		Class Description

CLASS NUMBER:

2871-02

DESCRIPTION:

HEATERS-Miscellaneous

COVERAGE:

Electric blankets, replacement heater elements, heat transfer presses, branding iron plastic bag sealers, insecticide vapourizers, wax coaters, charcoal lighters, aquarium heaters, electric toilets and similar appliances,cord-connected or permanently-connected, household or commercial. This category does not include heating pads, automobile interior heaters, automobile engine block heaters or battery warmers.

REQUIREMENTS:

CSA Standard C22.2 No 0	General Requirements - Canadian Electrical Code, Part II
CSA Standard C22.2 No 0.4	Bonding and Grounding of Electrical Equipment (Protective Grounding)
CSA Standard C22.2 No 64	Household Cooking and Liquid-Heating Appliances
CSA Standard C22.2 No 72	Heating and Heater Elements (Replacement Types)
CSA Standard C22.2 No 88	Industrial Heating Equipment
CSA Standard C22.2 No 101	Electrically Heated Bedding
CSA Standard C22.2 No 122	Hand-Held Electrically Heated Tools (and other reference standards)

The certified equipment appearing in this classification is judged to comply with the applicable requirements of the NFPA-70 National Electrical Code (NEC) subject to the following qualification(s):

Appliances employing resistance-type heating elements rated more than 48A have the heating elements subdivided. Each subdivided load does not exceed 48A and is protected at 60A max.

NOTES:

Heater elements are certified for use only in equipment where the acceptability of the combination is determined by CSA International.

MARKING:

submittor's identification;
model designation or equivalent;
complete electrical rating;
date code or equivalent;
additional markings as may be required;
CSA Monogram.

In addition, equipment intended for display, sale or use in the USA, is required to include other information such as warning statements, installation instructions, etc., as may be specified in the NEC.

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