Designation:F1410−98(Reapproved2016)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforMeasuringMaximumFunctionalWetVolumeofUtilityVacuumCleaners1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1410;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodisapplicabletoanyvacuumcleanerthatisclassifiedasautilityvac.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinforma-tiononly.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.SignificanceandUse2.1Thistestmethodcoversaproceduretodeterminethemaximumfunctionalwetvolumethattheutilityvaciscapableofcollecting.3.Apparatus3.1Voltmeter,tomeasureinputtothecleaner,providingmeasurementsaccuratetowithin61%.3.2VoltageRegulatorSystem—Theregulatorshallbeca-pableofmaintainingtheratedvoltage(61%)andfrequency(61Hz)withsinusoidalwaveform.3.3TemperatureandRelativeHumidityIndicators,topro-videtemperaturemeasurementsaccuratetowithin61°F(61⁄2°C)andhumiditymeasurementsaccuratetowithin62%relativehumidity.3.4WeighingScale—Thescaleshallbeaccurateto1%offullscaleandhaveaweighingcapacityofatleast250lb(113.4kg).4.Materials4.1Water.5.Sampling5.1Testasampleofeachbasicmodeluntila90%confidencelevel(aboutthemean)isestablishedwithin65%ofthemeanvalue.Testaminimumofthreesamples.Selectallsamplesatrandominaccordancewithgoodstatisticalpractice.NOTE1—SeeAppendixX1formethodofdetermining90%confidencelevel.6.Conditioning6.1TestRoom—Thetestroomshouldbemaintainedat7065°F(2163°C)and45to55%relativehumidity.7.Procedure7.1Equipthevacwithanewfilter.7.2Weightheemptyvacincludingthepowersupplycord.(Donotinclud...
