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EN 60470:2000/corrigendum Jun. 2000

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HIGH-VOLTAGE ALTERNATING CURRENT CONTACTORS AND CONTACTOR-BASED MOTOR STARTERS
Superseded date

10-01-2011

Published date

01-12-2013

1 General
      1.1 Scope and object
      1.2 Normative references
2 Normal and special service conditions
      2.1 Normal service conditions
      2.2 Special service conditions
3 Definitions
      3.1 General terms
      3.2 Assemblies of switchgear and controlgear
      3.3 Parts of assemblies
      3.4 Switching devices
      3.5 Parts of switchgear and controlgear
      3.6 Operation
      3.7 Characteristic quantities
4 Ratings
      4.1 Rated voltage (Ur)
      4.2 Rated insulation level
      4.3 Rated frequency (fr)
      4.4 Rated normal current and temperature rise
      4.5 Rated short-time withstand current (lk)
      4.6 Rated peak withstand current (lp)
      4.7 Rated duration of short circuit (tk)
      4.8 Rated supply voltage of closing and opening
             devices, and of auxiliary and control
             circuits (Ua)
      4.9 Rated supply frequency of closing and opening
             devices, and of auxiliary circuits
      4.10 Rated pressure of compressed gas supply for
             insulation and/or operation
5 Design and construction
      5.1 Requirements for liquids
      5.2 Requirements for gases
      5.3 Earthing
      5.4 Auxiliary and control equipment
      5.5 Dependent power operation
      5.6 Stored energy operation
      5.7 Independent manual operation
      5.8 Operation of releases
      5.9 Low- and high-pressure interlocking and
             monitoring devices
      5.10 Nameplates
      5.11 Interlocking devices
      5.12 Position indication
      5.13 Degrees of protection by enclosures
      5.14 Creepage distances
      5.15 Gas and vacuum tightness
      5.16 Liquid tightness
      5.17 Flammability
      5.18 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
6 Type tests
      6.1 General
      6.2 Dielectric tests
      6.3 Radio interference voltage (r.i.v.) test
      6.4 Measurement of the resistance of circuits
      6.5 Temperature-rise tests
      6.6 Short-time withstand current and peak withstand
             current tests
      6.7 Verification of the protection
      6.8 Tightness tests
      6.9 Electromagnetic compatibility tests (EMC)
7 Routine tests
      7.1 Dielectric test on the main circuit
      7.2 Dielectric test on auxiliary and control circuits
      7.3 Measurement of the resistance of the main circuit
      7.4 Tightness test
      7.5 Design and visual checks
8 Guide to the selection of contactors and motor-starters
      for service
9 Information to be given with enquiries, tenders and
      orders
10 Rules for transport, storage, erection, operation and
      maintenance
11 Safety
Annex A (normative) Records and reports for type tests for
                    making, breaking and short-time current
                    performance
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
                     publications with their corresponding
                     European publications
Figure 1 - Examples of speed/time curves
Figure 2 - Test duties A and B - preferred earth point
Figure 3 - Test duties A and B - alternative earth point
Figure 4 - Test duty C - preferred earth point
Figure 5 - Test duty C - alternative earth point
Figure 6 - Representation by two parameters of a prospective
           TRV of a circuit
Figure 7 - Representation by four parameters of a prospective
           TRV of a circuit
Figure 8 - Representation of the specified TRV by a two-
           parameter reference line and a delay line
Figure 9 - Determination of power frequency recovery voltage
Figure 10 - Characteristics for determining take-over current
Table 1 - Ratings and characteristics
Table 2 - Utilization categories
Table 3 - Characteristics dependent on starter type
Table 4 - Characteristics of the opening operation of overload
          relays when energized on all poles
Table 5 - Characteristics of the opening operation of three-
          pole thermal overload relays when energized on two
          poles only
Table 6 - Characteristics of the opening by three-pole phase
          failure-sensitive thermal overload relays when
          their poles are not equally energized
Table 7 - Applicable type tests
Table 8 - Test copper conductors for test currents up to
          800 A inclusive
Table 9 - Intermittent duty operating cycles
Table 10 - Verification of rated making and breaking
           capacities - Conditions for making and breaking
           corresponding to the several utilization
           categories at rated voltage Ur
Table 11 - Relationship between current broken lc and OFF
           time
Table 12 - Overload current withstand requirements
Table 13 - Transient recovery voltage characteristics
Table 14 - Verification of the number of on-load operating
           cycles - Conditions for making and breaking
           corresponding to the several utilization
           categories

This International Standard is applicable to a.c. contactors and/or contactor-based motor-starters designed for indoor installation and operation at frequencies up to and including 60 Hz on systems having voltages above 1 000 V but not exceeding 12 000 V.

Committee
TC 17AC
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
SN EN 60470 : 2000 Identical
IEC 60470:1999 Identical
NBN EN 60470 : 2001 Identical
VDE 0670-501 : 2002 Identical
CEI EN 60470 : 2002 Identical
DIN EN 60470 : 2002 Identical
NF EN 60470 : 2001 Identical
PN EN 60470 : 2002 Identical
UNE-EN 60470:2001 Identical
BS EN 60470:2001 Identical
NEN EN IEC 60470 : 2001 C11 2001 Identical

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UNE-EN 50152-1:2013 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Particular requirements for alternating current switchgear - Part 1: Circuit-breakers with nominal voltage above 1 kV
UNI CEI EN 45510-2-7 : 2011 GUIDE FOR PROCUREMENT OF POWER STATION EQUIPMENT - PART 2-7: ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR
BS EN 50152-2:2012 Railway applications. Fixed installations. Particular requirements for alternating current switchgear Disconnectors, earthing switches and switches with nominal voltage above 1 kV
BS EN 61995-1:2008 Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes General requirements
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I.S. EN 45510-2-7:2002 GUIDE FOR PROCUREMENT OF POWER STATION EQUIPMENT - PART 2-7: ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR
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I.S. EN 50152-2:2012 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT SWITCHGEAR - PART 2: DISCONNECTORS, EARTHING SWITCHES AND SWITCHES WITH NOMINAL VOLTAGE ABOVE 1 KV
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UNE-EN 61995-1:2010 Devices for the connection of luminaires for household and similar purposes -- Part 1: General requirements
I.S. EN 62271-200:2012 HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR - PART 200: A.C. METAL-ENCLOSED SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR FOR RATED VOLTAGES ABOVE 1 KV AND UP TO AND INCLUDING 52 KV (IEC 62271-200:2011 (EQV))
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IEC 61812-1:2011 Time relays for industrial and residential use - Part 1: Requirements and tests
IEC 60050-441:1984 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 441: Switchgear, controlgear and fuses
IEC 60644:2009 Specification for high-voltage fuse-links for motor circuit applications
IEC 60947-5-1 : 4.0 LOW-VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR - PART 5-1: CONTROL CIRCUIT DEVICES AND SWITCHING ELEMENTS - ELECTROMECHANICAL CONTROL CIRCUIT DEVICES
IEC 60056:1987 High-voltage alternating-current circuit-breakers
IEC 60282-1:2009+AMD1:2014 CSV High-voltage fuses - Part 1: Current-limiting fuses
IEC 60694:1996+AMD1:2000+AMD2:2001 CSV Common specifications for high-voltage switchgear and controlgear standards
IEC 60129:1984 Alternating current disconnectors and earthing switches
IEC 60255-8:1990 Electrical relays - Part 8: Thermal electrical relays
IEC 60076-2:2011 Power transformers - Part 2: Temperature rise for liquid-immersed transformers
IEC 60298:1990 A.C. metal-enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and up to and including 52 kV

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