1 Scope
This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.
This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the
design and construction of pedestrian controlled walk-behind electrically powered lawnmowers . This standard applies in conjunction with EN 60335‑1.
This European Standard does not apply to
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lawn trimmers , lawn edge trimmers , lawn edgers , flail mowers , scrub cutters, automatic (robot) lawn mowers, sickle-bar mowers, agricultural mowers,
trailing seat/sulky units , ride-on machines or non- powered lawnmowers
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rotary lawnmowers for which the cutting means is a generally circular central drive unit on which is
mounted, either one or more non-metallic filaments or one or more non-metallic, pivotally
mounted cutting elements. These cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve
cutting, with the kinetic energy of a single cutting element not exceeding 10 J,
– battery powered lawnmowers with a rated voltage of the battery more than 42 V d.c.
Requirements for battery chargers, including those incorporated into the machine ar...