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ANSI/OPEI B175.2

Outdoor Power Equipment – Internal Combustion Engine-Powered Handheld and Backpack Blowers and Blower-Vacuums – Safety Requirements and Performance Testing Procedures

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Organization: ANSI
Publication Date: 1 January 2013
Status: active
Page Count: 69
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The requirements of this standard apply to handheld and backpack internal combustion engine-powered blowers and blower-vacuums.

This standard does not apply to ride-on, towed, or walk-behind units. This standard does not apply to electrically powered units.

This standard shall become effective one year after it is published.

NOTE - The units in this standard are given in metric. English units are included in parenthesis for information only.

Purpose

The purpose of this standard is to establish manufacturer requirements to reduce the risk of injury associated with the use of handheld and backpack internal combustion engine-powered blowers and blower-vacuums. This standard may also be used to measure bystander sound pressure levels at 15 meters (50 feet).

Document History

ANSI/OPEI B175.2
January 1, 2013
Outdoor Power Equipment – Internal Combustion Engine-Powered Handheld and Backpack Blowers and Blower-Vacuums – Safety Requirements and Performance Testing Procedures
The requirements of this standard apply to handheld and backpack internal combustion engine-powered blowers and blower-vacuums. This standard does not apply to ride-on, towed, or walk-behind units....
ANSI/OPEI B175.2
May 23, 2012
Outdoor Power Equipment – Internal Combustion Engine-Powered Handheld and Backpack Blowers and Blower-Vacuums – Safety Requirements and Performance Testing Procedures
The requirements of this standard apply to handheld and backpack internal combustion engine-powered blowers and blower-vacuums. This standard does not apply to ride-on, towed, or walk-behind units....
ANSI B175.2
May 23, 2012
Outdoor Power Equipment – Internal Combustion Engine-Powered Handheld and Backpack Blowers and Blower-Vacuums – Safety Requirements and Performance Testing Procedures
The requirements of this standard apply to portable, backpack and hand-held, gasoline-engine powered blowers, including those blowers that accept vacuum attachments. Purpose The purpose of this...
ANSI B175.2
January 1, 2000
Power Tools - Hand-Held and Backpack, Gasoline-Engine-Powered Blowers
The requirements of this standard apply to new portable, backpack and hand-held, gasoline-engine-powered blowers, including those blowers that accept vacuum attachments. Purpose: The purpose of this...
ANSI B175.2
January 1, 1990
POWER TOOLS - HAND-HELD AND BACKPACK, GASOLINE- ENGINE-POWERED BLOWERS - SOUND-LEVEL LABELING REQUIREMENTS AND TEST PROCEDURES
A description is not available for this item.

References

This document references:
40 CFR PART 1065 - ENGINE-TESTING PROCEDURES
Published by EPA on July 1, 2022
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E29 - Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
April 1, 2022
This practice is intended to assist the various technical committees in the use of uniform methods of indicating the number of digits which are to be considered significant in specification limits,...
This document references:
IEC 60068-2-75 - Environmental testing – Part 2-75: Tests – Test Eh: Hammer tests
Published by IEC on September 1, 2014
This part of IEC 60068 provides three standardized and coordinated test methods for determining the ability of a specimen to withstand specified severities of impact. It is used, in particular, to...
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IEC 61672-1 - Electroacoustics - Sound level meters - Part 1: Specifications
Published by IEC on September 1, 2013
This part of IEC 61672 gives electroacoustical performance specifications for three kinds of sound measuring instruments: a time-weighting sound level meter that measures exponential-time-weighted,...
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9467 - Exhaust system for multi position small engine machines — Test procedures and performance requirements for spark arrestors
Published by ISO on June 1, 2023
This document establishes requirements and test procedures for determining the performance of spark arrestor exhaust systems of multi position small engines used in portable applications, such as...
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