AHAM, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, represents the manufacturers of household appliances and products/services associated with household appliances sold in the United States. AHAM also develops and maintains technical standards for various appliances to provide uniform, repeatable procedures for measuring specific product characteristics and operates several voluntary product certification programs. Standards from AHAM are available both individually, directly through the ANSI webstore, and as part of a Standards Subscription. If you or your organization are interested in easy, managed, online access to standards that can be shared, a Standards Subscription may be what you need - please contact us at: [email protected] or 1-212-642-4980 or Request Proposal Price.
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This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure or standard method for measuring specified product characteristics of household portable air cleaners. The standard methods provide a means to compare and evaluate different brands and models of household portable air cleaners regarding characteristics significant to product use.
This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure or standard method for measuring specified product characteristics of household portable air cleaners. The standard methods provide a means to compare and evaluate different brands and models of household portable air cleaners regarding characteristics significant to product use.
This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure or standard method for measuring specified product characteristics of room air conditioners.
This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure for measuring the capacity and energy input of portable dehumidifiers under specified test conditions.
The purpose of this standard is to establish a uniform, repeatable procedure for evaluating the performance of household clothes washers. This is the latest revision of AHAM HLW-1-2013.
This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure and standard methods for measuring specified product characteristics of refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, miscellaneous refrigeration products, and freezers (Consumer Refrigeration Products).
The purpose of this standard is to establish a method to determine the sound rating of portable household electric room air cleaners. The standard method provides a means to compare and evaluate different models of portable household electric room air cleaners regarding their generated sound levels.
This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure or standard method for measuring specified product characteristics of household portable air cleaners. The standard methods provide a means to compare and evaluate different brands and models of household portable air cleaners regarding characteristics significant to product use.
This standard establishes a uniform, repeatable procedure or standard method for measuring specified product characteristics of household electric coffee makers. The standard methods provide a means to compare and evaluate different brands and models of household electric coffee makers regarding characteristics significant to product use.
The purpose of this standard is to establish a uniform and repeatable procedure or standard method for measuring specified product characteristics of household refrigerators, household wine chillers and household freezers. This standard covers definitions, methods for computing volumes and shelf areas, methods for determining volumes of special features, performance test procedures, durability test procedures, methods for determining energy consumption and energy factor, and safety recommendations.