Designation:F2756−11AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforDeterminingEnergyConsumptionofVacuumCleaners1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2756;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversonlyalaboratorytestfordeterminingtheenergyusage-ofhouseholdandcommercialupright,canister,stick,andwet/dryvacuumcleanersoperatingoncarpetwhentestedunderspecifiedconditions.1.1.1Thisproceduremaybeusedinconjunctionwithotherperformancecriteria,suchascleaningeffectiveness.1.1.2Vacuumcleaners,otherthanuprightvacuumcleaners,thatprovideacarpet-cleaningfunctionaretestedinaccordancewiththecarpet-cleaninginstructionsprovidedinthemanufac-turer’sinstructionmanual.Ifthemanufacturer’sinstructionmanualdoesnotcontaininstructionsforacarpet-cleaningfunction,thevacuumcleanerisnotwithinthescopeofthisprocedure.1.2Thistestmethodisapplicabletohouseholdandcom-mercialtypesofvacuumcleaners.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Theinch-poundunitsgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2F655SpecificationforTestCarpetsandPadsforVacuumCleanerTesting2.2OtherStandards:IEC60312Vacuumcleanersforhouseholduse-Methodsofmeasuringtheperformance,FourthEdition3UL1017VacuumCleaners,BlowerCleaners,andHouse-holdFloorFinishingMachines43.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1energyusage,n—amountofelectricalenergycon-sumedbyavacuumcleanerduringcleaning,measuredinJoules(Watt-seconds).Thereare3600watt-secondsinonewatt-hou...
