Electrically heated hobby and educational type kilns

1.1

This Standard applies to cord-connected and permanently connected electrically heated pottery kilns for use on nominal system voltages of 600 V or less, designed to be used in accordance with the rules of CSA C22.1, Canadian Electrical Code, Part I.

1.2

This Standard does not apply to electrical equipment employing high-frequency currents or industrial heating equipment.

1.3

In this Standard, shall is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the Standard; should is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and may is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard.

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