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.
The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of household
electric tumble dryers of interest to users and to describe standard methods for measuring
these characteristics.
This standard is concerned neither with safety nor with performance requirements.
This European Standard also specifies, as far as necessary, the test methods which shall
be applied in accordance with the Commission’s Directive 95/13/EC of 23 May 1995
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household
electric tumble dryers and adds clauses defining permitted tolerances to values declared by
the manufacturer and control procedures for checking these declared values.
BS EN 61121:2005 Referenced Document
IEC 60456 Clothes washing machines for household use - Methods for measuring the performance*, 2011-09-01 Update
IEC 60734 Household electrical appliances- Performance- Water for testing*, 2012-06-01 Update
IEC 61036 Alternating current static watt-hour meters for active energy (classes 1 and 2)
ISO 5167-1 Measurement of fluid flow by means of pressure differential devices inserted in circular cross-section conduits running full — Part 1: General principles and requirements*, 2022-06-16 Update
BS EN 61121:2005 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