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

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British Standards Institution

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and 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
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) - Additional requirements for
        switches having facilities for the outlet
        and retention of flexible cables - Secretariat's
        NOTE: proposal to move the content of this annex
        into the main text and to delete the Annex
Annex B (informative) - Changes planned for the future
        in order to align IEC 60669-1 with the requirements
        of IEC 60998, IEC 60999 and IEC 60228
Annex C (Informative) - Subclause 19.3: Circuit development
Annex D (Informative)
Annex E (Informative) - Additional requirements and tests
        for switches intended to be used at a temperature
        lower than -5 Degrees C
Bibliography

BS EN 60669-1.

Committee	PEL/23
DocumentType	Draft
Pages	142
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	NA
Supersedes	BS EN 60669-1:2018

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