The IEC 60335-2-9 is a product standard, issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), specifically addressing the safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliances, especially the safety standards for grills, toaster and portable cooking appliances. This standard is an extended part of the IEC 60335-1 general safety standard for household electrical appliances.
Scope of Application
It is applicable to portable electric appliances for household and similar purposes with a rated voltage not exceeding 250V and having cooking functions such as baking, roasting, and barbecuing. These include indoor barbecues, bread makers, candy floss appliance, contact grills, cookers, food dehydrators, hot plates, portable ovens, meat roasters, radiant grills, toasters, waffle iron, etc. However, it does not include fixed ovens and grills, warming trays, frying pans and deep fryers, microwave ovens, outdoor barbecues, appliances using charcoal or similar combustible fuels, appliances used for commercial catering, and appliances used in special environments (such as corrosive or explosive environments).
Main Content and Requirements
IEC60335-2-9 elaborately specifies the requirements for the electrical performance, mechanical performance, thermal performance, and user safety of portable cooking appliances, including:
1) Electrical Safety Requirements: Ensuring the safe operation of the equipment under normal use and possible fault conditions.
2) Temperature Control and Overheat Protection: Preventing the equipment from overheating and safeguarding user safety.
3) Mechanical Strength and Durability: Ensuring the stability and durability of the equipment during long-term use.
4) User Protection and Operational Convenience: Improving the user experience and meeting consumers’ demands for efficient, healthy, and safe kitchen equipment.
Tests covered in this standard fall exactly within the business scope of PEGO. The following is a comparison table of the testing equipment corresponding to the clauses under this standard.
| IEC60335-2-9:2019 Clauses and figures | Corresponding testing equipment from Pego |
| Clause 3 Terms and Definitions | |
| 3.1.9 Normal operation | Vessel for testing hotplates (Subclause 3.1.9.105 & figure 103) Vessel for testing induction hotplates (Subclause 3.1.9.105 & figure 104) Load for testing rotating spits (subclause 3.1.9.111 & figure 102) |
| Clause 8 protection against access to live parts | |
| 8.1.1 addition | Test Probe 41 |
| Clause 11 heating | |
| 11.2 addition | Test corner Mutiplex temperature meter |
| 11.3 addition | Probe for measuring surface temperatures (figure 105) |
| 11.6 addition | Vessel for testing induction hotplates (figure 104) |
| Clause 13 leakage current and electric strength at operating temperature | |
| 13.2 Addition | Leakage current tester |
| 13.3 Addition | Withstand voltage tester |
| 14 Transient overvoltages | Impulse voltage tester |
| Clause 15 Moisture resistance | |
| 15.2 Addition (spillage test) | Spillage test apparatus |
| Clause 16 leakage current and electric strength | |
| 16.2 Addition | Leakage current tester |
| 16.3 Addition | withstand voltage tester |
| Clause 20 Stability and mechanical hazards | Test mass |
| Clause 21 Mechanical strength | |
| 21.1 Addition | Ball impact test apparatus 1.8kg loaded impact test vessels (subclause 21.101) |
| Clause 22 construction | Test Probe 12 (subclause 22.113) |
| Clause 24 components | Switch endurance testing machine |
| Clause 31 resistance to rusting | Scratch tester |
| Figures | |
| Figure 102 – load for testing rotating spits | Load for testing rotating spits |
| Figure 103 – Vessel for testing hotplates | Vessel for testing hotplates |
| Figure 104 – Vessel for testing induction hotplates | Vessel for testing induction hotplates |
| Figure 105 – Probe for measuring surface temperatures | Probe for measuring surface temperatures |
