What is this standard about?
This first part of the BS EN 60730 series outlines the general requirements for automatic electrical controls relating to equipment for household and similar use.
Who is this standard for?
- Electrical engineers
- Manufacturers and users of electrical household equipment
- Suppliers of components for household equipment
- Organizations selling electrical household equipment
- Regulatory bodies
- Inspectors and health and safety personnel
Why should you use this standard?
This international standard gives guidelines on automatic electrical controls for equipment that may use electricity, gas, oil, solid fuel, solar thermal energy or any combination thereof.
It applies to household and similar use controls and covers areas that include safety, operating values, operating times, operating sequences plus the testing of automatic electrical control devices. It also specifies controls for heating, air conditioning and similar applications.
BS EN 60730 also covers equipment that may be used by the public such as that intended to be used in shops, offices, hospitals, farms and commercial and industrial applications.
Part 1 is to be used in conjunction with the appropriate part 2, for a particular type of control.
What’s changed since the last update?
- Revisions to clause H.26 based on changes in technology applications and to improve consistency and layout
- Modification to table H.12 to align with CISPR 22
- Revisions to Annex J to correlate the fault modes of thermistors and to exempt thermistors used in conjunction with type 1 controls in SELV low power circuits from the tests specified in Annex J
- New requirements covering battery powered controls and the use of batteries in controls
- Revision addressing the relay faults in table H.24
- New requirements for switch mode power supplies
- Revisions covering the allowance of screwless-type clamping units complying with IEC 60999-1
- New requirements addressing remotely actuated control functions-1
- Updated leakage current diagram to align the Annex E diagram with the diagram in IEC 69990
- Updated requirements for temperature sensing controls