Electrical accessories - Cable reels for household and similar purposes

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IEC 61242:1995/AMD1:2008

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Published date

22-02-1995

Publisher

International Electrotechnical Committee

FOREWORD
Clause
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 General requirements
5 General remarks on tests
6 Classification
7 Marking
8 Protection against electric shock
9 Provision for earthing
10 Terminals and terminations
11 Flexible cables and their connection
12 Construction
13 Components
14 Resistance to ageing
15 Resistance to harmful ingress of water
16 Resistance to humidity
17 Insulation resistance and electric strength
18 Normal operation
19 Temperature rise in normal use
20 Temperature rise under overload condition
21 Mechanical strength
22 Resistance to heat
23 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
24 Creepage distances, clearances and distances
through sealing compound
25 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat,
to fire and to tracking
26 Resistance to rusting
27 EMC requirements
Figures
Annexes
A - Guidance for routine tests of cable reels
B - Bibliography

Applies to cable reels for a.c. only, provided with a non-detachable flexible cable with a rated voltage above 50V and not exceeding 250 V for single-phase cable reels and above 50 V and not exceeding 440 V for all other cable reels, and a rated current not exceeding 16 A.

DevelopmentNote	Stability Date: 2020. (09/2017)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	126
PublisherName	International Electrotechnical Committee
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
UNE-EN 61242:1998	Identical
BS EN 61242 : 1998	Identical
PN EN 61242 : 2001 AMD 13 2017	Identical
EN 61242:1997/A13:2017	Identical
I.S. EN 61242:1999	Identical
VDE 0620-300 : 2016 AMD 13 2018	Identical
DIN EN 61242 : 2016 AMD 13 2018	Identical

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