Laboratorio CONSULTAR perfoms electric safety type tests in these areas:
- Household and similar electrical appliances
- Medical electrical equipment
- Luminaires
- Information technology equipment
- Hand-held motor-operated electric tools
- Appliances used for domestic refrigeration
Household and similar electrical appliances - audio, video and similar electronic apparatus.
Among The norms applied for testing domestic appliances and electrical products these are the most relevant:
| IEC Norm |
IRAM Norm |
Description |
| IEC 60335 |
IRAM 2092 |
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety |
| IEC 60065 |
IRAM 4029 |
Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements |
| IEC 60950 |
|
Information technology equipment: General requirements |
| IEC 60598 |
IRAM AADL-J 2028 |
Luminaires: General requirements and tests |
| IEC 60745 |
|
Hand-held motor-operated electric tools - Safety : General requirements |
| IEC 61029 |
|
Safety of transportable motor-operated electric tools - General requirements |
| IEC 60034 |
|
Rotating electrical machines - Rating and performance |
| IEC 60974 |
|
Arc welding equipment - Welding power sources |
| IEC 61010 |
|
Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use - General requirements |
Energetic Efficiency
In order to perform energetic efficiency test reports Consultar has all the necessary equipment to register onto PC the measurable variables required. This not only allows to obtain a final value but also performs a close inspection on the evolution of power consumption, measuring every 2 seconds.
There is also equipment capable of measuring environmental noise and a chamber sector of excellent acustic isolation to test the noise produced by the samples.
Among the norms applied for these tests these are the most relevant:
| IRAM Norm |
Description |
| IRAM 2404-1 |
- Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
- Specification of energy consumption and noise level.
- Procedures for the measurement of electric energy consumption and associated features.
|
| IRAM 2120-2 |
- Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
- Refrigerators with or without low temperature chamber.
- Tests procedures and features.
|
| IRAM 2120-3 |
- Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
- Refrigerators.
- Coolers.
- Refrigerators with Freezer.
- Tests procedures and features.
|
| IRAM 2120-4 |
- Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
- Refrigerators with or without low temperature chamber to freeze and keep food.
|
| IRAM 2120-5 |
- Household frost-free refrigerating appliances.
- Refrigerators, refrigerador with freezers, frozen food storage cabinets and food freezers cooled by internal forced air circulation.
- Characteristics and test methods.
|
Electromedical Appliances
Laboratorio CONSULTAR was acknowledged by the National Food, Medicine and Medical Technology Administration (Administración Nacional de Alimentos, Medicamentos y Tecnología Médica, ANMAT) to perform tests on medical products.
Among the norms applied for electromedic equipment tests these are the most relevant:
| IEC Norm |
IRAM Norm |
Description |
| IEC 60601 |
IRAM 4220 |
Medical electrical equipment - All Parts. |