BS EN 60335-2-2:2010 PDF Download

An international standard known as BS EN 60335-2-2:2010 focuses primarily on the safety standards for household and related electrical equipment, including vacuum cleaners and water-suction cleaning appliances. It covers devices with a rated voltage of up to 250 V, such as automatic battery-powered cleaners, centrally located vacuum cleaners, and vacuums used for pet grooming. The standard also applies to vacuum cleaners' motorized cleaning heads and current-carrying hoses.

Appliances used in stores or other public spaces for housekeeping functions are included in the scope of this standard, even if they may not be designed for regular domestic use.

The standard is divided into several sections that address a variety of subjects, including general requirements, testing conditions, classification, marking, and instructions, protection against access to live parts, power input and current, heating, leakage current, and electric strength, moisture resistance, overload protection, endurance, stability, and mechanical hazards, construction, internal wiring, supply connection, and heat and fire resistance, among others.

Additional details on certain topics, such as appliances run by rechargeable batteries and the motor aging test, are provided in Annexes B and C. A bibliography is also provided in the standard as a resource for more reading on the subject.