IEC TS 62885-1 ED4

Surface cleaning appliances - Part 1: General requirements on test material and test equipment

Scope

IEC TS 62885-1:2026 specifies the physical characteristics of test equipment and material used in tests common to several products covered by IEC 62285 series for surface cleaning appliances. In addition, it provides guidance regarding the evaluation of Wilton and other types of carpets to determine their acceptability for testing and regarding the pre-treatment of test dust.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2020.
This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Almost all of the test equipment is adopted from IEC 62885-2:2021.
b) Test equipment and materials for wet cleaning is included.
c) A description of the verification of an in-house reference vacuum cleaner is added.
d) Information about the reference vacuum cleaner system RSB is added.