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BS 6686-1:1986

BS 6686-1:1986

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Methods for determination of airborne acoustical noise emitted by household and similar electrical appliances General requirements for testing

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

31-10-2018

Superseded by

BS EN 60704-1 : 2010
BS EN 60704-1:1995

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-1986

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Hardcopy - English
PDF - English

National foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
Introduction
1. Scope and object
2. References
3. Terms and definitions
4. Measurement methods and acoustical environments
5. Instrumentation
6. Operation and location of appliances under test
7. Measurement of noise levels
8. Calculation of sound pressure and sound power levels
9. Information to be recorded
10. Information to be reported
Appendix
A. Guidelines for the design of simple test rooms with
    essentially free-field conditions
Figures
1. Measurement surface - parallelepiped - with nine
    microphone positions for floor free-standing
    appliances
2. Measurement surface - parallelepiped - with six
    microphone positions for floor-standing appliances
    placed against a wall
3. Measurement surface - parallelepiped - with seven
    microphone positions for high floor-standing
    appliances placed against a wall
4. Measurement surface - hemisphere - with ten
    microphone positions for hand-held, table-type and
    floor treatment appliances
5. Measurement surface - hemisphere - with seven
    microphone positions for hand-held, table-type and
    floor-type appliances
6. Measurement surface - quartersphere - with five
    microphone positions for small floor-standing
    appliances placed against a wall
7. Measurement surface - sphere - with eight microphone
    positions for stand-type appliances
8. Test fixtures for hand-held appliances

Applies also to accessories or components. May be mains or battery supplied. Does not apply to: industrial or professional appliances; appliances that are integrated parts of a building; appliances with separate motors or generators; appliances for use outdoors.

Committee
CPL/59
DevelopmentNote
IMPLEMENTS CENELEC HD 423.1
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
32
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn
SupersededBy

BS 6686-2.4(1991) : 1991 METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF AIRBORNE ACOUSTICAL NOISE EMITTED BY HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS - WASHING MACHINES AND SPIN EXTRACTORS
BS 6686-2.3(1991) : 1991 METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF AIRBORNE ACOUSTICAL NOISE EMITTED BY HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS - DISHWASHERS
BS 3999-12:1982 Methods of measuring the performance of household electrical appliances Vacuum cleaners
BS EN 28960:1993 Refrigerators, frozen food storage cabinets and food freezers for household and similar use. Measurement of emission of airborne acoustical noise

ISO 2204:1979 Acoustics Guide to International Standards on the measurement of airborne acoustical noise and evaluation of its effects on human beings
BS 4196-4:1981 Sound power levels of noise sources Engineering methods for determination of sound power levels for sources in free-field conditions over a reflecting plane
BS 4196-2:1981 Sound power levels of noise sources Precision methods for determination of sound power levels for discrete-frequency and narrow-band sources in reverberation rooms
BS 4196-5:1981 Sound power levels of noise sources Precision methods for determination of sound power levels for sources in anechoic and semi-anechoic rooms
BS 2475:1964 Specification for octave and one-third octave band-pass filters
BS 4196-1:1981 Sound power levels of noise sources Precision methods for determination of sound power levels for broad-band sources in reverberation rooms
BS 4196-3:1981 Sound power levels of noise sources Engineering methods for determination of sound power levels for sources in special reverberation test rooms
BS 5969:1981 Specification for sound level meters

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