BS EN 60669-1 ED 4.0 - SWITCHES FOR HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR FIXED-ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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British Standards Institution

FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 General requirements
5 General remarks on tests
6 Ratings
7 Classification
8 Marking
9 Checking of dimensions
10 Protection against electric shock
11 Provision for earthing
12 Terminals
   12.1 General
   12.2 Terminals with screw clamping for
        external copper conductors
   12.3 Screwless terminals for external
        copper conductors
13 Constructional requirements
14 Mechanism
15 Resistance to ageing, protection provided
   by enclosures of switches, and resistance
   to humidity
   15.1 Resistance to ageing
   15.2 Protection provided by enclosures of switches
        15.2.1 Protection against access to hazardous
               parts and against harmful effects due
               to ingress of solid foreign objects
        15.2.2 Protection against harmful effects
               due to ingress of water
   15.3 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
   24.1 Resistance to abnormal heat and to fire
        24.1.1 Glow-wire test
   24.2 Resistance to tracking
25 Resistance to rusting
26 EMC requirements
   26.1 Immunity
   26.2 Emission
Annex A (normative) - Additional requirements for switches
        having facilities for the outlet and retention of
        flexible cables

BS EN 60669-1 ED 4.0

Committee	PEL/23
DocumentType	Draft
Pages	90
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current

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