BIS IS 14155 : 1994 AMD 1 2011

FOREWORD
1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCES
3 TERMINOLOGY
4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
5 GENERAL NOTES ON TESTS
6 RATING
7 CLASSIFICATION
8 MARKING
9 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
10 LIST OF MEASUREMENTS
11 DETERMINATION OF THE WASHING PERFORMANCE
   STANDARD MEASUREMENT WITH A LOAD OF CLEAN
   MATERIAL AND STANDARDIZED SOILING
12 DETERMINATION OF WEAR SUFFERED BY TEXTILE
   (DETERMINATION OF DEGREE OF MECHANICAL WEAR
   SUFFERED BY LINEN, BY MEASURING WEIGHT OF
   FIBERS DETACHED)
13 DETERMINATION OF WATER RETENTION PERCENTAGE
14 DETERMINATION OF THE WATER EXTRACTING
   EFFICIENCY
15 DETERMINATION OF WATER AND ENERGY
   CONSUMPTION
16 DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL DETERGENT LOSS
   IN THE SUM OF WASHING MACHINE (Wash Liquor
   Re-circulation Method)
17 ENDURANCE
18 FINISH
19 TESTS
ANNEX A - DEGREE OF AUTOMATION OF WASHING
          MACHINE
ANNEX B - FABRIC SOILED WITH STANDARD ARTIFICIAL
          SOIL
ANNEX C - DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE MACHINE
          AND METHOD OF USE
ANNEX D - CONVERSION OF REFLECTANCE TO PERCENT
          OF SOIL REMOVAL
ANNEX E - DETERMINATION OF WASHING PERFORMANCE
          BY JUDGING THE SOIL AND STAIN REMOVAL OF
          NATURALLY SOILED ARTICLES
ANNEX F - BULK DENSITY AND GRANULOMETRY OF THE
          DETERGENT AND THE SODIUM PERBORATE

Describes general, safety and performance requirements of domestic electric clothes washing machines, to water-extracting machines and to washing and water-extracting machines, either with or without heating devices, for household use, their rated voltage not exceeding 250 V, ac single phase or dc.