Starting Current Test; Temperature Test - Century UL 1086 Manual

Household trash compactors

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FEBRUARY 1, 1996

35.2 For an appliance having a single voltage rating, such as 115 volts, maximum rated voltage is

considered to be that single value of voltage. If the rating is speciﬁed in terms of a range of voltages, such

as 110 – 120 volts, maximum rated voltage is considered to be the highest value of the range.

35.3 The requirement in 35.1 applies to the maximum current measured excluding the interval of time

from 2 seconds before to 2 seconds after the reversal of the ram at the compacting end of the operational

cycle.

36 Starting Current Test

36.1 An appliance other than as described in 36.2 shall start and operate as intended on a circuit

protected by an ordinary – not a time-delay – fuse having a current rating corresponding to that of the

branch circuit to which the appliance should be connected.

Exception: The requirement does not apply if:

a) The appliance will start and operate as intended on a circuit protected by a time-delay fuse,

and

b) The appliance is marked in accordance with 49.7.

36.2 An appliance that would be connected to 15- or 20-ampere branch circuit shall start and operate as

intended on a circuit protected by a time-delay fuse having an ampere rating corresponding to that of the

branch circuit.

36.3 In a test to determine whether an appliance complies with the requirement in 36.1, it is to be started

three times, with the appliance at room temperature at the beginning of the test. Each motor is to be

started under conditions representing the normal operating cycle and load, and is to be allowed to come

to full speed and then to come to rest between successive starts. Performance is unacceptable if the fuse

opens, or an overload protector provided as part of the appliance trips.

37.1 When tested as described in 37.2 – 37.11, an appliance shall not attain a temperature at any point

sufficiently high to constitute a risk of ﬁre, to adversely affect any materials employed in the appliance, or

to exceed the temperature rises speciﬁed in Table 37.1.

37.2 The appliance is to be operated for six consecutive cycles with a 5-second interval between cycles,

under each of the following load conditions and the motor be allowed to cool to room temperature before

the next series of six operations:

a) Without simulated trash load.

b) With a simulated load of plastic foam blocks; or a load that would cause the ram to reverse

direction within 1 inch (25.4 mm) of its maximum travel.

37.3 All values for temperature rises in Table 37.1 are based on an assumed ambient temperature of

25°C (77°F). However, tests may be conducted at any ambient temperature within the range of 20 – 40°C

(68 – 104°F); or they may be conducted at an ambient temperature of 10 – 20°C (50 – 68°F) with the

concurrence of those concerned.

HOUSEHOLD TRASH COMPACTORS - UL 1086

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