July 2013 Stakeholder Six papers circulated: Review of draft of AS/NZS 4474.2:2015 Workshop Performance of household electrical Paper 1 - Refrigerator and Freezer MEPS3 and IEC appliances – Refrigerating appliances, Migration Documentation (recap of documents to date) Part 2 Paper 2 - IEC Migration Position Differences – CESA Consensus on most points and AIG Paper 3 - AS/NZS 4474.2 (V0.5) – incorporating Some issues on algorithms and load whitegoods forum discussions and industry submission processing need further work from April 2013 Technical advisory group to consider Paper 3a - Summary of the edits undertaken on AS/NZS Stakeholders agreed on value of round robin 4474.2 (V0.5) testing Paper 4 - Refrigerator Round Robin Testing – First Supported by officials Concept Draft Paper 5 - How does the energy efficiency of Australian whitegoods compare internationally? Paper 6 - Guide to undertaking tests to IEC SC59M/24/NP – Energy Consumption of Household Refrigerators Key task was to review part 2 Version 0.5 August Round robin of Government sponsored laboratory testing of two specified E3 prepared detailed technical comments 2013 test laboratories model refrigerators to the IEC test standard about specific issues identified with the IEC commences standard aimed at making the test method Checked that requirements of the standards (both IEC more practical and workable and AS/NZS 4474 draft) were clear, unambiguous and not onerous Purpose of testing is to support adoption of IEC test method IEC62552 in Australia and New Zealand as well as preparing testing facilities to adapt to testing to support the new regulatory requirements in 2017 through the requirements of AS/NZS 4474.2 Six test laboratories contracted including two manufacturers’ laboratories (one in Australia and one in New Zealand) and four independent accredited laboratories in Australia Testing was conducted over the period August 2013 to January 2014
July 2013 Stakeholder Workshop Six papers circulated: Paper 1 - Refrigerator and Freezer MEPS3 and IEC Migration Documentation (recap of documents to date) Paper 2 - IEC Migration Position Differences – CESA and AIG Paper 3 - AS/NZS 4474.2 (V0.5) – incorporating whitegoods forum discussions and industry submission from April 2013 Paper 3a - Summary of the edits undertaken on AS/NZS 4474.2 (V0.5) Paper 4 - Refrigerator Round Robin Testing – First Concept Draft Paper 5 - How does the energy efficiency of Australian whitegoods compare internationally? Paper 6 - Guide to undertaking tests to IEC SC59M/24/NP – Energy Consumption of Household Refrigerators Key task was to review part 2 Version 0.5 Review of draft of AS/NZS 4474.2:2015 Performance of household electrical appliances – Refrigerating appliances, Part 2 Consensus on most points Some issues on algorithms and load processing need further work Technical advisory group to consider Stakeholders agreed on value of round robin testing Supported by officials August 2013 Round robin of test laboratories commences Government sponsored laboratory testing of two specified model refrigerators to the IEC test standard Checked that requirements of the standards (both IEC and AS/NZS 4474 draft) were clear, unambiguous and not onerous Purpose of testing is to support adoption of IEC test method IEC62552 in Australia and New Zealand as well as preparing testing facilities to adapt to testing to support the new regulatory requirements in 2017 through the requirements of AS/NZS 4474.2 Six test laboratories contracted including two manufacturers’ laboratories (one in Australia and one in New Zealand) and four independent accredited laboratories in Australia Testing was conducted over the period August 2013 to January 2014 E3 prepared detailed technical comments about specific issues identified with the IEC standard aimed at making the test method more practical and workable
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