How to position the appliance in the test corner?

For heating appliance and combined appliance:

1.Appliances normally placed on a floor or table in use, are placed on the floor and as near to the wall as possible.

2.Appliances normally fixed on a wall shall fixed on one of the walls, and as near to other wall and floor or ceiling as is likely to occur, taking into account the instructions.

3.Appliance normally fixed to a ceilling shall fixed to the ceilling, and as near to the walls as is likely to occur, taking into account in the instructions.

For motor operated appliance:

1.Appliances normally placed on a floor or table in use are placed on a horizontal support.

2.Appliances normally fixed to a wall are fixed on a vertial support.

3.Appliance normally fixed to a ceilling are fixed underneath a horizontal support.

Requirement for test corner:

The test corner, support and installation of buit-in appliances shall be made by plywood which has about 20mm thick and be coated with dull black paint. Thermocouples used for determing the temperature rise of the surface of walls, ceilling and floor of the test corner are attached to the back of small blackened disk (made by copper or brass), the blackened disk has 15mm in diameter and 1mm thick. The front of disk in flush with the surface of the board. The test corner should work with temperature meter to track and record the temperature of each points.

The test corner made by Pego is strictly designed according to IEC60335-1 chapter 11. If you find interesting, please contact us.