EN IEC 60335-2-71:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-71: Particular requirements for electrical heating appliances for breeding and rearing animals

Publication date:   Jun 16, 2020

Scope

IEC 60335-2-71:2018 deals with the safety of all kinds of electrical heating appliances used for livestock rearing and breeding, such as: heat-radiating appliances, electrical sitting-hens, incubators, chicken breeding units and heating plates for animals, the rated voltage of the appliances being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.

This standard applies to heating appliances used for livestock rearing and breeding that include an electrical motor.

This standard does not apply to:

- appliances designed exclusively for industrial purposes;

- appliances intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas);

- heating units embedded in the floor;

- flexible sheet heating elements for room heating (IEC 60335-2-96);

- room heaters (IEC 60335-2-30).

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2002, its Amendment 1 (2007) and its Amendment 2 (2012). This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

- two paragraphs are deleted (Introduction);

- normative references updated (Clause 2);

- colour required for symbols (7.6);

- some notes converted to normative text (19.2, 21.101, 22.104).