2012 Appliance Efficiency Regulations

226 Pages·2013·1.05 MB·English

by  California Energy Commission

2012 APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION October 2012
Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor CEC–400–2012–019–CMF
CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION

ROBERT WEISENMILLER, Ph.D.
Chairman

KAREN DOUGLAS, J. D.
ANDREW McALLISTER
CARLA PETERMAN
Commissioners

Betty Chrisman
Harinder Singh
Ken Rider
Primary Author(s)

Harinder Singh
Project Manager

Mike Leaon
Office Manager
Appliances and Process Energy Office

Dave Ashuckian
Deputy Director
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division

Robert Oglesby
Executive Director
ABSTRACT

The current Appliance Efficiency Regulations, (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections 1601
through 1608), dated September 2012, contain amendments that were adopted by the California Energy
Commission on January12, 2012, and replaced all previous versions. The official version of these
regulations is published by the Office of Administrative Law.

The Appliance Efficiency Regulations include standards for both federally regulated appliances and
non-federally regulated appliances. Twenty-three categories of appliances are included in the scope of
these regulations. The standards within these regulations apply to appliances that are sold or offered
for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state and
those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles or other mobile equipment.

Keywords: Appliance Efficiency Regulations, appliance standards, refrigerators, air conditioners, space
heaters, water heaters, pool heaters, pool pumps, electric spas, pool pump motors, plumbing fittings,
plumbing fixtures, showerheads, spray valves, faucets, tub spout diverters, water closets, urinals,
ceiling fans, ceiling fan light kits, dehumidifiers, fluorescent lamp ballasts, lamps, general purpose
lighting, emergency lighting, self contained lighting controls, exit signs, traffic signal modules, traffic
signal lamps, luminaires, torchieres, portable lighting fixtures, metal halide luminaires, high intensity
discharge fixtures, HID fixtures, under-cabinet luminaires, dishwashers, clothes washers, clothes
dryers, cooking products, food service equipment, electric motors, low-voltage dry-type distribution
transformers, external AC to DC and AC to AC power supplies, consumer electronics, consumer audio
and video equipment, televisions, compact audio products, digital versatile disc players, digital
versatile disc recorders, digital television adapters, large and small battery charger systems.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Title Page
TITLE 20 APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS
1601 Scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

1602 Definitions .............................................................................................................................................. 4

1602.1 Rules of Construction ......................................................................................................................... 67

1603 Testing: All Appliances ..................................................................................................................... 68

1604 Test Methods for Specific Appliances .............................................................................................. 70

1605 Energy Performance, Energy Design, Water Performance, and Water Design Standards:
In General ............................................................................................................................................. 97

1605.1 Federal and State Standards for Federally Regulated Appliances ............................................... 99

1605.2 State Standards for Federally Regulated Appliances ................................................................... 128

1605.3 State Standards for Non-Federally Regulated Appliances .......................................................... 134

1606 Filing by Manufacturers; Listing of Appliances in Database ...................................................... 163

1607 Marking of Appliances ..................................................................................................................... 206

1608 Compliance, Enforcement, and General Administrative Matters .............................................. 212

(This Table of Contents is not part of the Regulations but is provided for the convenience of the reader.)
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LIST OF TABLES

Table Title Page

A-1 Non-Commercial Refrigerator, Refrigerator-Freezer, and Freezer Test Methods .................... 70
A-2 Commercial Refrigerator, Refrigerator-Freezer, and Freezer Test Methods ............................. 70
A-3 Standards for Non-Commercial Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers
Manufactured on or After July 1, 2001………… ................................................................... …99
A-4 Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers
Manufactured on or After January 1, 2010………… .......................................................... …100
A-5 Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers Manufactured on or After
January 1, 2010………… ......................................................................................................... …101
A-6 Standards for Wine Chillers ............................................................................................................... 134
A-7 Standards for Freezers That Are Consumer Products .................................................................. 134
A-8 Energy Design Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers Manufactured
Before January 1, 2009 ................................................................................. 135
A-9 Standards for Reach-In Cabinets, Pass-Through Cabinets, Roll-In or Roll-Through Cabinets
Manufactured Prior to January 1, 2010, and Wine Chillers That Are Not Consumer
Products………… .................................................................................................................... …136
A-10 Standards for Refrigerated Canned and Bottle Beverage Vending Machines ........................ 137
A-11 Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers ........................................................................ 138
B-1 Room Air Conditioner, Room Air-Conditioning Heat Pump, Packaged Terminal Air
Conditioner, and Packaged Terminal Heat Pump Test Methods ................................................ 71
B-2 Standards for Room Air Conditioners and Room Air-Conditioning Heat Pumps ................ 103
B-3 Standards for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Heat
Pumps ..................................................................................................................................................... 103
C-1 Central Air Conditioner Test Methods .............................................................................................. 72
C-2 Standards for Single Phase Air-Cooled Air Conditioners with Cooling Capacity Less Than
65,000 Btu Per Hour and Single Phase Air-Source Heat Pumps with Cooling Capacity Less
Than 65,000 Btu Per Hour, Not Subject to EPAct .......................................................................... 104
C-3 Standards for Air-Cooled Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps Subject to EPAct
(Standards Effective January 1, 2010 Do Not Apply to Single Package Vertical Air
Conditioners) ........................................................................................................................................ 105
C-4 Standards for Evaporatively Cooled Air Conditioners ................................................................ 105
C-5 Standards for Water-Cooled Air Conditioners and Water-Source Heat Pumps .................... 106

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C-6 Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat
Pumps Manufactured on or After January 1, 2010 ....................................................................... 106
C-7 Standards for Air-Cooled Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps ............................. 129
C-8 Standards for Ground Water-Source and Ground-Source Heat Pumps ................................. 139
C-9 Standards for Air-Cooled Computer Room Air Conditioners ................................................... 139
C-10 Standards for Water-Cooled, Glycol-Cooled, and Evaporatively-Cooled Computer
Room Air Conditioners ....................................................................................................................... 140
D-1 Spot Air Conditioner, Ceiling Fan, Ceiling Fan Light Kit, Evaporative Cooler, Whole
House Fan, Residential Exhaust Fan, and Dehumidifier Test Methods ..................................... 73
D-2 Standards for Dehumidifiers ............................................................................................................. 108
E-1 Gas and Oil Space Heater Test Methods ........................................................................................... 74
E-2 Standards for Gas Wall Furnaces, Floor Furnaces, and Room Heaters .................................... 108
E-3 Standards for Gas- and Oil-Fired Central Boilers and Electric Residential Boilers ................ 109
E-4 Standards for Gas- and Oil-Fired Central Furnaces ...................................................................... 110
E-5 Standards for Boilers ........................................................................................................................... 141
E-6 Standards for Furnaces ....................................................................................................................... 141
E-7 Standards for Duct Furnaces ............................................................................................................. 142
E-8 Standards for Unit Heaters Manufactured Before August 8, 2008 ............................................ 142
F-1 Small Water Heater Test Methods ...................................................................................................... 75
F-2 Large Water Heater Test Methods ..................................................................................................... 76
F-3 Standards for Large Water Heaters (Effective October 29, 2003) ............................................... 111
F-4 Standards for Small Federally-Regulated Water Heaters ............................................................ 112
F-5 Standards for Small Water Heaters That Are Not Federally-Regulated Consumer
Products ................................................................................................................................................. 143
G Pool Heater Test Methods .................................................................................................................... 82
H-1 Standards for Plumbing Fittings ....................................................................................................... 113
H-2 Standards for Tub Spout Diverters ................................................................................................... 145
I Standards for Plumbing Fixtures ...................................................................................................... 114
J-1 Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts and Replacement Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts ...... 114
J-2 Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts ........................................................................................ 115
K-1 Standards for Federally-Regulated General Service Fluorescent Lamps ................................. 115
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K-2 Standards for Federally-Regulated Incandescent Reflector Lamps ...................................... 116
K-3 Standards for Medium Base Compact Fluorescent Lamps ................................................... 117
K-4 Standards for Federally-Regulated General Service Incandescent Lamps .............................. 118
K-5 Standards for Federally-Regulated Modified Spectrum General Service Incandescent
Lamps ..................................................................................................................................................... 118
K-6 Standards for Federally-Regulated Candelabra Base Incandescent Lamps and Intermediate
Base Incandescent Lamps ................................................................................................................... 118
K-7 Standards for State-Regulated General Service Incandescent Lamps ....................................... 146
K-8 Standards for State-Regulated Incandescent Reflector Lamps .............................................. 147
K-9 Standards for State-Regulated General Service Incandescent Lamps – Tier I ..................... 147
K-10 Standards for State-Regulated General Service Lamps – Tier II ........................................... 147
K-11 Standards for State-Regulated Modified Spectrum General Service Incandescent Lamps --
Tier I ........................................................................................................................................................ 148
L-1 Ultrasound Maximum Decibel Levels ............................................................................................. 150
M-1 Standards for Traffic Signals for Vehicle and Pedestrian Control ............................................. 119
M-2 Standards for Traffic Signal Modules for Pedestrian Control Sold or Offered for Sale in
California ............................................................................................................................................... 115
N-1 Standards for Metal Halide Luminaires Manufactured Before January 1, 2009 ..................... 152
N-2 Standards for Under-Cabinet Luminaires ...................................................................................... 154
N-3 Minimum Requirements for Portable LED Luminaires and Portable Luminaires with
LED Light Engines with Integral Heat Sink ................................................................................... 155
O Standards for Dishwashers ................................................................................................................ 120
P-1 Clothes Washer Test Methods ............................................................................................................. 85
P-2 Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Clothes Washers .................................................. 120
P-3 Water Efficiency Standards for Clothes Washers .......................................................................... 132
Q Standards for Clothes Dryers ............................................................................................................ 121
R Cooking Product and Food Service Equipment Test Methods .................................................... 86
S-1 Standards for Electric Motors ............................................................................................................ 122
S-2 Standards for Electric Motors Manufactured on or After December 19, 2010......................... 123
T-1 Normal Impedance Ranges for Liquid-Immersed Transformers ................................................ 56
T-2 Normal Impedance Ranges for Dry-Type Transformers ............................................................... 57
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T-3 Standards for Low-Voltage, Dry-Type Distribution Transformers ........................................... 123
T-4 Standards for Liquid-Immersed Distribution Transformers ...................................................... 124
T-5 Standards for Medium-Voltage, Dry-Type Distribution Transformers ................................... 125
U-1 Standards for Class A External Power Supplies that are Federally Regulated ....................... 126
U-2 Standards for State-Regulated External Power Supplies Effective January / July 2007 ....... 157
U-3 Standards for State-Regulated External Power Supplies Effective July 1, 2008 ...................... 157
V-1 Standards for Consumer Audio and Video Equipment .............................................................. 158
V-2 Standards for Televisions ................................................................................................................... 158
W-1 Standards for Large Battery Charger Systems ............................................................................... 159
W-2 Standards for Small Battery Charger Systems ............................................................................... 160
X Data Submittal Requirements .................................................................................................... 167-193
Y Requirements for Marking of Federally-Regulated Commercial and Industrial
Equipment ............................................................................................................................................. 208

(This List of Tables is not part of the Regulations but is provided for the convenience of the reader.)

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