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Ref : EIC 111/2

20 August 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 672/2013

US : Mandatory Energy Conservation Test Procedures for Residential Clothes Dryers Amended

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register (FR) of 14 August 2013 a final rule amending the mandatory energy conservation test procedures for residential clothes dryers by updating the reference to the latest edition of the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 62301, "Household electrical appliances – Measurement of standby power," Edition 2.0 2011-01.

2.For the test procedures at both appendix D and appendix D1 to the same subpart, DOE is adopting amendments to clarify the cycle settings used for the test cycle, the requirements for the gas supply for gas clothes dryers, the installation conditions for console lights, the method for measuring the drum capacity, the maximum allowable weighing scale range, and the allowable use of a relative humidity meter. This final rule also amends the DOE clothes dryer test procedure to create a new appendix D2 that includes the amendments discussed above and testing methods for more accurately measuring the effects of automatic cycle termination.

3. The effective date of this rule is 13 September 2013. The relevant FR notice is available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-08-14/pdf/2013-18931.pdf.

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4.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Linda Ng)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry