AHAM AC-7-2022 ✓ Most Recent

This document specifies requirements for power measurement and energy calculation for consumer room air cleaners. It specifies methods of measurement of electrical power consumption in Active Mode as well as Standby Mode as applicable. It is applicable to consumer room air cleaners with a rated input voltage or voltage range that lies wholly or partly in the range 48 V a.c. to 250 V a.c.

The scope of products is found in ANSI/AHAM AC-1, AHAM AC-4 and AHAM AC-5, and defined as a consumer room air cleaner per the definitions specified in 2.1. Battery powered consumer room air cleaners are exempt as the definitions cover corded or fixed products. Those products that use external power supplies are not exempt from these requirements.

Informative Note: The purpose of this standard is to have one standard for measurement of energy of air cleaners. The standard is designed in such a way to maximize the validity, repeatability and reproducibility of the testing, and thus to give manufacturers, public information groups and consumers information to compare air cleaners. AHAM recognizes that not all consumers will operate their air cleaner at maximum speed or conditions all the time. While it is possible to test air cleaners at different speeds and settings, the difficulty is to arrive at a consistent speed or function setting on all air cleaners for multiple manufacturers. The most consistent measurement for all air cleaners is to test at the Maximum Performance Test Setting.

Process Note: This Test Procedure suggests the measurement of power in pollutant reduction for particles but this test method may be used for reduction of other pollutants. At the time that other standards are published by ANSI, a working group can be established to modify this standard.