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ANSI S12.15 : 1992 : R2007

Superseded
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FOR ACOUSTICS - PORTABLE ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS, STATIONARY AND FIXED ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS, AND GARDENING APPLIANCES - MEASUREMENT OF SOUND EMITTED
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

13-07-2019

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2016

1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
2 RELATED STANDARDS
3 REFERENCE LEVELS
4 INSTRUMENTATION
5 RANGE OF ACOUSTICAL FREQUENCIES AND LEVELS
6 OPERATION AND LOADING
7 TEST ENVIRONMENT
8 BACKGROUND SOUND LEVEL
9 SOUND MEASUREMENT
10 CORRECTIONS AND CALCULATIONS
11 CALCULATION OF SOUND POWER LEVEL
12 TEST REPORT
APPENDIX A: RECOMMENDED FORMATS FOR TOOL TEST REPORTS
APPENDIX B: TECHNICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR SOUND POWER LEVEL CALCULATION
            PROCEDURES

Provides simple test procedures for the measurement of airborne sound from portable electric power tools, gardening appliances, and fixed and stationary electric power tools.

Committee
S12
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
32
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2007
PublisherName
Acoustical Society of America
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

UL 73:10ED 2011-03 Motor-Operated Appliances
ANSI B71.3 : 2005 SNOW THROWERS - SAFETY SPECIFICATIONS
ANSI S1.4 : 1983 SPECIFICATION FOR SOUND LEVEL METERS
ANSI S1.11 : 2014 SPECIFICATION FOR OCTAVE-BAND AND FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND ANALOG AND DIGITAL FILTERS
ISO 266:1997 Acoustics — Preferred frequencies
ANSI S5.1 : 1971 MEASUREMENT OF SOUND FROM PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT, TEST CODE FOR THE,
ANSI/ASA S1.6 : 2016 PREFERRED FREQUENCIES AND FILTER BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES FOR ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS
IEC 60225:1966 Octave, half-octave and third-octave band filters intended for the analysis of sounds and vibrations
NFPA 70 : 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
ANSI/ASA S1.8 : 2016 REFERENCE VALUES FOR LEVELS USED IN ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATIONS
IEC 60651:1979+AMD1:1993+AMD2:2000 CSV Sound level meters

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