Protective Earth (Pe) Continuity Test; What Coffee Machine Has To Be Tested And When; General - Nespresso Citiz Service Manual

9.8 Protective earth (PE) continuity test
9.8.1 What coffee machine has to be tested and when?
This test is only necessary
­ for class 1 equipment (three­wire power cord with protective earth)
­ for models Citiz & milk, EF 485/486
­ after a repair whenever a general disassembly of the platform and/or core unit was
performed.
9.8.2 General
Legal regulation
In case of a repair/modification of the coffee machine, the repair centre is bound by law
to protect the user/consumer by
­ restoring the regular condition of the appliance and
­ performing the respective tests according to EN/IEC 60335­1 "Safety of household
and similar electrical appliances" and national regulations (e.g. DIN VDE 0701).
Description
Protective earth continuity measurements are made between the protective earth
terminal and conductive, touchable parts of the coffee machine where dangerous
voltage could occur if the basic insulation was to fail.
This test assures that
­ the ground (earth) connection does not have an interruption between the plug and
touchable, conductive housing parts
­ the permissible ground resistance of those conductive, touchable parts is less than
0.3 Ohms (with a test current of 200 mA DC).
Test equipment
Special test equipment is needed that complies with the regulations to perform protec­
tive earth continuity measurements. Detailed requirements and tolerances must be veri­
fied by your local authorities or measurement supplier in any case.
Test report
For legal reasons a repair or test report should be prepared and filed with following infor­
mation
­ customer (name, address)
­ type and serial number of coffee machine
­ date of repair/test(s)
­ performed test(s)/measuring value(s)
­ used test equipment
­ signature
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