prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025
(Amendment)Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-66: Particular requirements for water-bed heaters
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-66: Particular requirements for water-bed heaters
This European Standard deals with the safety of electric water-bed heaters and their associated control units, for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V, including direct current (DC) supplied appliances.
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-66: Besondere Anforderungen für Wasserbett-Beheizungen
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-66: Exigences particulières pour les dispositifs de chauffage pour matelas à eau
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-66. del: Posebne zahteve za grelnike vodnih postelj - Dopolnilo AA
General Information
- Status
- Not Published
- Publication Date
- 23-Sep-2027
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
- Drafting Committee
- CLC/TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances
- Current Stage
- 4020 - Enquiry circulated - Enquiry
- Start Date
- 21-Nov-2025
- Due Date
- 08-May-2026
- Completion Date
- 21-Nov-2025
Relations
- Effective Date
- 07-Apr-2025
Overview
prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025 is a CENELEC draft amendment to the IEC household-appliances safety series specifically addressing electric water‑bed heaters and their associated control units. The document applies to appliances for household and similar use with a rated voltage not exceeding 250 V (including DC). It is prepared by CLC/TC 61 and, as a draft amendment (prAA), is currently submitted for enquiry - it is not yet a finalized European Standard.
Key topics and requirements
- Scope and applicability
- Covers reasonably foreseeable hazards of intended use presented by water‑bed heaters to all persons and domestic animals in and around the home.
- Applies to the heater and associated control units used with water‑filled mattresses.
- Safety of people and animals
- New requirements/instructions added to address children, people with disabilities and domestic animals.
- Illustrative marking/instruction changes require statements that:
- People with disabilities can use the appliance but may need additional precautions or supervision.
- Children and domestic animals should be supervised and kept away from the appliance; keep out of reach of children under 8 years.
- Cleaning and routine user maintenance must not be performed by children.
- Marking and instructions (Clause 7 modifications)
- The instructions must include explicit guidance on safe use by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities and on supervision requirements.
- Normative and informative annexes
- Annex ZA: normative references aligned to European publications (e.g., EN IEC 60335‑1 and related parts).
- Additional annexes (ZZA/ZZB/ZZC) indicate non‑applicability to certain EU directives/regulations where relevant.
- Document status
- This draft amends prEN IEC 60335‑2‑66:2025 and references Part 1 (EN IEC 60335‑1:2023 and its amendments). Deadline for CENELEC enquiry noted as 2026‑02‑13.
Applications - who uses this standard
- Manufacturers and designers of electric water‑bed heaters and control units - to ensure product safety and compliance with European requirements.
- Product safety engineers and compliance officers - to prepare technical files, user instructions, and markings that meet the amended requirements.
- Testing laboratories and conformity assessors - to interpret scope and applicable normative references for safety testing.
- Regulators, importers and distributors - to verify that products placed on the market meet the latest CENELEC safety prescriptions.
- Technical writers - to update user manuals and safety warnings according to the new marking/instruction language.
Related standards
- EN IEC 60335‑1:2023 (+A11/A12) - general requirements for household electrical appliance safety (referenced and supplemented).
- EN IEC 60335‑2‑32:2025 and other Part 2 standards as referenced in the amendment.
- ISO 2439 and ISO 13732‑1 are added/mentioned in the bibliography and normative references.
Keywords: water‑bed heaters, household electrical appliance safety, prEN IEC 60335‑2‑66:2025/prAA:2025, CENELEC, marking and instructions, children safety, people with disabilities, 250 V appliances.
Frequently Asked Questions
prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025 is a draft published by CLC. Its full title is "Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-66: Particular requirements for water-bed heaters". This standard covers: This European Standard deals with the safety of electric water-bed heaters and their associated control units, for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V, including direct current (DC) supplied appliances.
This European Standard deals with the safety of electric water-bed heaters and their associated control units, for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V, including direct current (DC) supplied appliances.
prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 97.100.10 - Electric heaters. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2026
Gospodinjski in podobni električni aparati - Varnost - 2-66. del: Posebne zahteve
za grelnike vodnih postelj - Dopolnilo AA
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-66: Particular requirements
for water-bed heaters
Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-66:
Besondere Anforderungen für Wasserbett-Beheizungen
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Partie 2-66: Exigences
particulières pour les dispositifs de chauffage pour matelas à eau
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025
ICS:
13.120 Varnost na domu Domestic safety
97.030 Električni aparati za dom na Domestic electrical
splošno appliances in general
oSIST prEN IEC 60335-2- en
66:2026/oprAA:2026
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
November 2025
ICS 97.100.10 -
English Version
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-66:
Particular requirements for water-bed heaters
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Sécurité - Sicherheit elektrischer Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und
Partie 2-66: Exigences particulières pour les dispositifs de ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 2-66: Besondere Anforderungen für
chauffage pour matelas à eau Wasserbett-Beheizungen
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025; it is submitted to CENELEC
members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2026-02-13.
It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 61.
If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft amendment was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to
the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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Contents Page
15 European foreword . 3
16 1 Modification to the Introduction . 4
17 2 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope” . 4
18 3 Modification to Clause 7, “Marking and instructions” . 4
19 4 Modifications to annexes . 4
20 5 Modification to Bibliography. 6
21 European foreword
22 This document (prEN IEC 60335-2-66:2025/prAA:2025) has been prepared by CLC/TC 61 "Safety of household
23 and similar electrical appliances".
24 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
25 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by wh
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