USA - Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Room Air Conditioners (Proposal)

Business description

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend the test procedure for room air conditioners (‘‘room ACs’’) to address updates to the industry standards that are incorporated by reference. Provision shall be made for the testing of variable-speed room ACs in order to better reflect their relative efficiency gains at lower outdoor temperatures as compared to single-speed room ACs, and to provide specifications and minor corrections that would improve repeatability, reproducibility, and overall readability of the test procedure.

Because there are no testing modifications proposed for single-speed room ACs, DOE expects that the proposed changes will not affect the measured energy use for these models.

For variable-speed room ACs, the proposed changes will improve the representativeness of the measured energy use of these models.

As part of this proposal, DOE is announcing a public meeting to collect comments and data on its proposal.

Source: G/TBT/N/USA/1625

Countries:

United States of America (USA)

Technical aspects:

Certification / Approval / Test Mark

Safety

Business fields:

P.03 Electrical

Regions:

North-America

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