BS EN 60335-2-103:2003

Household and similar electrical appliances. Safety. Particular requirements for drives for gates, doors and windows | Status: Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following. This International Standard deals with the safety of electric drives for horizontally and vertically moving gates, doors and windows for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage 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 the driven part. 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, offices, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, in industry and on farms, are within the scope of this standard. Requirements for drives for doors that may be used in emergency are given in Annex AA.

NOTE 101 Examples of drives within the scope of this standard are drives for

• – folding doors;
• – revolving doors;
• – rolling doors;
• – roof windows;
• – sectional overhead doors;
• – swinging and sliding gates or doors. Examples are shown in Figure 101.

NOTE 102 Drives may be supplied with a driven part.

As far as is practicable, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by appliances that are encountered by all persons in and around the home. However, in general, it does not take into account

• – the use of appliances by young children or infirm persons without supervision;
• – playing with the appliance by young children.

NOTE 103 Attention is drawn to the fact that

• – in many countries additional requirements are specified by the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour and similar authorities.

NOTE 104 This standard does not apply to drives

• – for vertically moving garage doors for residential use (60335-2-95);
• – for rolling shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment (60335-2-97);
• – intended exclusively to be used by trained persons in commercial and industrial premises;
• – for specific purposes, such as fire barriers;
• – intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas).