BS EN IEC 60704-2-9:2024

This standard BS EN IEC 60704-2-9:2024 Household and similar electrical appliances. Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise is classified in these ICS categories:

• 17.140.20 Noise emitted by machines and equipment
• 97.170 Body care equipment

IEC 60704-2-9:2024 is available as IEC 60704-2-9:2024 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.

IEC 60704-2-9:2024 applies to electric hand-held hairdryers for household and similar use supplied from mains, which operate with a flow of air. These particular requirements can also be applied to analogous electrically operated devices such as hairstyling appliances, which produce the airflow by a fan. Helmet-type hairdryers are excluded from this document. This document does not apply to hair care appliances with radiant heating. For determining and verifying noise emission values declared in product specifications, see IEC 60704-3. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2003. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) Alignment with IEC 60704-1:2021. This part 2-9 is intended to be used in conjunction with the fourth edition of IEC 60704-1:2021: Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 1: General requirements.