Preface
This is the harmonized CSA Group and ULSE Standard for Electric Clothes Dryers. It is the twelfth edition of CSA C22.2 No. 112 and the sixth edition of UL 2158. This edition of CSA C22.2 No. 112 supersedes the previous edition published in 2018. This edition of UL 2158 supersedes the previous edition published in 2018. This harmonized standard has been jointly revised on December 15, 2023. For this purpose, CSA Group and ULSE are issuing revision pages dated December 15, 2023.
This harmonized Standard was prepared by CSA Group and iULSE Inc. (ULSE). The efforts and support of the Technical Harmonization Committee for Laundry Standards and the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) are gratefully acknowledged.
This Standard is considered suitable for conformity assessment within the stated scope of the Standard.
This Standard was reviewed by the CSA Subcommittee on Clothes-Drying Machines, 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.
Scope
1.1
This Standard applies to electric clothes dryers intended to be used in nonhazardous locations in accordance with CSA C22.1, Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (CE Code, Part I) and the (U.S.) National Electrical Code (NEC), on circuits having a nominal voltage not exceeding 600 V.
Note: Wherever practical, for convenience, the term appliance has been used in lieu of clothes dryer or machine.
1.2
This Standard applies to both cord-connected and permanently connected appliances. The appliances covered by this Standard are intended for use by the general public not specifically trained in the use of the appliance, regardless of the mode by which its operation is initiated. They are for use in households and for commercial purposes, including appliances provided with coin-, ticket-, or card-operated mechanisms, laundry centers and combination washer-dryers.
1.3
This Standard applies to tumbling clothes dryers and non-tumbling clothes dryers, such as drying cabinets, as well as both vented clothes dryers and non-vented clothes dryers, such as condensation-type and heat pump clothes dryers. Additional requirements for heat pump clothes dryers are given in Supplement SD.
1.4
This Standard does not apply to industrial and institutional type appliances. Industrial or institutional appliances are covered under the scope of Electric Commercial Clothes-Drying Equipment, UL 1240.
Note: Industrial and institutional type appliances are not intended for use by the general public, but only by trained or supervised personnel.