These requirements cover electric commercial, industrial, and institutional clothes-washing equipment intended for use in accordance with the National Electrical Code. Equipment covered by this Standard is not intended for use by the general public, but only by trained or supervised personnel.
These requirements do not cover clothes dryers, coin-operated clothes washing appliances, flatirons, ironing machines, water heaters, water softeners, dry-cleaning machines, garment-finishing machines, appliances employing wringer mechanisms, or other equipment covered by requirements separate from this standard.
Appliances and field-attached accessories are investigated under these requirements and under such additional requirements as are applicable to the appliance under consideration.
A product that contains features, characteristics, components, materials, or systems new or different from those covered by the requirements in this standard, and that involves a risk of fire or of electric shock or injury to persons shall be evaluated using appropriate additional component and end-product requirements to maintain the level of safety as originally anticipated by the intent of this standard. A product whose features, characteristics, components, materials, or systems conflict with specific requirements or provisions of this standard does not comply with this standard. Revision of requirements shall be proposed and adopted in conformance with the methods employed for development, revision, and implementation of this standard.