G/TBT/N/BWA/174  
12 March 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BOTSWANA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of investment Trade and Industry  
Private Bag 004  
Gaborone Botswana  
TEL: (+267) 3601200  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notific ation shall be indicated if different from above:   
Botswana bureau of Standards  
Private Bag BO48  
Gaborone  
Botswana  
Tel: (+267) 3903200  
Fax: (+267)3903120  
Toll Free Number: (0800 600 900)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Domestic 
safety ICS 13.120  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  BOS IEC 60335 -
2-24:2020 Household and Similar Appliances - Safety - Part 2 -24: Particular requirements 
for refrigeration appliances. ice cream appliances and ice makers; (124 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  IEC 60335 -2-24:2020 deals with the safety of the following 
appliances, their rat ed voltage being not more than 250 V for single -phase appliances, 
480 V for other appliances and 24 V DC for appliances when battery operated:  
– refrigerating appliances for household and similar use;  
– ice-makers incorporating a motor -compressor and ice -makers intended to be 
incorporated in frozen food storage compartments;  
– refrigerating appliances and ice -makers for use in camping, touring caravans and boats 
for leisure purposes.  
These appliances may be operated from the mains, from a separate battery o r operated 
either from the mains or from a separate battery.  G/TBT/N/BWA/174  
 
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  This standard also deals with the safety of ice -cream appliances intended for household 
use, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single -phase appliances and 480 
V for other applianc es. 
It also deals with compression -type appliances for household and similar use, which use 
flammable refrigerants.  
This standard does not cover features of the construction and operation of those 
refrigerating appliances which are dealt with in other IEC standards.  
Refrigerating appliances not intended for normal household use but which nevertheless 
may be a source of danger to the public, such as  
– refrigerating appliances used in staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working 
environments,  
– refrigerating appliances used in farm houses and by clients in hotels, motels and other 
residential type environments,  
– refrigerating appliances used in bed and breakfast type environments, and  
– refrigerating appliances used in catering a nd similar non -retail applications  
are within the scope of this standard.  
As far as is practicable, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by 
appliances that are encountered by all persons in and around the home. However, in 
general, it does  not take into account  
– persons (including children) whose physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of 
experience and knowledge prevents them from using the appliance safely without 
supervision or instruction;  
– children playing with the appliance . 
Attention is drawn to the fact that  
– for appliances intended to be used in vehicles or on board ships or aircraft, additional 
requirements can be necessary;  
– in many countries, additional requirements are specified by national health authorities, 
the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour, the national water supply 
authorities and similar authorities.  
This standard does not apply to  
– appliances intended to be used in the open air;  
– appliances designed exclusively for industrial purposes;  
– appliances intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, such as 
the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas);  
– appliances incorporating a battery intended as a power supply for the refrigerating 
function;  
– appliances assembled on site by the installer;  
– appliances with remote motor -compressors;  
– motor -compressors (IEC 60335 -2-34); 
– commercial dispensing appliances and vending appliances (IEC 60335 -2-75); 
– commercial refrigeratin g appliances and ice -makers with an incorporated or remote 
refrigerant unit or motor -compressor (IEC 60335 -2-89); 
– professional ice -cream makers (IEC 60335 -2-118).  
This eighth edition cancels and replaces the seventh edition published in 2010, 
Amendment 1 :2012 and Amendment 2:2017. This edition constitutes a technical revision.  
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the 
previous edition:  G/TBT/N/BWA/174  
 
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  – aligns the text with IEC 60335 -1, Ed 5.2;  
– some notes have been converted to normative text or deleted (4, 5.2, 5.7, 7.1, 7.6, 
7.10, 7.12, 19.1, 19.101, 19.102, 20.101, 20.102, 20.103, 20.104, 21, 22.7, 22.33, 
22.101, 22.102, 22.103, 22.107, 22.108, 22.109, 30.1);  
– normative references and associated text have been updated (2, 22.108, 22.109, Table 
102, Annex CC);  
– definition of free space has been clarified (3.6.104);  
– measurement of the input current of refrigerating appliances using inverter driven 
motor -compressors is included (10.2);  
– compatibility tests for winding insulation of motor -compressors used with different types 
of refrigerants and oils have been introduced (22.9);  
– requirements for inadvertent contact points between uncoated aluminium pipes and 
copper pipes have been updated (22.111);  
– testing of  accessible glass panels has been clarified (22.116);  
– in refrigerating appliances, requirements for material encasing and in contact with 
thermal insulation have been introduced and consequential text has been deleted 
(22.117, 30.2, 30.2.101, Annex EE);  
– requirements for motor running capacitors have been updated (24.5, 24.8);  
– the locked rotor test for fan motors has been clarified (Annex AA).  
This part 2 is to be used in conjunction with the latest edition of IEC 60335 -1 and its 
amendments. It was est ablished on the basis of the fifth edition (2010) of that standard.  
The contents of the corrigendum of August 2021 have been included in this copy.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information,  labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
IEC 60335 -2-118 
IEC 60335 -1, Ed 5.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  12 Months from date of publication  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
From IEC Affiliate Secretariat affiliates@iec.ch