CEN/TC 245/WG 6 - Habitation requirements relating to health and safety, and 12V direct current extra low voltage electrical installations
Habitation requirements relating to health and safety, and 12V direct current extra low voltage electrical installations
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CEN/TC 245/WG 6 is a Working Group within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Habitation requirements relating to health and safety, and 12V direct current extra low voltage electrical installations". This committee has published 22 standards.
CEN/TC 245/WG 6 develops CEN standards in the area of Information technology. Currently, there are 22 published standards from this working group.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Working Group in CEN is a specialized group responsible for developing standards or technical work within a defined scope. These bodies bring together international experts to create consensus-based standards that support global trade, safety, and interoperability.
This document specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of persons when they use motor caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
Specific requirements of this document apply to motor caravans where the overall length multiplied by the overall width does not exceed 13,5 m2 plan area.
Requirements applicable to road safety are not included in the scope of this document.
This document is applicable exclusively to motor caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard42 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of people when they use caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
Requirements applicable to road safety are not included in the scope of this document.
This document is applicable exclusively to rigid and rigid folding caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard52 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in EN 13878, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
It specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a user's handbook.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
- Standard39 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies the minimum safety ventilation requirements for leisure accommodation vehicles.
It provides alternative methods of calculation or testing of safety ventilation.
- Standard13 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document defines, in alphabetical order, terms relating to leisure accommodation vehicles (see 3.19) which are caravans (see 3.5), caravan holiday homes (see 3.6) and motor caravans (see 3.24). These terms are used in EN 721, EN 722-1, EN 1645-1, EN 1646-1, EN 1647, EN 1648-1 and EN 1648-2.
- Standard28 pagesEnglish, French and German languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies safety, health and functional requirements for 12 V direct current (DC) extra low voltage (ELV) electrical installations for habitation aspects of caravans. It covers the design and integration of the caravan system with the towing vehicle system.
It does not apply to commercial trailers; nor does it include requirements for ELV road lighting and signalling lamps and their installations, except for safety requirements for the routing of cables in LPG storage compartments.
This European Standard also specifies the ELV output requirements of low voltage (LV) equipment that may be used to provide an ELV supply but it does not specify safety, technical and functional requirements for LV appliances and installations. Requirements for LV installations are specified in HD 60364 7 721.
- Standard17 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies safety, health and functional requirements for 12 V direct current (DC) extra low voltage (ELV) electrical installations for habitation aspects of motor caravans.
It applies only to installations which are electrically connected with the electrical installation of the base vehicle or which can be electrically connected with it by means of change-over devices.
This European Standard also specifies the ELV output requirements of low voltage (LV) equipment that may be used to provide an ELV supply but it does not specify safety, technical and functional requirements for LV appliances and installations. Requirements for LV installations are specified in HD 60364 7 721.
- Standard17 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies safety requirements for installing oil-fired heating systems in caravans and caravan holiday homes. It applies to liquid fuel heating systems using oil fuels as defined in EN 13878.
NOTE Safety ventilation requirements for leisure accommodation vehicles are specified in EN 721.
- Standard9 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard8 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies requirements intended to ensure safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in EN 13878, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
It specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a user's handbook.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
- Draft43 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in EN 13878, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
It specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a user's handbook.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
- Draft4 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of people when they use caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
Requirements applicable to road safety are not included in the scope of this European Standard.
This European Standard is applicable exclusively to rigid and rigid folding caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard51 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of persons when they use motor caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
Specific requirements of this document apply to motor caravans where the overall length multiplied by the overall width does not exceed 13,5 m2 plan area.
Requirements applicable to road safety are not included in the scope of this document.
This document is applicable exclusively to motor caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard43 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in EN 13878, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
It specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a user's handbook.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
- Standard39 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies safety, health and functional requirements for 12 V direct current (DC) extra low voltage (ELV) electrical installations for habitation aspects of caravans. It covers the design and integration of the caravan system with the towing vehicle system.
It does not apply to commercial trailers; nor does it include requirements for ELV road lighting and signalling lamps and their installations, except for safety requirements for the routing of cables in LPG storage compartments.
This European Standard also specifies the ELV output requirements of low voltage (LV) equipment that may be used to provide an ELV supply but it does not specify safety, technical and functional requirements for LV appliances and installations. Requirements for LV installations are specified in HD 60364-7-721.
- Standard18 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard19 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure safety and health of persons using caravan holiday homes as defined in 3.1, as temporary or seasonal accommodation.
It specifies grades of resistance to snow loads and the stability of the structure of caravan holiday homes as well as the minimum information to be included in a User's Handbook.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
- Standard38 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies safety, health and functional requirements for 12 V direct current (DC) extra low voltage (ELV) electrical installations for habitation aspects of motor caravans.
It applies only to installations which are electrically connected with the electrical installation of the base vehicle or which can be electrically connected with it by means of change-over devices.
This European Standard also specifies the ELV output requirements of low voltage (LV) equipment that may be used to provide an ELV supply but it does not specify safety, technical and functional requirements for LV appliances and installations. Requirements for LV installations are specified in HD 60364-7-721 [2].
- Standard15 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard18 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of persons when they use motor caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
However, certain requirements of this European Standard do not apply to motor caravans where the overall length multiplied by the overall width does not exceed 13,5 m2 plan area.
EN 1646-2 gives requirements relating to user payloads for motor caravans.
Requirements applicable to road safety are not included in the scope of this European Standard.
This European Standard is applicable exclusively to motor caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard37 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard41 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements intended to ensure the safety and health of people when they use caravans for temporary or seasonal habitation.
It also specifies the corresponding test methods.
EN 1645-2 gives requirements relating to user payloads for caravans.
Requirements applicable to road safety are not included in the scope of this European Standard.
This European Standard is applicable exclusively to rigid and rigid folding caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard46 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard51 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This European standard specifies the calculation method of user payloads allowed, when designing caravans.
It also sets out the information relating to user payload to be included in the user's handbook.
It applies to all categories of caravan as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard8 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard8 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This European standard specifies the calculation method of user payloads allowed, when designing motor caravans.
It also sets out the information relating to user payload to be included in the user's handbook.
It applies to motor caravans as defined in EN 13878.
- Standard8 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard8 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This document specifies the minimum safety ventilation requirements for leisure accommodation vehicles.
It provides alternative methods of calculation or testing of safety ventilation.
- Standard10 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Standard10 pagesGerman languagee-Library read for1 day
This draft European Standard defines terms relating to leisure accommodation vehicles used in
EN 721, EN 722-1, EN 1645-1,
EN 1645-2, EN 1646-1,
EN 1646-2, EN 1647, EN 1648-1
and EN 1648-2.
NOTE Leisure accommodation vehicles (see also 3.21) are cara-vans (see 3.5), caravan holiday homes (see 3.6) and motor cara-vans (see 3.26).
- Standard18 pagesEnglish, French and German languagee-Library read for1 day





