IEC 60730-2-9 applies to temperature sensing controls:
— for use in, on, or in association with equipment for household appliance and similar use, including equipment for heating, air-conditioning and similar applications. The equipment can use electricity, gas, oil, solid fuel, solar thermal energy, etc., or a combination thereof.
— for building automation within the scope of ISO 16484 series and IEC 63044 series (HBES/BACS),
— for equipment that is used by the public, such as equipment intended to be used in shops, offices, hospitals, farms and commercial and industrial applications,
— that are smart enabled controls,
— that are AC or DC powered controls with a rated voltage not exceeding 690 V AC or 600 V DC,
— used in, on, or in association with equipment that use electricity, gas, oil, solid fuel, solar thermal energy, etc., or a combination thereof,
— utilized as part of a control system or controls which are mechanically integral with multifunctional controls having non-electrical outputs,
— using NTC or PTC thermistors and to discrete thermistors, requirements for which are contained in Annex J;
— that have electrical circuits and control circuits which are, for example, operated by bimetals, magnet coils, memory metals, pressure elements, temperature-sensitive expansion elements or electronic elements.
— as well as manual controls when such are electrically and/or mechanically integral with automatic controls.
IEC 60730-2-9 applies to:
— the inherent safety of automatic electrical controls, and
— functional and safety related systems,
— controls where the performance (for example the effect of EMC phenomena) of the product can impair the overall safety and performance of the controlled system,
— the operating values, operating times, and operating sequences where such are associated with equipment safety and to the testing of automatic electrical temperature sensing control devices used in, or in association with, equipment,
— electrical safety of temperature sensing controls with non-electrical outputs such as refrigerant flow and gas controls,
— single-operation devices as defined in this standard.
This standard specifies the requirements for construction, operation and testing of automatic electrical controls used in, on, or in association with an equipment.
IEC 60730-2-9 does not apply to automatic electrical temperature sensing controls intended exclusively for industrial process applications unless explicitly mentioned in the relevant part 2 or the equipment standard. However, this standard can be applied to evaluate automatic electrical controls intended specifically for industrial applications in cases where no relevant safety standard exists.
It does not take into account the response value of an automatic action of a control, if such a response value is dependent upon the method of mounting the control in the equipment. Where a response value is of significant purpose for the protection of the user, or surroundings, the value defined in the appropriate equipment standard or as determined by the manufacturer will apply.
IEC 60730-2-9 does not address the integrity of the output signal to the network devices, such as interoperability with other devices unless it has been evaluated as part of the control system.
IEC 60730-2-9:2026 text has been approved in Europe as EN IEC 60730-2-9:2026 without any changes.
