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  • 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    Withdrawn date:  31-10-2018

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-01-1986

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    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

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    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.

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    Committee CPL/59
    Development Note IMPLEMENTS CENELEC HD 423.1
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn
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    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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

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    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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