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
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31-10-2018
English
31-01-1986
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
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| DevelopmentNote |
IMPLEMENTS CENELEC HD 423.1
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
32
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| 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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