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Joint Tasman committee EL-002 consulting on collection of 21 standards for New Zealand

From washing, drying and cooking to heating and DIY, you want standards behind the appliances and tools you use. A joint New Zealand and Australian committee is looking to make sure New Zealand has the latest standards to keep users safe and ensure only appropriate appliances enter our market.

Collection of appliances

EL-002 committee keeping you safe

EL-002 Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances and Small Power Transformers and Power Supplies is a standards development committee that helps review and amend IEC international standards adopted and published as AS/NZS versions. 

Standards covered by EL-002 are used by manufacturers, regulators, and testing houses to ensure that appliances and power tools that come into New Zealand are constructed and tested properly, safe to use, and approved for sale.

The committee’s aim is to reduce safety risks from household appliances including personal protection against electric shock, effects of excessive temperature radiation, explosion, moisture resistance, clearances, mechanical stability, hazardous moving parts, and protection against fire.

The committee comprises representatives from industry and government including accreditation and certification bodies, consumer and retailer interests, manufacturers and engineers, testing and health and safety organisations and electrical regulation. This ensures representation across the supply chain from manufacture to end user.

New and updated standards open for public comment

The committee through Standards New Zealand are consulting on 17 adoptions of IEC standards, two adoptions of amendments to the IEC standards, and two amendments to the existing joint Australian/New Zealand (AS/NZS) standards.  

‘Adopted’ IEC Standards are published as joint Australian/New Zealand Standards with or without variations as follows:

  • Identical (IDT) – the AS/NZS Standard is identical to the IEC standard and is adopted and published as an AS/NZS standard without any variations.
  • Modified (MOD) – the AS/NZS standard is adopted with modifications to meet the local conditions and is published as an AS/NZS standard with variations.

Public comment will help inform the outcome and allows end users the chance to provide their expert input and perspective. Public comment is open until 18 July and anyone can view drafts and provide feedback via Standards New Zealand’s Consultation Hub:

Standards New Zealand Consultation Hub(external link)

The list of 21 IEC standards includes:

  1. AS/NZS 60335.2.4:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.4: Particular requirements for spin extractors
  2. AS/NZS 2.7:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.7: Particular requirements for washing machines
  3. AS/NZS 2.11:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.11: Particular requirements for tumble dryers
  4. AS/NZS 60335.2.27:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.27: Particular requirements for skin exposure to optical radiation
  5. AS/NZS 60335.2.31:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.31: Particular requirements for range hoods and other cooking fume extractors
  6. AS/NZS 60335.2.41:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.41: Particular requirements for pumps
  7. AS/NZS 60335.2.51:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.51: Particular requirements for stationary circulation pumps for heating and service water installations
  8. AS/NZS 60335.2.60:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.60: Particular requirements for whirlpool baths and whirlpool spas
  9. AS/NZS 60335.2.65:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.65: Particular requirements for air-cleaning appliances
  10. AS/NZS 60335.2.73:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.73: Particular requirements for fixed immersion heaters
  11. AS/NZS 60335.2.95:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.95: Particular requirements for vertically moving garage doors for residential use
  12. AS/NZS 60335.2.97:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.97: Particular requirements for drives for shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment
  13. AS/NZS 60335.2.98:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.98: Particular requirements for humidifiers
  14. AS/NZS 60335.2.103:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.103: Particular requirements for drives for gates, doors, and windows
  15. AS/NZS 60335.2.109:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2.109: Particular requirements for UV water treatment appliances
  16. AS/NZS 62841.2.12:2024 Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery – Safety – Part 2.12: Particular requirements for hand-held concrete vibrators
  17. AS/NZS 62841.2.7:2024 Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery – Safety – Part 2.7: Particular requirements for hand-held spray guns
  18. Amendment No.1 to AS/NZS 62841.2.6:2021 Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery – Safety – Part 2.6: Particular requirements for hand-held hammers
  19. Amendment No.2 to AS/NZS 62841.3.4:2017 Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery – Safety – Part 3.4: Particular requirements for transportable bench grinders
  20. Amendment No.2 to AS/NZS 3100:2022 Approval and test specification –General requirements for electrical equipment
  21. Amendment No.1 to AS/NZS 60335.2.43:2018 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety –Part 2.43: Particular requirements for clothes dryers and towel rails