⚡ Electromagnetic immunity of household appliances, electric tools, toys and similar apparatus (product family standard CISPR 14-2) — set of tests according to the basic standards IEC 61000-4-x: electrostatic discharge, fast transients, injected currents, radio-frequency fields, surges, voltage dips; equipment categories and performance criteria, PN-EN IEC 55014-2

Electronics and EMC PN-EN 55014-2

Overview

WHAT THE STANDARD COVERS. Scope from the PKN card of the 2021-08 edition, in full (our translation): "This part of CISPR 14 specifies the electromagnetic immunity requirements in the frequency range 0 Hz to 400 GHz that apply to the electric appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus specified below, powered by AC or DC (including battery). This document specifies immunity requirements for continuous and transient electromagnetic disturbances, both conducted and radiated. Unless otherwise specified, this document applies to all equipment within the scope of CISPR 14-1, namely • household appliances or similar apparatus; • electric tools; • similar apparatus; Microwave ovens for domestic use or catering are also within the scope of this document. Equipment incorporating radio transmit/receive functions is within the scope of this document. Excluded from the scope of this document are: - equipment for which all electromagnetic immunity requirements are explicitly formulated in other CISPR or IEC standards; - equipment intended to be part of the fixed electrical installation of buildings (e.g. fuses, circuit breakers, cables and switches); - medical electrical equipment, including equipment within the scope of CISPR 14-1; - equipment used only in an industrial environment; - equipment intended to be used exclusively in locations where special electromagnetic conditions exist (e.g. high electromagnetic fields near broadcast transmitting stations or high-energy pulses near power stations); - equipment intended to be used exclusively in vehicles, ships, boats or aircraft; - the effects of electromagnetic phenomena relating to the safety of equipment (see the IEC 60335 series); Also excluded from the scope of this document are single-phase AC equipment with a rated voltage higher than 250 V between phase and neutral and multi-phase AC equipment with a rated voltage higher than 480 V. Abnormal operation of equipment, such as with simulated faults in the electrical circuits during testing, is not taken into account." We have iTeh samples of the 2020 edition (from the cover to definition 3.2.28) and of the 2015 edition (up to 5.3), and the IEC publication page.

ACCORDING TO THE 2020 EDITION (foreword, introduction, table of contents, Clauses 1–3). CISPR 14-2:2020 was prepared by CISPR subcommittee F (interference relating to household appliances, tools, lighting equipment and similar apparatus); it is the third edition, a technical revision of the second edition of 2015, with the status of a product family standard. IEC page: edition 3.0 of 31.08.2020, 32 pages, stability date 2026. Significant changes from 2015: a) frequency range of radiated immunity extended above 1 GHz; b) advanced categorisation of equipment; c) revised general test conditions and new specific test conditions (e.g. for robotic equipment); d) clarified requirements for equipment incorporating radio functions; e) requirements for wired network ports; f) revised and new definitions; g) requirements on statistical evaluation deleted; h) alignment with CISPR 14-1. Introduction: uniform immunity requirements, test specifications, references to basic standards, standardised operating conditions, performance criteria and interpretation of results. Examples within the scope: equipment for typical housekeeping functions in the dwelling and the garden, in shops and offices, on farms, in hotels, for induction cooking and air conditioning; hand-held and transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery; similar apparatus — including external power controllers using semiconductor devices, motor-driven electro-medical equipment, electric and electronic toys, personal care and beauty care appliances, goods-dispensing and entertainment machines, projectors, battery chargers and external power supplies, electric fence energisers. Examples of exclusions (Note 5): luminaires and light sources within the scope of IEC 61547, multimedia equipment within the scope of CISPR 35, mains communication devices, baby surveillance systems, arc welding equipment. Normative references — dated: IEC 61000-4-2:2008, 61000-4-3:2006 with amendments 2007 and 2010, 61000-4-4:2012, 61000-4-5:2014 with amendment 2017, 61000-4-6:2013, 61000-4-11:2020, 61000-4-20:2010 (TEM waveguides), 61000-4-22:2010 (fully anechoic rooms) and CISPR 14-1:2020, as well as IEC 60050-161. Definitions: including ports — enclosure, power, signal and control, wired network ports (3.2.12–3.2.16); toy — a product intended for play by children under 14 years old (3.2.17); external power supply, representative load and source; robotic equipment and robotic cleaner (3.2.23–3.2.24); radio transmitter and receiver; extra low voltage — up to 50 V (3.2.27); clock frequency (3.2.28). Table of contents: classification of apparatus (Clause 4); tests (Clause 5) — electrostatic discharge, fast transients, injected currents 0.15–230 MHz and 0.15–80 MHz, radio-frequency electromagnetic fields 80 MHz – 6 GHz, surges, voltage dips; performance criteria (Clause 6); application of tests for categories I–V and exceptions (Clause 7); test conditions — mains and DC operation, control settings, auxiliary equipment, specific equipment, multifunction equipment, equipment with built-in lighting and with radio functions (Clause 8); compliance (9), test uncertainty (10), test report (11); Annex A — guidance for permissible degradation of performance.

ACCORDING TO THE 2015 EDITION (this edition is introduced by PN-EN 55014-2:2015-06; sample up to 5.3). The second edition replaced the first edition of 1997 with its amendments of 2001 and 2008. Changes from 1997: the note exempting contacts of plugs and sockets was removed from the electrostatic discharge test; the tables for DC power ports for injected currents were aligned with the generic standards; for large EUTs with a single mains cable the set-up of Figure 2 applies, not that of Annex F of IEC 61000-4-6:2013; IEC 61000-4-22 was introduced as an alternative method for the radiated immunity test; line-to-earth surges are not applied to products without provision for earthing. Radio-frequency fields — from 80 MHz to 1000 MHz (table of contents, 5.5). Categories (Clause 4): I — apparatus without electronic control circuitry; II — including transformer toys and mains-powered appliances, tools and heating appliances with electronic control circuitry with a clock frequency not higher than 15 MHz; III — apparatus not connected to the mains in normal use and without cables (if charged from the mains, it is also tested as category II); IV — all others. Clause 9 of the 2015 edition covered the evaluation of a single product and statistical evaluation.

STATUS (state of the cards on 30 September 2026). The card of PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08 (English version) has no "Withdrawn" header — this edition is CURRENT: published 09-08-2021, 42 pages, price group S, Information and Communication Technologies Sector, KT 104 for Electromagnetic Compatibility, ICS 33.100.20, "Introduces: EN IEC 55014-2:2021 [IDT], CISPR 14-2:2020 [IDT]", "Replaces: PN-EN 55014-2:2015-06 - English version, PN-EN 55014-2:2015-06 - Polish version". The card of PN-EN 55014-2:2015-06 (Polish version): "Withdrawn and replaced by PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08", published 22-07-2016, withdrawn 09-08-2021, 26 pages, introduces EN 55014-2:2015 and CISPR 14-2:2015 [IDT], replaced PN-EN 55014-2:1999 with amendments A1:2004, A2:2009 and the additional element IS1:2007. PKN search for "PN-EN 55014-2" (30 September 2026), 7 items: PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08 without a label; PN-EN 55014-2:2015-06 in the Polish and English versions — "Withdrawn and replaced by PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08"; PN-EN 55014-2:1999 and its additional elements A1:2004, A2:2009 and IS1:2007 — withdrawn and replaced by PN-EN 55014-2:2015-06. The designation of the 2021 edition has the prefix "PN-EN IEC" — the notation "PN-EN 55014-2:2021-08" is not a designation from the PKN catalogue.

HOW MANY LABORATORIES AND IN WHAT FORM (copy of the accreditation-scope database, data loaded up to 17 September 2026, read on 30 September 2026). 26 records at 9 laboratories — the same number of cells in the current PCA documents (counted in the documents: AB 1765 — 7, AB 295 — 6, AB 197 — 5, AB 012 — 3, the others 1 each). The 2021 edition — 5 laboratories: AB 003 (together with EN IEC 55014-2:2021 and CISPR 14-2:2020), AB 022, AB 295 and AB 1765 in the notation "PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08", and AB 171 and one entry of AB 295 in the notation "PN-EN 55014-2:2021-08". The 2015 edition — 4 laboratories (AB 012, AB 171, AB 197 — as "PN-EN 55014-2:2015", AB 245), the 1999 edition with amendments — 3 (AB 012, AB 207, AB 245). Only withdrawn editions are given by 4 laboratories: AB 012 (1999 with amendments and 2015-06), AB 197 (2015), AB 207 (1999 with amendments A1, A2 and IS1) and AB 245 (1999 with amendments and 2015-06); AB 171 gives 2015-06 and 2021-08 side by side. In two entries of AB 012 the PCA document has the notation "PN-EN 55014--2:2015-06" (double hyphen). The "Laboratories" tab looks for notations that BEGIN with "PN-EN 55014-2" and will show 6 laboratories (AB 012, AB 171, AB 197, AB 207, AB 245, AB 295) — it will not show AB 003, AB 022 and AB 1765, which write only "PN-EN IEC 55014-2" or "EN IEC 55014-2" (under the beginning "PN-EN IEC 55014-2" — 4: AB 003, AB 022, AB 295, AB 1765); checked with the tab's query on the production server labcoda.pl on 30 September 2026: 6 and 4. Current scopes on the PCA website (read on 30 September 2026, issues from 24.10.2024 to 08.09.2026): one entry is suspended — at AB 197 immunity to radiated radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (bold italics, suspended at its own request from 15.06.2026 to 12.12.2026); at AB 171 the suspension concerns another part of the scope.

QUANTITY, ITEMS AND RANGE. Separate entries for the phenomena — AB 1765 (dips in the AC supply from 0 % to 100 % UT and DC from 0 % to 120 % UT, fast transients from 0.2 kV to 4.0 kV, radiated field up to 10 V/m from 26 MHz to 6000 MHz in a GTEM cell, conducted disturbances from 0.15 MHz to 230 MHz, discharges from 2 kV to 30 kV, surges from 0.5 kV to 4.0 kV), AB 295 (discharges up to 30 kV, fast transients up to 5.5 kV, surges up to 5 kV, conducted disturbances up to 10 V, dips, electromagnetic field from 10 kHz to 18 GHz up to 200 V/m), AB 197 (discharges, radiated field from 80 MHz to 1000 MHz up to 10 V/m — suspended, fast transients, surges, conducted disturbances; direct method) and AB 012 (fast transients, surges on the 230 V AC port, dips). Collective entries: AB 003 — "Immunity"; AB 022 — discharges ± 30 kV, fast transients, surges, disturbances induced by radio frequency and dips, excluding the test of immunity to radiated electromagnetic fields; AB 171 — a list of more than a dozen phenomena, including fast transients and surges up to 63 A, voltage dips and interruptions AC and DC up to 32 A, harmonics, voltage fluctuations and unbalance; AB 245 — electromagnetic immunity without immunity to power-frequency magnetic fields and without dips, short interruptions and voltage variations. AB 207 — the 1999 edition in the cell for the emission of radio disturbance from 150 kHz to 1 GHz (tests in a GTEM cell of devices up to 30 cm × 15 cm × 30 cm) alongside PN-EN 55022:2011, PN-EN 55014-1:2012 and PN-CISPR 16-2:1999; the method column of this cell does not mention immunity tests. Items: household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus — 4 laboratories (AB 003, AB 012, AB 171, AB 245), electric tools — AB 295; broader — AB 197 (also machines, devices and electrotechnical and electronic products, and lighting equipment), AB 1765 (including household equipment and toys), AB 022 (low-voltage machinery and equipment, including lighting, information technology and traction equipment) and AB 207 (fire detection, alarm and related systems).

ALONGSIDE THIS STANDARD. In the same entries of the scopes (the same method, one cell of reference documents) stand: at AB 197 in five entries — the basic standards PN-EN 61000-4-2:2011, 61000-4-3:2007 with amendments, 61000-4-4:2013-05, 61000-4-5:2010 and 61000-4-6:2014-04, and PN-EN 61547:2009 for lighting; at AB 1765 in seven — PN-EN IEC 61000-4-11:2020-11 with corrigendum AC:2023-01, PN-EN 61000-4-29:2004, 61000-4-4:2013-05, PN-EN IEC 61000-4-3:2021-06 with PN-EN 61000-4-20:2022-11, PN-EN 61000-4-6:2024-03, 61000-4-2:2011 and 61000-4-5:2014-10 with amendment A1:2018-01; at AB 022 — 40 documents (basic standards, the generic standards PN-EN 61000-6-1 and 6-2 and product standards, including PN-EN IEC 55035, PN-EN 55024, PN-EN 61547, the PN-EN 50121 series, PN-EN 60601-1-2, PN-EN IEC 61326); at AB 012 in three — basic standards (PN-EN 61000-4-4, 61000-4-5, PN-EN IEC 61000-4-11) for equipment with a supply current up to 16 A and product standards of other groups (including PN-EN 55035, PN-EN 60601-1-2, PN-EN 61547, PN-EN 61326-1); at AB 295 in six — a basic standard for electrical and electronic equipment (PN-EN 61000-4-2, -4, -5, -6, -11 or -3) and product standards of other groups (including PN-EN 50130-4, PN-EN 54-2, PN-EN 55020, PN-EN 55024); at AB 245 — product standards of other groups (PN-EN 55024, PN-EN 55035, PN-EN 61547); at AB 171 — the generic standards PN-EN 61000-6-1 and 6-2 for immunity in residential, commercial and light-industrial as well as industrial environments; at AB 003 — this standard alone (with EN IEC 55014-2:2021 and CISPR 14-2:2020). The copy combines these documents with this standard in one record only at AB 022, AB 197 and AB 1765; at AB 012, AB 171, AB 245 and AB 295 it splits the entry into records by item, and the record for household appliances or electric tools keeps this standard alone. Emission according to PN-EN (IEC) 55014-1 is in the scopes of 8 of these 9 laboratories (not AB 012). Immunity of equipment whose item description names household appliances, household equipment or electric tools, without this standard, is in the copy at 3 more laboratories: AB 053 (basic standards EN 61000-4-x), AB 666 (among others basic standards with PN-EN 60601-1-2 and PN-EN 55035) and AB 1960 (discharges according to PN-EN 61000-4-2 and PN-EN 60255-26). Emission according to PN-EN IEC 55014-1 and the basic standards PN-EN 61000-4-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -11 and -29 have separate entries in the Knowledge Base.

WHERE A SEEMINGLY CORRECT RESULT IS EASY TO GET. First — edition: 4 of the 9 laboratories cite only withdrawn editions; the 2020 edition has five categories of equipment instead of four, the radiated field up to 6 GHz instead of up to 1000 MHz, new requirements for wired network ports and conditions for robotic equipment, and clarified requirements for equipment with radio functions — a report according to the 2015 edition does not cover these changes. Second — radiated field: the AB 197 entry covers 80–1000 MHz (the range of the 2015 edition) and is suspended, AB 022 excludes the radiated field test — "compliance with the standard" without this test is incomplete. Third — designation: the notation "PN-EN 55014-2:2021-08" (AB 171, AB 295) does not appear in the PKN search, and the tab shows laboratories writing "PN-EN IEC 55014-2" under a different beginning from those writing "PN-EN 55014-2". Fourth — product standard versus method: the standard selects the tests, levels, operating conditions and performance criteria, while the way of performing the tests is in the basic standards IEC 61000-4-x in the editions dated in the references — citing the basic standard alone does not set the levels for household appliances. Fifth — items: the standard does not cover lighting (IEC 61547), multimedia equipment (CISPR 35), medical electrical equipment, equipment used only in industry, or single-phase equipment above 250 V and multi-phase equipment above 480 V. Sixth — evaluation: the set of tests depends on the category of the equipment (Clause 7), and the result is evaluated according to the performance criteria (Clause 6, Annex A) — a result without the category and the criterion is not comparable.

WHAT WE DO NOT GIVE. The sample of the 2020 edition ends with the definitions (3.2.28): we do not give the test levels and conditions from the tables of Clause 5, the definitions of categories I–V, the performance criteria, the rules for applying the tests to the categories, the test conditions for specific equipment or the requirements for the report. We do not transfer the test levels of the withdrawn 2015 edition (visible in the sample up to 5.3).

Method principle

The product family standard does not describe its own measurement methods: for the ports of the equipment (enclosure, AC and DC power, signal and control ports, wired network ports) it specifies tests according to the basic standards IEC 61000-4-x — electrostatic discharge (-2), radio-frequency fields (-3; in the references also -20 for TEM waveguides and -22 for fully anechoic rooms), fast transients (-4), surges (-5), injected currents (-6), voltage dips (-11) — as well as test levels, operating conditions of the equipment and performance criteria. The set of tests depends on the category of the equipment. Levels and criteria are NOT GIVEN.

Applications

• Household and similar appliances, electric tools, toys, battery chargers and external power supplies, microwave ovens — in the scopes of 9 laboratories
• Assessment of the conformity of products with EMC immunity requirements — alongside emission according to PN-EN IEC 55014-1 (8 of these 9 laboratories have both)
• Robotic equipment (e.g. robotic cleaners) and equipment with radio functions — test conditions added or clarified in the 2020 edition

Key parameters

Standard

Standard number

PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08 (wersja angielska; EN IEC 55014-2:2021, CISPR 14-2:2020 IDT)

Title (PL)

Kompatybilność elektromagnetyczna — Wymagania dotyczące przyrządów powszechnego użytku, narzędzi elektrycznych i podobnych urządzeń — Część 2: Odporność — Norma grupy wyrobów

Title (EN)

Electromagnetic compatibility — Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus — Part 2: Immunity — Product family standard

Step-by-step procedure

1. Category and ports

   Determine the category of the equipment (Clause 4) and its ports: enclosure, AC and DC power, signal and control ports, wired network ports (3.2.12–3.2.16). PN-EN IEC 55014-2:2021-08 current (state of the card on 30 September 2026).

2. Operating conditions

   Power supply, control settings, auxiliary equipment and specific conditions for the type of equipment (Clause 8) — NOT GIVEN.

3. Tests

   For the given category — the tests of Clause 5 according to the basic standards IEC 61000-4-2, -3, -4, -5, -6 and -11; levels — NOT GIVEN.

4. Evaluation of performance

   Observation of the operation of the equipment during and after the test; comparison with the performance criteria (Clause 6, Annex A).

5. Report

   Requirements — Clause 11; test uncertainty — Clause 10.

Required equipment and apparatus

Health and safety (OHS)

• The equipment under test operates at mains voltage, and surges and fast transients are injected into its supply — electrical safety rules at the test station
• SUBSTANTIVE NOTE: four laboratories have only withdrawn editions in their scopes (AB 012, AB 197, AB 207, AB 245); a result according to the 2015 edition does not cover the radiated field above 1000 MHz or the requirements added in 2020

Frequently asked questions