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  • ANSI/ASA S12.15 : 1992(R2016)

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    FOR ACOUSTICS - PORTABLE ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS, STATIONARY AND FIXED ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS, AND GARDENING APPLIANCES - MEASUREMENT OF SOUND EMITTED

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  29-06-2020

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-09-2016

    Publisher:  Acoustical Society of America

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    1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
    2 RELATED STANDARDS
    3 REFERENCE LEVELS
    4 INSTRUMENTATION
    5 RANGE OF ACOUSTICAL FREQUENCIES AND LEVELS
    6 OPERATION AND LOADING
    7 TEST ENVIRONMENT
    8 BACKGROUND SOUND LEVEL
    9 SOUND MEASUREMENT
    10 CORRECTIONS AND CALCULATIONS
    11 CALCULATION OF SOUND POWER LEVEL
    12 TEST REPORT
    APPENDIX A: RECOMMENDED FORMATS FOR TOOL TEST REPORTS
    APPENDIX B: TECHNICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR SOUND POWER LEVEL CALCULATION
                PROCEDURES

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    Provides simple test procedures for the measurement of airborne sound from portable electric power tools, gardening appliances, and fixed and stationary electric power tools.

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    Committee S12
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed 2016
    Publisher Acoustical Society of America
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    UL 73:10ED 2011-03 Motor-Operated Appliances
    ANSI B71.3 : 2005 SNOW THROWERS - SAFETY SPECIFICATIONS
    ANSI S1.4 : 1983 SPECIFICATION FOR SOUND LEVEL METERS
    ANSI S1.11 : 2014 SPECIFICATION FOR OCTAVE-BAND AND FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND ANALOG AND DIGITAL FILTERS
    ISO 266:1997 Acoustics — Preferred frequencies
    ANSI S5.1 : 1971 MEASUREMENT OF SOUND FROM PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT, TEST CODE FOR THE,
    ANSI/ASA S1.6 : 2016 PREFERRED FREQUENCIES AND FILTER BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES FOR ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS
    IEC 60225:1966 Octave, half-octave and third-octave band filters intended for the analysis of sounds and vibrations
    NFPA 70 : 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
    ANSI/ASA S1.8 : 2016 REFERENCE VALUES FOR LEVELS USED IN ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATIONS
    IEC 60651:1979+AMD1:1993+AMD2:2000 CSV Sound level meters
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