Deals with the safety of electric heat pumps, including sanitary hot water heat pumps, air-conditioners, and dehumidifiers incorporating sealed motor-compressors. The maximum rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single phase and 600 V for all other appliances. The referenced appliances may consist of one or more assemblies. If provided in more than one assembly, the assemblies are to used together, and the requirements are based on the use of matched assemblies. Supplementary heaters, or a provision for their seperate installation, are within the scope of this standard, but only heaters which are designed as a part of the appliance package, the controls being incorporated in the appliance.
Legislation related to this standard
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
Harmonized/SupportingDirective 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
Harmonized/SupportingDirective 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
Harmonized/Supporting
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EN 60335-2-40:1997
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EN 60335-2-40:1997/A11:2004
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EN 60335-2-40:1997/A1:2000
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EN 60335-2-40:2003
60.60
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Mar 21, 2003
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/A13:2012
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/A1:2006
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/A11:2004
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/A12:2005
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/A2:2009
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/corrigendum Aug. 2010
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EN 60335-2-40:2003/corrigendum Apr. 2006
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EN IEC 60335-2-40:2023