GEN – 1423.00. On 28 September the 3rd (final) Stakeholder meeting of the WP7 – Air conditioners and comfort fans took place. EEPLIANT3 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 2018) is the largest pan-EU Concerted Action on market surveillance.
The WP7 focused on electric mains operated air conditioners with cooling capacity of up to 12 kW (or heating, if there is no cooling function) + comfort fans (up to 125 W – only Ecodesign), including single and multi-split air conditioners and single and double ducts appliances.
The products were selected for screening based on a risk assessment, choosing for first products with high probability of non-compliance but also high market share.
Results show high percentage of errors during the document inspection, high percentage (41%) of products which are not present in EPREL, a proposal from MSAs to include a tolerance on heating and cooling capacity in the future legislation.
For split units, an issue related to data availability for verification testing led to a set of proposals from MSAs:
- It should be compulsory that data needed for MSA tests is available on EPREL
- The modes needed for MSA tests shall be accessible without extra remotes
- Alternatively, a new measurement method could be introduced that does not require such additional data and extra remotes
For more detailed information, please refer to the related documents (meeting’s presentation and minutes).
Recommended actions
Interested Members are invited to carefully assess the related documents and provide comments, if any, on any issues on the WP7 before the deadline of 10 October 2022.
Related documents and links
All related documents and articles can be found in the respective sections in the right sidebar.
- GEN – 1423.01 – EEPLIANT WP7 final stakeholder meeting – presentation
- GEN – 1423.02 – EEPLIANT WP7 final stakeholder meeting – minutes
