requirements for hand-held mains-operated garden blowers, vacuums and blower vacuums
Standards Australia
RECONFIRMATION NOTICE
Technical Committee EL-002 has reviewed the content of this publication and in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation, it has been determined that the publication is still valid and does not require change.
Certain documents referenced in the publication may have been amended since the original date of publication. Users are advised to ensure that they are using the latest versions of such documents as appropriate, unless advised otherwise in this Reconfirmation Notice.
Approved for reconfirmation in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation on 28 April 2016.
Approved for reconfirmation in New Zealand on behalf of the Standards Council of New Zealand on 18 May 2016.
The following are represented on Technical Committee EL-002:
Australian Industry Group
Australian Retailers Association
Business New Zealand
Consumer Electronics Suppliers Association
Consumers Federation of Australia
Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council
Engineers Australia
Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand Electric Fence Energiser Manufacturers Standards WG
NSW Fair Trading
Testing Interests (New Zealand)
Worksafe New Zealand
This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.
This International Standard deals with the safety of hand-held mains-operated electrical garden vacuums and garden blower/vacuums with or without shredding means and garden blowers for use at and around the home or for similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V single phase.
This standard does not in general take into account:
– the use of appliances by young children or infirm persons without supervision;
– playing with the appliance by young children.
NOTE 101 Attention is drawn to the fact that:
– in many countries additional requirements are specified by the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour.
NOTE 102 This standard does not apply to
– vacuum cleaners intended primarily for use indoors, for water suction cleaning or animal grooming (IEC 60335-2-2).
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | Standards Australia |
| ProductNote | Reconfirmed 30/09/2016. This standard has been reconfirmed in Australia in 2016 and remains current in New Zealand. Reconfirmation Notice 30/09/2016 |
| Committee | EL-002 |
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