CSA Group Energy Performance, Water Consumption and Capacity of Household Clothes Washers

Publication Updates and Informs: • A CSA Group certification inform has been released and is associated with this standard.  • Document: Technical Information Letter (TIL) CSA G-51, Interim Energy Efficiency Certification and Verification, Requirements for Household Clothes Washers.  • Update #1 was published as notification that this is now a National Standard of Canada. • Updates #1 and 2 to this standard are available. Scope 1.1 This Standard applies to  (a) horizontal-axis and vertical-axis compact and standard household automatic or semi-automatic clothes washers; and (b) coin/card-operated residential-style clothes washers. 1.2  This Standard does not apply to wringer washers or twin tub washers/spinners. 1.3 This Standard does not provide a means for determining the energy consumption of a clothes washer with an adaptive control system unless it is provided with an alternative manual control system (i.e., a user-selectable control system) that allows selection of the operating mode of the machine by the user. 1.4 In CSA Standards, "shall" is used to express requirement, (i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the Standard); "should" is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and "may" is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard. Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material. Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Legends to equations and figures are considered requirements. 1.5  The values given in SI (metric) units are the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.