CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 62841-2-1:18 (R2023)
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery – Safety – Part 2-1: Particular requirements for hand-held drills and impact drills (Binational standard with UL 62841-2-1)
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Preface
This is the harmonized CSA Group and UL Standard for Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery – Safety – Part 2-1: Particular Requirements For Hand-Held Drills and Impact Drills. It is the First edition of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 62841-2-1 and the First edition of UL 62841-2-1. This harmonized standard has been jointly revised on January 27, 2023. For this purpose, CSA Group and UL are issuing revision pages dated January 27, 2023.
This harmonized standard is based on IEC Publication 62841-2-1: First edition Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery – Safety – Part 2-1: Particular Requirements For Hand-Held Drills and Impact Drills, issued June 2017, as revised by Amendment No. 1 issued November 2021. IEC 62841-2-1 is copyrighted by the IEC.
This harmonized standard was prepared by CSA Group and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). The efforts and support of the International Harmonization Committee (IHC) for the adoption of the IEC series of standards for Hand-Held, Motor-Operated, and Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery UL are gratefully acknowledged.
This standard is considered suitable for use for conformity assessment within the stated scope of the standard.
This standard was reviewed by the CSA Subcommittee on Safety of and-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Technical Committee on Consumer and Commercial Products and the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Requirements for Electrical Safety, and has been formally approved by the CSA Technical Committee. This standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group.
Scope
This clause of Part 1 is applicable except as follows:
Addition:
This part of IEC 62841 applies to hand-held drills and impact drills, including diamond core drills. This standard also applies to drills that can be used for driving screws by attaching screwdriver bits.
This standard does not apply to rotary hammers, even if they can be used as a drill.
NOTE 101 Rotary hammers are covered by IEC 62841-2-6.