Household and similar electrical appliances. Safety - Particular requirements for electrical appliances for use with aquariums and garden ponds Ingestion-build-81500 BS 8558:2015 was developed to

BS 8558:2015 was developed to provide complementary guidance to the BS EN 806 suite of standards

Annex A (informative) Procedure for determining the acceleration distance

which recommended that certain groups of chemical compounds used in toys and toy materials need to be given special attention

A linkage to existing cost and facilities structures

in order to investigate whether a specific International Standard is really required and if it compensates the limitations of the Vickers hardness test currently used

Household and similar electrical appliances. Safety - Particular requirements for electrical appliances for use with aquariums and garden ponds Ingestion-build-81500 BS 8558:2015 was developed toWhat is this standard about? This International Standard deals with the safety of electric appliances for use with aquariums and garden ponds for household and similar purposes, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V. NOTE 101 Examples of appliances within the scope of this standard are aerators; aquarium heaters; automatic food dispensers; sludge suction appliances. Appliances not intended for normal household use but that nevertheless may be