EN IEC 60879:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2019
Prezračevalni ventilatorji in regulatorji za gospodinjstvo in podobno uporabo -
Metode za merjenje lastnosti
Comfort fans and regulators for household and similar purposes - Methods for measuring
performance
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60879:2019
ICS:
23.120 Zračniki. Vetrniki. Klimatske Ventilators. Fans. Air-
naprave conditioners
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60879

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2019
ICS 23.120
English Version
Comfort fans and regulators for household and similar purposes
- Methods for measuring performance
(IEC 60879:2019)
Ventilateurs de confort et régulateurs de vitesse pour Komfortventilatoren und Regler für den Hausgebrauch und
applications domestiques et analogues - Méthodes de ähnliche Zwecke - Verfahren zur Messung der
mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction Gebrauchseigenschaften
(IEC 60879:2019) (IEC 60879:2019)
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Ref. No. EN IEC 60879:2019 E
European foreword
The text of document 59L/171/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60879, prepared by SC 59L "Small
household appliances" of IEC/TC 59 "Performance of household and similar electrical appliances" was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60879:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-03-26
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-06-26
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60879:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60335-2-80 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60335-2-80
IEC 60665 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60665
IEC 61000-3-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61000-3-2
IEC 61000-3-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61000-3-3
CISPR 14-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 55014-1
CISPR 14-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 55014-2

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60704-2-7 -  Household and similar electrical appliances - Test EN 60704-2-7 -
code for the determination of airborne acoustical
noise - Part 2-7: Particular requirements for fans
IEC 62301 -  Household electrical appliances - Measurement of EN 50564 -
standby power
IEC 60879 ®
Edition 2.0 2019-05
INTERNATIONAL
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Comfort fans and regulators for household and similar purposes – Methods for

measuring performance
Ventilateurs de confort et régulateurs de vitesse pour applications domestiques

et analogues – Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction

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ICS 23.120 ISBN 978-2-8322-6957-2

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Information provision . 7
5 Tests . 7
5.1 General conditions for testing . 7
5.1.1 Atmospheric conditions . 7
5.1.2 Conditioning of test equipment . 7
5.1.3 Voltage and frequency . 7
5.1.4 Running-in of the fan . 8
5.1.5 Operation of the fan . 8
5.1.6 Conditioning prior to each test . 8
5.2 Testing of air performance . 8
5.2.1 Ceiling fans . 8
5.2.2 Comfort fans other than ceiling fans . 9
5.3 Measurement of regulator performance . 12
5.3.1 Measurement of the regulation ratio for comfort fans other than
bladeless fans . 12
5.3.2 Measurement of the regulation ratio for bladeless fans . 12
5.4 Measurement of fan power input . 12
5.5 Measurement of sound power level . 12
5.6 Measurement of standby power . 13
Annex A (informative) Positioning of 4 anemometers in horizontal and vertical
directions . 16
Annex B (informative) Dimensions, measuring ranges and accuracies of some vane
anemometers . 17
Annex C (normative) Setting air flow direction for tower fans . 18
Bibliography . 19

Figure 1 – Arrangement of test chamber and outer screen for ceiling fans . 13
Figure 2 – Plan of test chamber and outer screen for ceiling fans . 14
Figure 3 – Measurement configuration for bladeless fans and tower fans . 15
Figure A.1 – Configuration of 4 anemometers for conventional fans . 16
Figure B.1 – Typical anemometers for use when testing bladeless fans and tower fans . 17
Figure C.1 – Tower fan positioning . 18

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COMFORT FANS AND REGULATORS
FOR HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR PURPOSES –
METHODS FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE

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International Standard IEC 60879 has been prepared by subcommittee 59L: Small household
appliances, of IEC technical committee 59: Performance of household and similar electrical
appliances
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1986. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) the definitions of fans have been revised;
b) the test methods for the different types of fans have been revised to allow modern test
instrumentation to be used;
c) acoustic noise measurement and standby power measurement methods have been
introduced.
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