BAS EN 60335-2-15:2022 adopted by translation method

The Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina through its Technical Committee BAS/TC 57, Household and similar electrical appliances, has adopted the fourth edition of the BAS EN 60335-2-15:2022, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-15: Particular requirements for appliances for heating liquids, which is a translation of the English version of the European standard BAS EN 60335-2-15:2016, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-15: Particular requirements for appliances for heating liquids.

BAS EN 60335-2-15:2022 standard deals with the safety of electrical appliances for heating liquids for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V.

Examples of appliances that are within the scope of this standard are: coffee- makers, cooking pans, egg boilers, feeding-bottle heaters, kettles and other appliances for boiling water, having a rated capacity not exceeding 10 l, milk heaters, pressure cookers having a rated cooking pressure not exceeding 140 kPa and a rated capacity not exceeding 10 l, slow cookers, steam cookers, wash boilers, yogurt makers.

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.

The original texts of the standards were prepared by the Technical Committee CLC/TC 61, Safety of household and similar electrical appliances, whose secretariat is held by the Italian National standardization body (CEI).