IEC 60730-2-8:2000/AMD2:2015

IEC 60730-2-8 ®
Edition 2.0 2015-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 2
AM ENDEMENT 2
Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use –
Part 2-8: Particular requirements for electrically operated water valves, including
mechanical requirements
Dispositifs de commande électrique automatiques à usage domestique et
analogue –
Partie 2-8: Règles particulières pour les électrovannes hydrauliques, y compris
les prescriptions mécaniques
IEC 60730-2-8:2000-02/AMD2:2015-12(en-fr)

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IEC 60730-2-8 ®
Edition 2.0 2015-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 2
AM ENDEMENT 2
Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use –

Part 2-8: Particular requirements for electrically operated water valves, including

mechanical requirements
Dispositifs de commande électrique automatiques à usage domestique et

analogue –
Partie 2-8: Règles particulières pour les électrovannes hydrauliques, y compris

les prescriptions mécaniques
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 97.120 ISBN 978-2-8322-3015-2

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© IEC 2015
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 72: Automatic electrical

controls.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting
72/1011A/FDIS 72/1025/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
_____________
FOREWORD
Replace the paragraph reading "This part 2-8 is intended…", as amended in
Amendment 1:2002, with the following new paragraph:
This part 2-8 is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 60730-1. It was established on the
basis of the fourth edition (2010) of that publication. Consideration may be given to future
editions of, or amendments to IEC 60730-1.

Replace the “in some countries” notes, as amended in Amendment 1:2002, as follows:
Replace “table 7.2” by “Table 1” in the first item.
Replace “27.2.101.1” by “27.2.3.1” in the fourth item.
Delete the fifth item and sixth items, "27.101" and "H.26.2.1".
1 Scope and normative references
Replace the first sentence (including the term “Replacement”) by the following:
This clause of part 1 is applicable except as follows:

© IEC 2015
Replace the first paragraph of 1.1 by the following:

1.1 This part 2-8 applies to electrically operated water valves for use in, on or in association

with equipment for household and similar use, including heating, air-conditioning and similar

applications. The equipment may use electricity, gas, oil, solid fuel, solar thermal energy, etc.,

or a combination thereof.
Replace Subclauses 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 by the following:

1.1.1 This part 2-8 applies to the inherent safety, to the operating values, operating times,

and operating sequences where such are associated with equipment safety, and to the testing

of automatic electrical control devices used in, or in association with, household or similar
equipment.
This part 2-8 contains requirements for electrical features of water valves and requirements for
mechanical features of valves that affect their intended operation.
This part 2-8 is also applicable to electrically operated water valves for appliances within the
scope of IEC 60335.
Electrically operated valves for equipment not intended for normal household use but which
may nevertheless be used by the public, such as equipment intended to be used by laymen in
shops, in light industry and on farms, are within the scope of this part 2-8.
This part 2-8 does not apply to:
– electrically operated water valves of nominal connection size above DN 50;
– electrically operated water valves for admissible nominal pressure rating above 1,6 MPa;
– food dispensers;
– detergent dispensers;
– steam valves;
– electrically operated water valves designed exclusively for industrial applications.
1.1.2 Throughout this part 2-8, where it can be used unambiguously, the term:
– "valve" is used to denote an electrically operated water valve (including actuator and valve
body assembly);
– "actuator" means "electrically operated mechanism or prime mover";
– "valve body" means "valve body assembly";

– "equipment" includes "appliance" and "control system".
1.5 Normative references
Add the following new references:
IEC 60730-1:2010, Automatic electrical controls – Part 1: General requirements
IEC 60335 (all parts), Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety
Replace the reference to IEC ISO 228-1:1994 by the following:
ISO 228-1, Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are not made on the threads – Part 1:
Dimensions, tolerances and designation
Replace the reference to IEC ISO 630:1995 by the following:

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ISO 630, Structural steels – Plates, wide flats, bars sections and profiles

Replace the reference to IEC ISO 1179:1981 by the following:

ISO 1179-1,Connections for general use and fluid power – Ports and stud ends with ISO 228-1

threads with elastomeric or metal-to-metal sealing – Part 1:Threaded ports

Replace the reference to IEC ISO 4144:1979 by the following:

ISO 4144, Pipework – Stainless steel fittings threaded in accordance with ISO 7-1

Replace the reference to IEC ISO 4400:1994 by the following:
ISO 4400, Fluid power systems and components – Three-pin electrical plug connectors with
earth contact – Characteristics and requirements
Replace the reference to IEC ISO 6952:1994 by the following:
ISO 6952, Fluid power systems and components – Two-pin electrical plug connectors with
earth contact – Characteristics and requirements
6 Classification
6.8 According to protection against electric shock
6.8.3 Replacement:
Delete “Additional subclauses” and the list of subclauses that follows.
7 Information
Table 7.2
Make the following changes to the table:
Renumber the table as "Table 1".
Requirement 7, under the column "Clause or subclause", add "23.1.1”.

Delete line of requirement 23.
Requirement 29, under the column "Clause or subclause", add "2.4".
Requirement 40, under the column "Clause or subclause", add "11.4".
Requirement 41, under the column "Clause or subclause", add "2.11.1".
Requirement 42, under the column "Clause or subclause", add "2.11.2".
Replace requirement "46 to 48" by "47"
Requirement 104, under the column "Clause or subclause", replace "2.3.116" by "2.3.29".
Requirement 109, under the column "Information", replace "Annex AA" with "Annex BB".

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Add the following new requirement:

Requirement Information Clause or subclause Method

115 Water valve intended to be used in accordance with IEC 60335 18.101.3 D

7.4 Additional requirements for marking

Replace the existing text by the following:

This clause of part 1 is applicable except as follows:

7.4.4 is not applicable.
14 Heating
14.4.101
Replace, in the second sentence, "table 14.1" by "Table 13".
Replace, in the third sentence, "requirements of 27.2.101" by "requirements of 27.2.3 and
27.2.101 if applicable".
14.4.102
Replace, in the first sentence, "table 14.1" by "Table 13".
Replace, in the second sentence, "requirements of 27.2.101" by "requirements of 27.2.3 and
27.2.101 if applicable".
14.5.104
Replace “table 14.1” by "Table 13”.
14.5.105
Replace, in the note, as introduced in Amendment 1:2002, "table 7.2" by "Table 1".
14.5.106
Replace, in the note, as introduced in Amendment 1:2002, "table 7.2" by “Table 1".
14.5.107
Replace, in the first line, as introduced in Amendment 1:2002, "table 7.2" by "Table 1".
14.7.4
Replace "table 14.1" by "Table 13" in three places.
17 Endurance
17.7 Over-voltage (or in some countries, overload) test of automatic action at
accelerated rate
Replace, in the first sentence of the first paragraph "table 7.2" by "Table 1".

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Replace, in the first sentence of the third paragraph, "as a guidance" by "as guidance"
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