Department Fans Division, Vikhroli Lab

Issued by Testing Team

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electrical Limited.
Issued to Design team, Internal Quality team

Standard operating procedure – Heating Test

To streamline the procedure for testing and receiving the samples for sourced products

Purpose: To test in-house (R&D) and source final samples to perform the product safety test against
heating.

Scope: To validate the final samples made by Crompton/ vendor.

Responsibility: Fans Design team and Quality team.

Standard: As per IS 374:2019, IS 302-1, IS 302-2-80(Clause 11).

Tolerance on instruments ratings as per standard:

a) Limits of error of electrical Measuring instruments: Ammeter, voltmeter, and watt meters used
for tests shall have an accuracy of class 0.5 or better.
b) The variation in the voltage shall not exceed ±1%.
c) Power factor- tolerance minimum 0.02, Max 0.07 (requirement >0.9).
d) Fan speed ±10 percent.
e) Power Input +20 percent.
f) The temperature rise of the body of the motor is determined instead of the temperature rise of
the windings.

Date SOP Issued Issue No SOP_BLDC_CF_001

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 Department Fans Division, Vikhroli Lab
Issued by Testing Team
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electrical Limited.
Issued to Design team, Internal Quality team

Standard operating procedure – Heating Test

To streamline the procedure for testing and receiving the samples for sourced products

Test Setup:
 Test Corner Design:
o Dull Black painted plywood 20mm thick is used as the test corner as shown below.

 Thermocouples used for determining the temperature rise of the surface of the walls, ceiling,
and floor of the test corner are attached to the back of the small, blackened disks of copper or
brass which is 15mm in diameter and 1mm thick.
 Temperature rise of the winding is determined by the resistance method. In case of any
difficulty, we can use a thermocouple for temperature measurement.
 Temperature rises other than windings are determined by means of fine wire thermocouples,
positioned so that they have minimum effect on the temperature of the part under test.
 Thermocouple diameter is 0.3mm which is a fine wire thermocouple.
 Appliances normally fixed to a ceiling are fixed underneath horizontal support.
 This test corner is installed inside the enclosed room to get temperature stability.

Date SOP Issued Issue No SOP_BLDC_CF_001

SOP Revision Date 00 Rev. No 00
Prepared by Vijay Tambatkar Reviewed/Approved by
Date Date:
 Department Fans Division, Vikhroli Lab
Issued by Testing Team
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electrical Limited.
Issued to Design team, Internal Quality team

Standard operating procedure – Heating Test

To streamline the procedure for testing and receiving the samples for sourced products

Test procedure as applicable

Step 1:
Attach the thermocouple to measure the temperature rise at places of insulation where failure could
cause. The following are the critical test points:
Sr NO. Test Points Max Limit
1 L2 Coil 75
2 Terminal Block 45
3 Electrolytic Capacitor 35
4 MOV1 35
5 Fuse 45
6 PCB 105
7 Plastic Enclosure 45
8 Class B Motor Winding Δ70°C for thermocouple
method

Step 2:
After mounting the ceiling fan, at the beginning of the test, the temperature of all the measurement
parts is maintained at the ambient temperature of 27 ±5°C.
After that set the ambient test temperature(t1) to 40°C (+3°C tolerance)

Step 3:
The supply input voltage to the fan with the most unfavorable i.e. 1.06 times the rated voltage.

Step 2:
The duration of the test is the most unfavorable condition of normal use. (We can set it to 3 Hours)

Step 5:
During the test, temperatures of all parts are monitored continuously, and they should not cross the
max their max limit.

Note:
 Motor Operated at Normal Operation.
 Supplied with the most unfavorable voltage between 0.94 times and 1.06 times the rated
voltage.
 Duration of the test is the most unfavorable condition of normal use.

Date SOP Issued Issue No SOP_BLDC_CF_001

SOP Revision Date 00 Rev. No 00
Prepared by Vijay Tambatkar Reviewed/Approved by
Date Date:
 Department Fans Division, Vikhroli Lab
Issued by Testing Team
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electrical Limited.
Issued to Design team, Internal Quality team

Standard operating procedure – Heating Test

To streamline the procedure for testing and receiving the samples for sourced products

 The protective device shall not operate during the test, except protective electronic circuits
are allowed to operate, provided they are tested for the following number of cycle of
operations:

Date SOP Issued Issue No SOP_BLDC_CF_001

SOP Revision Date 00 Rev. No 00
Prepared by Vijay Tambatkar Reviewed/Approved by
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