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BS EN 60669-1:1999+A2:2008 Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - General requirements, 2013
- iec60669-1{ed3.2}en_d.pdf [Go to Page]
- English [Go to Page]
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Definitions
- 4 General requirements
- 5 General notes on tests
- 6 Ratings
- 7 Classification
- 8 Marking
- 9 Checking of dimensions
- 10 Protection against electric shock
- 11 Provision for earthing
- 12 Terminals
- 13 Constructional requirements
- 14 Mechanism
- 15 Resistance to ageing, protection provided by enclosures of switches, and resistance to humidity
- 16 Insulation resistance and electric strength
- 17 Temperature rise
- 18 Making and breaking capacity
- 19 Normal operation
- 20 Mechanical strength
- 21 Resistance to heat
- 22 Screws, current carrying parts and connections
- 23 Creepage distances, clearances and distances through sealing compound
- 24 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat, to fire and to tracking
- 25 Resistance to rusting
- 26 EMC requirements
- Annex A (normative) Survey of specimens needed for tests
- Annex B (normative) Additional requirements for switches having facilities for the outlet and retention of flexible cables
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 – Pillar terminals
- Figure 2 – Screw terminals and stud terminals
- Figure 3 – Saddle terminals
- Figure 4 – Lug terminals
- Figure 5 – Mantle terminals
- Figure 6 – Thread-forming screw
- Figure 7 – Thread-cutting screw
- Figure 8 – Classification according to connections
- Figure 9 – Void
- Figure 10 – Test apparatus for checking damage to conductors
- Figure 11a – Principle of the test apparatus for deflecting test on screwless terminal
- Figure 11b – Example of test arrangement to measure the voltage drop during deflecting test on screwless terminal
- Figure 12 – Apparatus for making and breaking capacity and normal operation tests
- Figure 13 – Circuit diagrams for making and breaking capacity and normal operation
- Figure 14 – Circuit diagrams for testing switches for use on fluorescent lamp loads
- Figure 15 – Impact test apparatus
- Figure 16 – Pendulum impact test apparatus (striking element)
- Figure 17 – Mounting support for sample
- Figure 18 – Mounting block for flush-type switches
- Figure 19 – Arrangement for test on cover-plates
- Figure 20 – Gauge (thickness: about 2 mm) for the verification of the outline of covers, cover- plates or actuating members
- Figure 21 – Example of application of the gauge of figure 20 on covers fixed without screws on a mounting surface or supporting surface
- Figure 22 – Examples of applications of the gauge of figure 20 in according with the requirements of 20.7
- Figure 23 – Gauge for verification of grooves, holes and reverse tapers
- Figure 24 – Sketch showing the direction of application of the gauge of figure 23
- Figure 25 – Ball-pressure apparatus
- Figure 26 – Diagrammatic representation (24.1.1)
- Figure 27 – Test wall in accordance with the requirements of 15.2.2
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1 – Preferred combinations of numbers of poles and ratings
- Table 2 – Relationship between rated currents and connectable cross-sectional areas of copper conductors
- Table 3 – Tightening torque for the verification of the mechanical strength of screw-type terminals
- Table 4 – Test values for flexion and pull out for copper conductors
- Table 5 – Test values for pulling out test
- Table 6 – Composition of conductors
- Table 7 – Relationship between rated currents and connectable cross-sectional areas of copper conductors for screwless terminals
- Table 8 – Test current for the verification of electrical and thermal stresses in normal use of screwless terminals
- Table 9 – Cross-sectional areas of rigid copper conductors for deflection test of screwless terminals
- Table 10 – Deflection test forces
- Table 11 – Forces to be applied to covers, cover-plates or actuating members whose fixing is not dependent on screws
- Table 12 – External cable diameter limits for surface type switches
- Table 12a – Limits of external dimensions of flexible cables
- Table 13 – Points of application of the test voltage for the verification of insulation resistance
- Table 14 – Test voltage, points of application and minimum values of insulating resistance for the verification of dielectric strength
- Table 15 – Temperature-rise test currents and cross-sectional areas of copper conductors
- Table 16 – Fractions of total number of operations
- Table 17 – Number of operations for normal operation test
- Table 18 – Height of fall for impact test
- Table 19 – Torque for the verification of the mechanical strength of glands
- Table 20 – Creepage distances, clearances and distances through insulating sealing compound [Go to Page]