BS 6686-2.4(1991) : 1991

Name: BS 6686-2.4(1991) : 1991
Brand: BSI

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METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF AIRBORNE ACOUSTICAL NOISE EMITTED BY HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS - WASHING MACHINES AND SPIN EXTRACTORS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-05-1995

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1991

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
National foreword
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
AA. Guidelines for the determination of equivalent
     continuous A-weighted sound power levels
Figure
101. Test enclosure for front loading appliances
     designed for building-in

Gives a method to assess the airborne noise of household appliances. Applies to single unit electric washing machines for household and similar use, and to spin extractors.

Committee	LEL/94
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	20
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS EN 60704-2-4:2012

Standards	Relationship
IEC 60704-2-4:2011	Identical

ISO 7211-2:1984	Textiles — Woven fabrics — Construction — Methods of analysis — Part 2: Determination of number of threads per unit length
IEC 60456:2010	Clothes washing machines for household use - Methods for measuring the performance
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
IEC 60704-1:2010	Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 1: General requirements
ISO 3932:1976	Textiles — Woven fabrics — Measurement of width of pieces
ISO 3055:1985	Kitchen equipment — Coordinating sizes
ISO 3933:1976	Textiles — Woven fabrics — Measurement of length of pieces
ISO 3801:1977	Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area
BS 6686-1:1986	Methods for determination of airborne acoustical noise emitted by household and similar electrical appliances General requirements for testing
IEC 60804:2000	Integrating-averaging sound level meters