This standard specifies the terms and definitions, classifications, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules, and marking, packaging and transportation, etc. of household and similar refrigerating appliances.
This standard is applicable to the factory-assembled household and similar refrigerating appliances cooled by internal air natural convection or forced convection (hereinafter referred to as “appliances”).
2 Normative References
The following documents for the application of this document are essential. Any dated reference, just dated edition applies to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including any amendments) applies to this document.
GB/T 2423.3 Environmental Testing for Electric and Electronic Products - Part 2: Testing Methods - Test Cab: Damp Heat Steady State
GB/T 2423.17 Environmental Testing for Electric and Electronic Products - Part 2: Test Method - Test Ka: Salt Mist
GB/T 2828.1 Sampling Procedures for Inspection by Attributes - Part 1: Sampling Schemes Indexed by Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) for Lot-by-lot Inspection
GB/T 2829 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Periodic Inspection by Attributes (Apply to Inspection of Process Stability)
GB 4706.1 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances- Safety - Part 1: General Requirements
GB 4706.13-2014 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Safety - Particular Requirements for Refrigerating Appliances, Ice-cream Appliances and Ice-makers
GB/T 4789.2 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Detection of Aerobic Bacterial Count
GB/T 4214.1 Acoustics - Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Test Code for Determination of Airborne Acoustical Noise - Part 1: General Requirements
ISO 534 Paper and Board - Determination of Thickness, Density and Specific Volume
ISO 817 Refrigerants - Designation and Safety Classification
ISO 3743-1:1994 Acoustics - Determination of Sound Power Levels and Sound Energy Levels of Noise Sources Using Sound Pressure - Engineering Methods for Small, Movable Sources in Reverberant Fields - Part 1: Comparison Method for A Hard-walled Test Room
ISO 3744:1994 Acoustics - Determination of Sound Power Levels of Noise Sources - Engineering Methods for Free-field Conditions over A Reflecting Plane
ISO 7000 Graphical Symbols for Use on Equipment - Registered Symbols
3 Terms, Definitions and Symbols
For the purposes of this document, the following terms, definitions and symbols apply.
3.1
refrigerating appliance
insulated cabinet with one or more compartments that are controlled at specific temperatures and are of suitable size and equipped for household use, cooled by natural convection or a forced convection system whereby the cooling is obtained by one or more energy-consuming means
Note 1: From the point of view of installation, there are various types of household refrigerating appliances (free-standing, portable, wall-mounted, built-in, etc.).
Note 2: Household and similar refrigerating appliances concerned in this standard may include the following types: electric refrigerator (including refrigerator-freezer, freezer and refrigerator), refrigerating cabinet, chest freezer, display cabinet, wine cabinet, etc.
3.2
compression-type refrigerating appliance
refrigerating appliance in which refrigeration is effected with motor-driven compressor
3.3
absorption-type refrigerating appliance
refrigerating appliance in which refrigeration is effected by an absorption process using heat as an energy source
3.4
refrigerator
refrigerating appliance intended for the storage of foodstuff, with at least one fresh-food compartment
3.5
refrigerator-freezer
refrigerating appliance having at least one fresh-food compartment and at least one freezer compartment
