Revised Standard from Last Update.

1. Scope

This standard applies to electric direct-acting room heaters. They may be portable, stationary, fixed, or built-in.

Notes — Example of the heaters covered in this standard are:

a) Panel heater

b) Convector heater

c) Fan heater

d) Radiant heater

e) Visibly glowing radiant heater It does not apply to:

a) Thermal-storage room heaters;

b) Heating appliances incorporated in the building structure;

c) Central heating systems;

d) Heaters connected to an air duct; and

e) Wall-paper carpets or drapes incorporating flexible heating elements.

This standard defines the main performance characteristics of direct-acting room heaters and specifies methods for measuring these characteristics, for the information of users.

These performance requirements are additional to the safety requirements given in IS 302-2-30.

2. References The following standards are necessary adjunct to this standard.

IS 302-2-30 (2007) Safety of household and similar elect r ical appl iances : Part 2 Particular requirements for room heaters

IS 2500 (Part 1) : 2000 Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes : Part 1 Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection