CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 62841-2-5:16 (R2021)

Preface

This is the harmonized CSA Group and ULSE standard for Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery – Safety – Part 2-5: Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Circular Saws. It is the First edition of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 62841-2-5 and the First edition of UL 62841-2-5. This harmonized standard has been jointly revised on September 27, 2024. For this purpose, CSA Group and UL are issuing revision pages dated September 27, 2024.

This harmonized standard is based on IEC Publication 62841-2-5: First edition Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery – Safety – Part 2-5: Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Circular Saws issued June 2014. IEC 62841-2-5 is copyrighted by the IEC.

This harmonized standard was prepared by CSA Group and iULSE. 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 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 Hand-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 circular saws, which hereinafter will be referred to as saws.

This standard does not apply to saws designed for use with abrasive wheels.

NOTE Saws designed for use with abrasive wheels as cut-off machines are covered by IEC 62841-2-22.

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