DIN EN 62841-1:2016-07

This International Standard deals with the safety of electric motor-operated or magnetically driven: - hand-held tools (Part 2); - transportable tools (Part 3); - lawn and garden machinery (Part 4). The above listed categories are hereinafter referred to as "tools" or "machines". This standard differs from EN 60745-1 (VDE 0740-1):2010-01 and 61029-1 (VDE 0740-500):2010-01 as follows: - requirements in various clauses introduced or modified in order to include the requirements for transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery (formerly covered by EN 61029-1 and EN 60335-1); - leakage current test and electric strength test moved from former Clauses 13 and 15 to Annexes C and D; - former Clauses 29, 30 and 31 renumbered to become Clauses 6, 13 and 15; - requirements for electronic safety-related functions have been added in Clause 18; - requirements for switches have been revised and moved from Annex I to Clause 23; - clarifications regarding soft materials (elastomers) have been added in Clauses 9, 19 and 23; - the test finger in Figure 1 of EN 60745-1 and the test probe in Figure 2 of EN 60745-1 have been replaced by references to IEC generic standards; - requirements for Li-ion battery systems have been added in Annexes K and L; - Annex M has been removed. The responsible committee is DKE/K 514 "Elektrowerkzeuge" ("Electric tools") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.