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Interpretation Sheet 1 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements

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Status: Published
Publication Date: 21-Nov-2021

ICS: 13.120 - Domestic safety
: 97.030 - Domestic electrical appliances in general

Technical Committee: TC 61 - Safety of household and similar electrical appliances

Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
Start Date: 22-Nov-2021
Completion Date: 27-Dec-2021

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Revises: IEC 60335-1:2020 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements
Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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IEC 60335-1:2020/ISH1:2021 is a standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its full title is "Interpretation Sheet 1 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements". This standard covers: Interpretation Sheet 1 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements

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© IEC 2021
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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IEC 60335-1
Edition 6.0 2020-09
HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES – SAFETY –

Part 1: General requirements
INTERPRETATION SHEET 1
This interpretation sheet has been prepared by IEC technical committee 61: Safety of
household and similar electrical appliances.
The text of this Interpretation Sheet is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
61/5999/DISH 61/6009/RVDISH
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
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INTRODUCTION
Edition 6 of IEC 60335-1:2020 defines and introduces requirements for a detachable
power supply part of an applianc
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– medical electrical equipment (IEC 60601 series);
– hand-held motor-operated electric tools (IEC 60745 series);
– information technology equipment (IEC 60950-1);
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b) deleted some notes and converted many other notes, in whole or in part, to normative text;
c) changed some Annex designations from normative to informative;
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f) clarification of requirements on measurement of power input and rated current when they vary throughout the operating cycle;
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