2016 Appliance Efficiency Regulations

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by  California Energy Commission

2016 APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS
CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION January 2017
CEC - 400 - 2017 - 002
California Energy Commission

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION

Robert B. Weisenmiller, Ph.D.
Chair

Karen Douglas, J.D.
J. Andrew McAllister, Ph.D.
David Hochschild
Janea A. Scott
Commissioners

Carlos Baez
Ben Fischel
Betty Chrisman
Jared Babula
Primary Authors

Leah Mohney
Supervisor
Appliances Unit

Kristen Driskell
Manager
Appliances and Outreach and Education Office

Dave Ashuckian, P.E.
Deputy Director
Efficiency Division

Robert P. Oglesby
Executive Director

DISCLAIMER
Staff members of the California Energy Commission prepared this report. As such, it does not necessarily
represent the views of the Energy Commission, its employees, or the State of California. The Energy
Commission, the State of California, its employees, contractors and subcontractors make no warrant, express
or implied, and assume no legal liability for the information in this report; nor does any party represent that
the uses of this information will not infringe upon privately owned rights. This report has not been
approved or disapproved by the Energy Commission nor has the Commission passed upon the accuracy or
adequacy of the information in this report.
ABSTRACT

The current Appliance Efficiency Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections
1601 through 1609), dated January 2016, contain amendments that were incorporated due to new
standards for state-regulated appliances that were approved by the Office of Administrative Law
through December 31, 2016, and replace 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
nonfederally-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, exit signs, traffic signal modules, traffic signal lamps,
luminaires, torchieres, portable lighting fixtures, metal halide luminaires, high intensity discharge
fixtures, HID fixtures, undercabinet 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, battery charger

Baez, Carlos, Ben Fischel, Betty Chrisman, and Jared Babula. 2017. 2016 Appliance Efficiency
Regulations. California Energy Commission. Publication Number: CEC-410-2017-002

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Title Page

TITLE 20 APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS
1601. Scope. ................................................................................................................... 1
1602. Definitions. ............................................................................................................. 5
1602.1 Rules Of Construction. ........................................................................................ 97
1603. Testing: All Appliances. ....................................................................................... 98
1604. Test Methods For Specific Appliances. ............................................................ 101
1605. Energy Performance, Energy Design, Water Performance, and Water Design
Standards: In General. ...................................................................................... 135
1605.1. Federal and State Standards for Federally-Regulated Appliances. ................. 138
1605.2. State Standards for Federally-Regulated Appliances. ..................................... 196
1605.3. State Standards for Non-Federally-Regulated Appliances. ............................. 201
1606. Filing by Manufacturers; Listing of Appliances in Database. ........................... 234
1607. Marking of Appliances. ...................................................................................... 286
1608. Compliance, Enforcement, and General Administrative Matters. .................... 296
1609. Administrative Civil Penalties. ........................................................................... 303

(This Table of Contents is not part of the Regulations but is provided for the reader’s convenience.)

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LIST OF TABLES
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T-1 Normal Impedance Ranges for Liquid-Immersed Transformers .................... 81
T-2 Normal Impedance Ranges for Dry-Type Transformers ................................ 81
A-1 Non-Commercial Refrigerator, Refrigerator-Freezer, and Freezer Test
Methods........................................................................................................ 101
A-2 Commercial Refrigerator, Refrigerator-Freezer, and Freezer Test Methods102
B-1 Room Air Conditioner, Room Air-Conditioning Heat Pump, Packaged
Terminal Air Conditioner, and Packaged Terminal Heat Pump Test
Methods........................................................................................................ 102
C-1 Central Air Conditioner Test Methods .......................................................... 104
C-2 Air Filter Test Methods ................................................................................. 105
D-1 Spot Air Conditioner, Ceiling Fan, Ceiling Fan Light Kit, Evaporative Cooler,
Whole House Fan, Residential Exhaust Fan, and Dehumidifier Test
Methods........................................................................................................ 105
E-1 Gas and Oil Space Heater Test Methods .................................................... 106
F-1 Small Water Heater Test Methods ............................................................... 107
G-1 Pool Heater Test Methods ........................................................................... 114
Percentage Time of Operation Table ........................................................................... 118
K-1 Test Methods for State-Regulated LED Lamps and LED State-Regulated
Small Diameter Directional Lamps ............................................................... 120
A-3 Standards for Non-Commercial Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and
Freezers ....................................................................................................... 139
A-4 Standards for Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers with a Self-Contained
Condensing Unit That are Not Commercial Hybrid Units ............................. 141
A-5 Standards for Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers with a Remote
Condensing Unit That are Not Commercial Hybrid Units ............................. 142
A-6 Standards for Commercial Ice Cream Freezers That are Not Commercial
Hybrid Units and Are Manufactured on or After January 1, 2012 ................ 143
A-7 Standards for Cube Type Automatic Commercial Ice Makers Manufactured
on or After January 1, 2010, and Before January 28, 2018 ......................... 145
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A-8 Standards for Batch Type Automatic Commercial Ice Makers Manufactured
on or After January 28, 2018 ........................................................................ 146
A-9 Standards for Continuous Type Automatic Commercial Ice Makers
Manufactured on or After January 28, 2018 ................................................. 147
A-10 Standards for Refrigerated Canned and Bottled Beverage Vending
Machines Manufactured On or After August 31, 2012 ................................. 149
B-2 Standards for Room Air Conditioners and Room Air-Conditioning Heat
Pumps Manufactured On or After October 1, 2000 and Before
June 1, 2014 ................................................................................................ 150
B-3 Standards for Room Air Conditioners and Room Air-Conditioning Heat
Pumps Manufactured On or After June 1, 2014 ........................................... 151
B-4 Standards for Non-Standard Size Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and
Non-Standard Size Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps Manufactured On or
After October 7, 2010 ................................................................................... 152
B-5 Standards for Standard Size Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and
Standard Size Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps Manufactured On or After
October 8, 2012 ........................................................................................... 152
C-3 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 ... 153
C-4 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) ................................................... 154
C-5 Standards for Water-Cooled Air Conditioners, Evaporatively Cooled Air
Conditioners, and Water-Source Heat Pumps ............................................. 155
C-6 Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package
Vertical Heat Pumps Manufactured on or After January 1, 2010 ................. 156
C-7 Standards for Computer Room Air Conditioners .......................................... 156
C-8 Standards for Variable Refrigerant Flow Multi-Split Air Conditioners and
Heat Pumps.................................................................................................. 157
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D-2 Standards for Dehumidifiers ......................................................................... 159
E-2 Standards for Gas Wall Furnaces, Floor Furnaces, and Room Heaters ...... 160
E-3 Standards for Gas- and Oil-Fired Central Boilers < 300,000 Btu/hour Input
and Electric Residential Boilers .................................................................... 161
E-4 Standards for Gas- and Oil-Fired Packaged Boilers ≥ 300,000 Btu/hour
Input ........................................................................................................... 162
E-5 Standards for Commercial Gas- and Oil-Fired Central Furnaces ................ 162
E-6 Standards for Gas- and Oil-Fired Central Furnaces Less Than 225,000
Btu/hour Input And Residential Electric Furnaces ........................................ 163
F-2 Standards for Large Water Heaters Effective October 29, 2003 .................. 164
F-3 Standards for Small Federally-Regulated Water Heaters ............................ 165
G-2 Standards for Gas-Fired Pool Heaters and Oil-Fired Pool Heaters ............. 165
H-1 Standards for Plumbing Fittings ................................................................... 166
J-1 Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts and Replacement Fluorescent
Lamp Ballasts ............................................................................................... 168
J-2 Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts1 ................................................... 168
J-3 Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Ballast Luminous Efficiency
Applicable to Models Described in Section 1605.1(j)(3) .............................. 169
J-4 Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Ballast Luminous Efficiency
Applicable to Models Described in Section 1605.1(j)(5) .............................. 171
K-2 Standards for Federally-Regulated General Service Fluorescent Lamps
Manufactured Before July 15, 2012 ............................................................. 171
K-3 Standards for Federally-Regulated General Service Fluorescent Lamps
Manufactured On or After July 15, 2012 ...................................................... 172
K-4 Standards for Federally-Regulated Incandescent Reflector Lamps
Manufactured Before July 15, 2012 ............................................................. 173
K-5 Standards for Federally-Regulated Incandescent Reflector Lamps
Manufactured On or After July 15, 2012 ...................................................... 173
K-6 Standards for Medium Base Compact Fluorescent Lamps .......................... 173
K-7 Standards for Federally-Regulated General Service Incandescent Lamps . 174
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K-8 Standards for Federally-Regulated Modified Spectrum General Service
Incandescent Lamps .................................................................................... 175
K-9 Standards for Federally Regulated Candelabra Base Incandescent Lamps
and Intermediate Base Incandescent Lamps ............................................... 175
M-1 Standards for Traffic Signals for Vehicle and Pedestrian Control ................ 176
N-1 ..................................................................................................................... 177
O Standards for Dishwashers .......................................................................... 178
P-1 Standards for Residential Clothes Washers Manufactured On or After
January 1, 2007 and Manufactured Before March 7, 2015 .......................... 178
P-2 Standards for Residential Clothes Washers Manufactured On or After
March 7, 2015 .............................................................................................. 179
P-3 Standards for Commercial Clothes Washers ............................................... 179
Q-1 Standards for Clothes Dryers Manufactured On or After May 14, 1994 and
Manufactured Before January 1, 2015 ......................................................... 180
Q-2 Standards for Vented Electric Clothes Dryers, Ventless Electric Clothes
Dryers, and Vented Gas Clothes Dryers Manufactured On or After
January 1, 2015 ........................................................................................... 180
R-2 Standards for Microwave Ovens Manufactured On or After
June 17, 2016 .............................................................................................. 181
S-1 Standards for Electric Motors ....................................................................... 182
S-2 Standards for Small Electric Motors ............................................................. 182
S-3 Standards for Subtype I General Purpose Electric Motors (EXCEPT Fire
Pump Motors) Manufactured on or After December 19, 2010 ..................... 184
S-4 Standards for Fire Pump Electric Motors Manufactured On or After
December 19, 2010 ...................................................................................... 185
S-5 Standards for General Purpose Electric Motors (Subtype II) Manufactured
On or After December 19, 2010 ................................................................... 186
S-6 Standards for NEMA Design B Electric Motors Manufactured On or After
December 19, 2010 ...................................................................................... 186
T-3 Standards for Low-Voltage Dry-Type Distribution Transformers ................. 187
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T-4 Standards for Liquid-Immersed Distribution Transformers .......................... 188
T-5 Standards for Medium-Voltage Dry-Type Distribution Transformers
Manufactured On or After January 1, 2010 and Prior to January 1, 2016 ... 189
T-6 Standards for Medium-Voltage Dry-Type Distribution Transformers
Manufactured On or After January 1, 2016 .................................................. 189
U-1 Standards for Class A External Power Supplies That are Federally
Regulated ..................................................................................................... 191
U-2 Federal Standards for Direct Operation External Power Supplies ............... 192
A-11 Standards for Wine Chillers ......................................................................... 201
A-12 Standards for Freezers that are Consumer Products .................................. 201
A-13 Standards for Wine Chillers that are Not Consumer Products and That
Are Manufactured Before January 1, 2012 .................................................. 202
C-9 Standards for Ground Water-Source and Ground-Source Heat Pumps ...... 203
C-10 Standards for Evaporatively Cooled Computer Room Air Conditioners ....... 204
E-7 Standards for Boilers .................................................................................... 205
E-8 Standards for Furnaces ................................................................................ 205
E-9 Standards for Duct Furnaces ....................................................................... 205
F-4 Standards for Small Water Heaters that are Not Federally-Regulated
Consumer Products ..................................................................................... 207
H-2 Standards for Tub Spout Diverters ............................................................... 209
H-3 Standards for Lavatory Faucets and Aerators ............................................. 210
H-4 Standards for Kitchen Faucets and Aerators and Public Lavatory Faucets
and Aerators ................................................................................................. 210
H-5 Standards for Showerheads ......................................................................... 211
I-2 Standards for Plumbing Fixtures .................................................................. 211
K-10 Standards for State-Regulated Incandescent Reflector Lamps ................... 212
K- 11 Standards for State-Regulated General Service Incandescent
Lamps - Tier I ............................................................................................... 213
K- 12 Standards for State-Regulated General Service Lamps -Tier II ................... 213

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