LVD Testing

LVD Testing

Regulation on Electrical Equipment Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (2014/35/EU)

The Low Voltage Regulation establishes the safety rules and conformity assessment procedures governing the placing on the market of electrical equipment within its scope, once the equipment meets the regulation's safety requirements and assessment procedures.

The Low Voltage Regulation covers electrical equipment designed for use at rated voltages between 50 and 1000 volts AC and between 75 and 1500 volts DC.

Standardisation work in Türkiye has accelerated alongside the EU harmonisation process. Manufacturers of machinery and domestic appliances have consequently become more aware of LVD testing and verify product safety through testing before placing products on the market.

Which Tests Are Carried Out under the LVD?

• Insulation Testing

• High-Voltage Testing

• Leakage Current Testing

• Protective Earth Continuity Testing

Examples of Tests Performed in Our LVD Laboratory

• Earthing Resistance Testing

• Leakage Current Testing

• Insulation Resistance Testing

Reporting whether test results comply with the standards is just as important as performing the electrical tests themselves. Although the tests required by the two standards are fundamentally similar, their methods and applied values differ.

It is commonly assumed that using CE-marked components is sufficient to affix the CE mark to a completed machine. However, CE-marked components alone do not establish the conformity of the newly manufactured product. The new product

must be assessed against the relevant standards before it can bear the CE mark.

Machinery covered by EN 60204-1, Safety of Machinery — Electrical Equipment of Machines — Part 1: General Requirements, generally includes:

• Metalworking machinery

• Plastics and rubber machinery

• Woodworking machinery

• Assembly machinery

• Food-processing machinery

• Printing, paper and cardboard machinery

• Sheet-metal working machinery

• Packaging machinery

• Textile machinery

• Construction machinery

• Lifting machinery

Appliances covered by the EN 60335 series on the safety of household and similar electrical appliances generally include:

• Milking machines;

• Kitchen machines;

• Room heaters;

• Portable electric heating tools and similar appliances;

• Electric heating appliances for breeding and rearing animals;

• Electric heat pumps, air conditioners and dehumidifiers;

• Drives for shutters, doors and windows;

• Electric range hoods;

• Motor-compressors;

• Particular requirements for electric shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances;

• Refrigerators, ice-cream makers and ice makers;

• Household surface-cleaning appliances using liquids or steam;

• Fans;

• Electric animal-stunning equipment;

• Electric hot cupboards for commercial catering;

• Stationary cooking ranges, hobs, ovens and similar appliances;

• Particular requirements for commercial wet and dry vacuum cleaners with powered brushes;

• Vaporisers;

• High-pressure cleaners and steam cleaners;

• Spray-extraction appliances for industrial and commercial use, including carpet-cleaning machines;

• Electric hot cupboards;

• Gas, oil and solid-fuel burning appliances with electrical connections;

• Floor-treatment and floor-cleaning machines;

• Floor-treatment machines with or without traction drive;

• Warming plates, warming vessels and similar appliances;

• Hand-held and pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers and lawn edge trimmers;

• Mains-operated pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers;

• Electrically heated roof-drain outlets;

• Electric fishing equipment;

• Service and amusement machines;

• Amusement machines and personal-service machines;

• Waterbed heaters;

• Insect killers;

• Electric fence energisers;

• Rinsing sinks;

• Cooker hoods;

• Flexible sheet heating elements for room heating;

• Battery chargers;

• Dishwashers;

• Electric dishwashers;

• Display and sales appliances heated by electricity or gas;

• Multifunctional shower cabinets;

• Electric irons;

• Storage water heaters;

• Instantaneous water heaters;

• Massage appliances;

• Oral hygiene appliances;

• Vacuum cleaners and water-suction cleaning appliances;

• Wet and dry vacuum cleaners, including powered brushes;

• Whirlpool baths;

• Sauna heating appliances;

• Electric cooking ranges, ovens, hobs and hob elements;

• Electric multipurpose cooking pans;

• Electric deep-fat fryers;

• Single-sided and double-sided grills;

• Electric grills and toasters;

• Appliances for heating liquids;

• Stationary immersion heaters;

• Microwave ovens;

• Commercial electric appliances for keeping food and crockery warm;

• Appliances for aquariums and garden ponds;

• Projection appliances;

• Drives for vertically moving garage doors for residential use;

• Drives for rolling shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment;

• Air-cleaning appliances;

• Spin extractors;

• Electrolysers;

• Outdoor barbecues;

• Tumble dryers;

• Refrigerating appliances with integral or separate refrigerant-condensing units or compressors;

• Electric foot warmers and heating mats;

• Electric bains-marie;

• Pumps;

• Fabric steamers;

• Humidifiers intended for use with heating, ventilation or air-conditioning systems;

• Room-heating units and heated carpets installed beneath removable floor coverings;

• Multifunctional shower cabinets;

• Electric blankets, heating pads and similar flexible heating appliances;

• Skin-care and hair-care appliances;

• Clocks;

• Floor-care machines and wet-scrubbing machines;

• Food-waste disposers;

• Sewing machines;

• Stationary circulation pumps for heating and service-water installations;

• Electric boiling pans;

• Appliances exposing the skin to ultraviolet and infrared radiation;

• Appliances for treating water with UV radiation;

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