New CENELEC standard for candle flame resistance for TV sets in Europe
Friday 05 June 2009
On 22nd April 2009, the Technical Board of CENELEC passed the Standard EN 60065 Amendment 11 for adoption under the Low Voltage and Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directives. The date of implementation of the standard across the European Union is 1st July 2010. This standard contains an element of particular significance for manufacturers of TV sets for the EU market : it will require television sets to be designed in such a way that the chance of ignition and the spread of fire due to an accidental candle flame is minimized.
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