# Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Residential Clothes Dryers
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2013-08-14 · Effective 2013-09-13 · 78 FR 49608
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-18931
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 49608
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 429
- **Publication date:** 2013-08-14
- **Effective date:** 2013-09-13
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. EERE-2011-BT-TP-0054
## Abstract

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to amend the test procedures for residential clothes dryers. DOE also published a supplemental NOPR (SNOPR) on February 7, 2013, to propose additional amendments to the clothes dryer test procedure. Those proposed rulemakings serve as the basis for today's action. This final rule updates the reference to the latest edition of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard 62301, "Household electrical appliances--Measurement of standby power," Edition 2.0 2011-01. For the test procedures at both appendix D and appendix D1 to the same subpart, DOE is adopting amendments to clarify the cycle settings used for the test cycle, the requirements for the gas supply for gas clothes dryers, the installation conditions for console lights, the method for measuring the drum capacity, the maximum allowable weighing scale range, and the allowable use of a relative humidity meter. This final rule also amends the DOE clothes dryer test procedure to create a new appendix D2 that includes the amendments discussed above and testing methods for more accurately measuring the effects of automatic cycle termination.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/08/14/2013-18931/energy-conservation-program-test-procedures-for-residential-clothes-dryers)
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