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Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

October 22, 2016

Implementation date

April 1, 2017

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GB/T 2423.50-2025 (Environmental testing - Part 2: Test methods - Test Cy: Damp heat, steady state, accelerated test primarily intended for components) is available as an English-translated PDF.

GB/T 2423.50-2025 — This standard specifies the safety requirements related to the land transportation of room air-conditioner employed the flammable refrigerants (hereinafter shortly referred to as air conditioner) after exit-factory.

This standard applies to the room air-conditioner products as defined in GB/T 7725. The mobile air-conditioners as defined in GB/T 22257 AND the dehumidifier as defined in GB/T 19411 may make reference to this standard.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
97.030

Issued by: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC

Contents

  • Foreword...3
  • 1 Scope...4
  • 2 Normative references...4
  • 3 Terms and definitions...5
  • 4 Packaging requirements...6
  • 5 Vehicles and equipment...6
  • 6 Transport safety requirements...7
  • 7 Safety requirements for loading and unloading...8
  • 8 Storehouse...10
  • 9 Technical requirements of safety management system...11

Foreword

This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules of GB/T 1.1-2009.

This standard was proposed by the Federation of Light Industry.

This standard shall be under the jurisdiction of the National Household

Electrical Appliances Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC 46).

The drafting organizations of this standard. China Household Electrical

Appliances Association, Guangdong Media Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd.,

Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd., Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Limited

Company, TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., Hisense Kelon Electric

Co., Ltd., Ministry of Public Security Tianjin Fire Research Institute, Huazhong

University of Science and Technology.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the safety requirements related to the land

transportation of room air-conditioner employed the flammable refrigerants

(hereinafter shortly referred to as air conditioner) after exit-factory.

This standard applies to the room air-conditioner products as defined in GB/T

7725.

The mobile air-conditioners as defined in GB/T 22257 AND the dehumidifier as

defined in GB/T 19411 may make reference to this standard.

2 Normative references

The following documents are essential to the application of this document. For

the dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable

to this document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including

all the amendments) are applicable to this Standard.

GB 4706.32 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances -

Particular requirements for heat pumps, air-conditioner and dehumidifier

GB/T 7725 Room air conditioners

GB/T 7778 Number designation and safety classification of refrigerants

GB 13392 The vehicle mark for road transportation dangerous goods

GB 18565 Composite performance requirement and detecting methods for

road transport vehicles

GB/T 19411 Dehumidifiers

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions as defined in GB/T 7725 and GB 4706.32 AND the

following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1

Flammable refrigerant

The refrigerant classified into type A2 and A3 in accordance with GB/T

7778.

3.2

Air-conditioner transportation

The logistics activities of transporting the air conditioners from one place to

another, including collecting, distributing, handling, transferring, loading,

unloading and distribution.

3.3

Package

The general name of vessels, materials and auxiliary materials used to

protect the product, facilitate transportation, and prompt sale during the

circulation process in accordance with certain technical methods. AND it

also refers to the operational activities of applying a certain technical

method in the process of using the vessels, materials, and auxiliary

materials to achieve the aforementioned purposes.

4 Packaging requirements

4.1 Basic requirements

4.2 Packaging materials

4.2.1 The air-conditioners and their components which had been filled with

inflammable refrigerants shall use the packaging film made of anti-static

material.

5 Vehicles and equipment

5.1 Vehicles and equipment requirements

5.1.1 Transport vehicles may use general cargo trucks, AND the technical

conditions of the vehicle shall comply with the class I vehicle conditions as

specified in JT/T 198.

5.1.5 The vehicles shall be configured with the signs complying with GB 13392,

the side and tail shall be attached with orange white or red white reflective strip,

which shall be used in accordance with provisions.

5.1.6 The vehicles shall be equipped with the necessary communication tools.

5.2 Other requirements

5.2.1 Units engaged in air conditioner transport shall have the corresponding

facilities and equipment to ensure the safe transport of air conditioners.

5.2.2 It shall use the tools which will not produce sparks in loading and

unloading air conditioners, it is prohibited of smoking in the carriage, AND the

vehicle shall be kept away from open fire or high temperature places. The

vehicle shall be installed of the grounding line, which shall be regularly

checked.

6 Transport safety requirements

6.1 Pre-transportation requirements

6.1.1 The driver and relevant staff shall be noticed of the knowledge on

transporting this type of air-conditioner product.

6.1.4 The air-conditioner shall be fixed tightly before being transported to avoid

movement or friction, AND meanwhile the fixation method shall not cause the

damage to the cargo or packaging box.

6.1.5 Check whether the cargo is stacked neatly, and the height shall not

exceed the stacking height as specified on the package.

6.1.6 During van truck transportation or container transportation, if there is gap

more than 10 cm between the air-conditioner and the side wall of the container

or van truck carriage, it shall be filled by non-inflammable materials.

6.2 Transportation process requirements

6.2.1 During transport, it shall control the vehicle speed, keep safe distance,

avoid illegal overtaking, AND avoid emergency braking as far as possible.

6.2.2 It shall not be close to open fire during transportation.
6.2.6 If cargo loss occurs due to cargo package damage in the transportation

process, it must keep away from the vehicle for 3 m before reporting to the

shipper immediately.

7 Safety requirements for loading and unloading

7.1 Basic requirements

7.1.1 The cargos shall be immediately unloaded after reaching to the

unloading point, AND it shall be under the custody by special person during

cargo unloading.

7.1.2 During loading and unloading, it is prohibited for blocking the fire engine

access. The driver shall ensure the unblocked communication AND not move

away from the vehicle.

7.1.9 The loading and unloading site shall be equipped with the dry powder fire

extinguisher or other appropriate firefighting devices in the valid period.

7.2 Loading and unloading operation requirements

7.2.1 During loading and unloading, the engine of the transportation vehicle

must be shut down and the power supply cut off.

7.2.2 During loading and unloading, it shall arrange a special person to be

responsible for the site custody to check the safety risks. If requiring moving

the vehicle, it shall first close the carriage door or fence board.

7.2.3 The loading and unloading must gentle to avoid falling down, AND it is

prohibited for throwing, heavy load, or inverse, etc.

7.2.4 The loading and unloading shall be made in open area, AND it shall be

equipped with ventilation system if loading and unloading is made in a closed

region.

7.2.7 During loading and unloading, if the air-conditioner is falling from height

OR the package is damaged due to other external force, it must place the

air-conditioner in an open or ventilation hole, AND notice the repairman to

make detection and maintenance.

7.2.8 When using the internal combustion forklift to support loading and

unloading, it shall not let the tail gas vent towards the air-conditioner.

7.2.9 The loading and unloading of van truck shall comply with the container

loading and unloading requirements.

8 Storehouse

8.1 The storehouse shall comply with the fire protection design requirements of

GB 50016.

8.2 The fire extinguisher configuration of the storehouse shall comply with the

relevant provisions of GB 50140.

8.6 The storehouse shall be equipped with explosion-proof lighting fixtures.

8.7 It is preferable for the power distribution lines to pass through metallic

conduit, OR use enclosed metallic trunk or plastic tube made from

hard-inflammable materials. In the storehouse, it shall not connect power

cables arbitrarily or increase the power consumption equipment.

8.8 The general power switch in the storehouse shall be located outside the

yard.

8.9 When stacking the products, the package surface attached flame sign shall

be exposed.

8.10 It shall reserve channels between the stacked products and the wall.

8.11 It shall not stack any inflammable materials within the storehouse. The

room air-conditioner using inflammable refrigerants shall be separated from

other air-conditioner area, AND provided with fire warning signs.

9 Technical requirements of safety management system

The enterprise shall follow the relevant national laws and regulations to

establish the safety management system.

QB/T 4976-2016

QB

LIGHT INDUSTRY STANDARD

ICS 97.030

Classification number. Y61

Registration number. 56432-2016

Particular requirements for transportation of room

air-conditioner employed the flammable refrigerants

Issued on. OCTOBER 22, 2016

Implemented on. APRIL 01, 2017

Issued by. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC

Table of Contents

Foreword... 3

1 Scope... 4

2 Normative references... 4

3 Terms and definitions... 5

4 Packaging requirements... 6

5 Vehicles and equipment... 6

6 Transport safety requirements... 7

7 Safety requirements for loading and unloading... 8

8 Storehouse... 10

9 Technical requirements of safety management system... 11

Foreword

This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules of GB/T 1.1-2009.

This standard was proposed by the Federation of Light Industry.

This standard shall be under the jurisdiction of the National Household

Electrical Appliances Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC 46).

The drafting organizations of this standard. China Household Electrical

Appliances Association, Guangdong Media Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd.,

Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd., Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Limited

Company, TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., Hisense Kelon Electric

Co., Ltd., Ministry of Public Security Tianjin Fire Research Institute, Huazhong

University of Science and Technology.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the safety requirements related to the land

transportation of room air-conditioner employed the flammable refrigerants

(hereinafter shortly referred to as air conditioner) after exit-factory.

This standard applies to the room air-conditioner products as defined in GB/T

7725.

The mobile air-conditioners as defined in GB/T 22257 AND the dehumidifier as

defined in GB/T 19411 may make reference to this standard.

2 Normative references

The following documents are essential to the application of this document. For

the dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable

to this document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including

all the amendments) are applicable to this Standard.

GB 4706.32 Safety of household and similar electrical appliances -

Particular requirements for heat pumps, air-conditioner and dehumidifier

GB/T 7725 Room air conditioners

GB/T 7778 Number designation and safety classification of refrigerants

GB 13392 The vehicle mark for road transportation dangerous goods

GB 18565 Composite performance requirement and detecting methods for

road transport vehicles

GB/T 19411 Dehumidifiers

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions as defined in GB/T 7725 and GB 4706.32 AND the

following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1

Flammable refrigerant

The refrigerant classified into type A2 and A3 in accordance with GB/T

7778.

3.2

Air-conditioner transportation

The logistics activities of transporting the air conditioners from one place to

another, including collecting, distributing, handling, transferring, loading,

unloading and distribution.

3.3

Package

The general name of vessels, materials and auxiliary materials used to

protect the product, facilitate transportation, and prompt sale during the

circulation process in accordance with certain technical methods. AND it

also refers to the operational activities of applying a certain technical

method in the process of using the vessels, materials, and auxiliary

materials to achieve the aforementioned purposes.

4 Packaging requirements

4.1 Basic requirements

4.2 Packaging materials

4.2.1 The air-conditioners and their components which had been filled with

inflammable refrigerants shall use the packaging film made of anti-static

material.

5 Vehicles and equipment

5.1 Vehicles and equipment requirements

5.1.1 Transport vehicles may use general cargo trucks, AND the technical

conditions of the vehicle shall comply with the class I vehicle conditions as

specified in JT/T 198.

5.1.5 The vehicles shall be configured with the signs complying with GB 13392,

the side and tail shall be attached with orange white or red white reflective strip,

which shall be used in accordance with provisions.

5.1.6 The vehicles shall be equipped with the necessary communication tools.

5.2 Other requirements

5.2.1 Units engaged in air conditioner transport shall have the corresponding

facilities and equipment to ensure the safe transport of air conditioners.

5.2.2 It shall use the tools which will not produce sparks in loading and

unloading air conditioners, it is prohibited of smoking in the carriage, AND the

vehicle shall be kept away from open fire or high temperature places. The

vehicle shall be installed of the grounding line, which shall be regularly

checked.

6 Transport safety requirements

6.1 Pre-transportation requirements

6.1.1 The driver and relevant staff shall be noticed of the knowledge on

transporting this type of air-conditioner product.

6.1.4 The air-conditioner shall be fixed tightly before being transported to avoid

movement or friction, AND meanwhile the fixation method shall not cause the

damage to the cargo or packaging box.

6.1.5 Check whether the cargo is stacked neatly, and the height shall not

exceed the stacking height as specified on the package.

6.1.6 During van truck transportation or container transportation, if there is gap

more than 10 cm between the air-conditioner and the side wall of the container

or van truck carriage, it shall be filled by non-inflammable materials.

6.2 Transportation process requirements

6.2.1 During transport, it shall control the vehicle speed, keep safe distance,

avoid illegal overtaking, AND avoid emergency braking as far as possible.

6.2.2 It shall not be close to open fire during transportation.
6.2.6 If cargo loss occurs due to cargo package damage in the transportation

process, it must keep away from the vehicle for 3 m before reporting to the

shipper immediately.

7 Safety requirements for loading and unloading

7.1 Basic requirements

7.1.1 The cargos shall be immediately unloaded after reaching to the

unloading point, AND it shall be under the custody by special person during

cargo unloading.

7.1.2 During loading and unloading, it is prohibited for blocking the fire engine

access. The driver shall ensure the unblocked communication AND not move

away from the vehicle.

7.1.9 The loading and unloading site shall be equipped with the dry powder fire

extinguisher or other appropriate firefighting devices in the valid period.

7.2 Loading and unloading operation requirements

7.2.1 During loading and unloading, the engine of the transportation vehicle

must be shut down and the power supply cut off.

7.2.2 During loading and unloading, it shall arrange a special person to be

responsible for the site custody to check the safety risks. If requiring moving

the vehicle, it shall first close the carriage door or fence board.

7.2.3 The loading and unloading must gentle to avoid falling down, AND it is

prohibited for throwing, heavy load, or inverse, etc.

7.2.4 The loading and unloading shall be made in open area, AND it shall be

equipped with ventilation system if loading and unloading is made in a closed

region.

7.2.7 During loading and unloading, if the air-conditioner is falling from height

OR the package is damaged due to other external force, it must place the

air-conditioner in an open or ventilation hole, AND notice the repairman to

make detection and maintenance.

7.2.8 When using the internal combustion forklift to support loading and

unloading, it shall not let the tail gas vent towards the air-conditioner.

7.2.9 The loading and unloading of van truck shall comply with the container

loading and unloading requirements.

8 Storehouse

8.1 The storehouse shall comply with the fire protection design requirements of

GB 50016.

8.2 The fire extinguisher configuration of the storehouse shall comply with the

relevant provisions of GB 50140.

8.6 The storehouse shall be equipped with explosion-proof lighting fixtures.

8.7 It is preferable for the power distribution lines to pass through metallic

conduit, OR use enclosed metallic trunk or plastic tube made from

hard-inflammable materials. In the storehouse, it shall not connect power

cables arbitrarily or increase the power consumption equipment.

8.8 The general power switch in the storehouse shall be located outside the

yard.

8.9 When stacking the products, the package surface attached flame sign shall

be exposed.

8.10 It shall reserve channels between the stacked products and the wall.

8.11 It shall not stack any inflammable materials within the storehouse. The

room air-conditioner using inflammable refrigerants shall be separated from

other air-conditioner area, AND provided with fire warning signs.

9 Technical requirements of safety management system

The enterprise shall follow the relevant national laws and regulations to

establish the safety management system.

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