AS/NZS 3350.2.43:2001

Specifies particular safety requirements for approval and test purposes. It is to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 3350.1. This Standard is technically equivalent to and reproduced from IEC 60335-2-43:1995.

This clause of part 1 is replaced by:This standard deals with the safety of electric clothes dryers for drying textiles on racks located in a warm air flow and to electric towel rails, for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V.NOTE 1 The clothes racks may be fixed or free-standing in a cabinet. The air circulation may be natural or forced.Appliances not intended for normal household use but which nevertheless may be a source of danger to the public, such as appliances intended to be used by laymen in shops, in light industry and on farms, are within the scope of this standard.So far as is practicable, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by appliances which are encountered by all persons in and around the home.This standard does not in general take into account:– the use of appliances by young children or infirm persons without supervision;– playing with the appliance by young children.NOTE 2 Attention is drawn to the fact that– for appliances intended to be used in vehicles or on board ships or aircraft, additional requirements may be necessary;– for appliances intended to be used in tropical countries special requirements may be necessary;– for the purposes of this standard, Australia and New Zealand are not considered to be tropical;– in many countries additional requirements are specified by the national health authorities, the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour and similar authorities.NOTE 3 This standard does not apply to– appliances intended exclusively for industrial purposes;– appliances intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas);– tumbler dryers (IEC 60335-2-11).

First published in Australia as AS 3196-1975.
Second edition 1982.
Third edition 1986.
Fourth edition 1995.
First published in New Zealand as NZS 6343:1994.
AS 3196-1995 and NZS 6343:1994 jointly revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS/NZS 3350.2.43:1996.
Second edition 2001.