EN 50242

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Logo of the German Institute for Standardization DIN EN 50242
Area Electrical appliances
title Household electric dishwashers - Measurement methods for performance characteristics (IEC 60436: 2004, modified)
Latest edition 2008-09
ISO IEC 60436

The European standard EN 50242 defines measurement methods for the performance characteristics of household electric dishwashers. It is valid in Germany as DIN EN 50242 DIN EN 60436 , in Austria as OEVE / OENORM EN 50242 / EN 60436 and in Switzerland as SN EN 50242.

Place settings according to the European standard EN 50242

A place setting is a set number of crockery and cutlery in a given composition and size. It is commonly used to indicate the capacity of dishwashers .

A place setting according to the European standard EN 50242 consists of the following crockery, cutlery and serving items:

one piece each

  • Dinner plate ø26 cm
  • Soup plate ø23 cm
  • Dessert plate ø19 cm
  • Saucer ø14 cm
  • Cup 0.2 l
  • Drinking glass 250 ml
  • Knife 203 mm
  • Fork 184 mm
  • Soup spoon 195 mm
  • Teaspoon 126 mm
  • Dessert spoon 156 mm

In addition to the specified number of place settings, the following serving and cutlery items are also used to check the loading capacity of household dishwashers:

  • an oval plate 32 cm (for dishwashers with a capacity of seven or more place settings: 1 oval plate 35 cm)
  • a serving bowl ø16 cm
  • a serving bowl ø13 cm
  • two serving spoons 260 mm
  • a serving fork 192 mm
  • a sauce spoon
  • For dishwashers with a capacity of seven or more place settings: 1 serving bowl 19 cm

A place setting according to EN 50242 differs slightly from a place setting according to the three-part DIN 44990 , which was withdrawn in August 1999 .

Place setting according to DIN 44990

Logo of the German Institute for Standardization DIN 44990
Area Electrical appliances
title Electric dishwashers for household use, performance characteristics; Part 1: Terms; Part 2: Exams; Part 100: Method for measuring the energy consumption of electric household dishwashers for connection to cold water and information to inform the consumer about the energy consumption
Latest edition Part 1 + 2: 1989-07 Part 100; 1981-04 (all withdrawn)
ISO -

A place setting according to DIN 44990 consisted of the following individual parts:

  • flat plate (ø24 cm)
  • deep plate (ø23 cm)
  • Dessert plate (ø19 cm)
  • Saucer (ø15 cm)
  • Cup (ø8.5 cm)
  • Drinking glass (ø7 cm)
  • knife
  • fork
  • Soup spoon
  • teaspoon
  • Dessert spoon

A serving dish, consisting of:

  • two round bowls
  • oval plate
  • round bowl
  • four-piece serving set