1 Scope
This International Standard is applicable to household electric tumble dryers of the automatic and non-automatic type, with or without a cold water supply and incorporating a heating device. This excludes tumble dryers which use gas or other fuels as a heating source.
The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of household electric tumble dryer s of interest to users and to describe standard methods for measuring these characteristics.
NOTE This International Standard applies also to tumble dryers for communal use in blocks of flats or in launderettes. It does not apply to tumble dryers for commercial laundries.
NOTE Z1 The methods of measuring the performance of tumble dryers which use gas as a heating source are covered by EN 1458‑2.
BS EN 61121:2013+A11:2019 history
2019BS EN 61121:2013+A11:2019 Tumble dryers for household use. Methods for measuring the performance
2015BS EN 61121:2013 Tumble dryers for household use. Methods for measuring the performance
2006BS EN 61121:2005 Tumble dryers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance