What is BS EN 60335-2-95 - Safety of electric drives for garage doors about?
BS EN 60335-2-95 discusses the safety of drives for vertically moving garage doors for residential use.
BS EN 60335-2-95 deals with the safety of electric drives for garage doors for residential use that open and close in a vertical direction, the rated voltage of the drives being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances. It also covers the hazards associated with the movement of these electrically driven garage doors.
Note 1: BS EN 60335-2-95 also applies to entrapment protection devices for use with drives.
Note 2: Within BS EN 60335-2-95 the terms drive and appliance are interchangeable.
Note 3: BS EN 60335-2-95 does not take into account children playing with appliances and their use by young children.
Note 4: BS EN 60335-2-95 also covers automatic drives.
Note 5: BS EN 60335-2-95 does not apply to drives:
- For rolling shutters, awnings, blinds, and similar equipment (EN 60335‑2‑97)
- For garage doors for use by more than one household (EN 60335‑2‑103)
- For commercial and industrial purposes
- Intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour, or gas).
Note 6: BS EN 60335-2-95 does not deal with any specific requirements regarding noise emitted from these drives as the generated noise is not considered to be a relevant hazard. Thus, the emission sound pressure level LpA is considered to be LpA ≤70 dB(A).
Who is BS EN 60335-2-95 - Safety of electric drives for garage doors for?
BS EN 60335-2-95 on safety of electric drives for garage doors is useful for:
- Drives Manufacturers
- Assemblers of electric drives
- Product development teams/innovation teams
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use BS EN 60335-2-95 - Safety of electric drives for garage doors?
Electric drives are a motorized device that opens and closes a garage door controlled by switches on the garage wall. BS EN 60335-2-95 recognizes the internationally accepted level of protection against hazards such as electrical, mechanical, thermal, fire and radiation of appliances.
BS EN 60335-2-95 also covers abnormal situations that can be expected in practice and takes into account the way in which electromagnetic phenomena can affect the safe operation of appliances. BS EN 60335-2-95 modifies or supplements the general requirements of BS EN 60335-1 to make them more specific to electric drives for garage doors.
BS EN 60335-2-95 provides safety requirements for electric drives for garage doors which helps you while manufacturing and operating it safely to prevent hazards.