PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) MODULE SAFETY QUALIFICATION - PART 2: REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING (IEC 61730-2:2016)

Amendment of

EN IEC 61730-2:2018

Published date

06-01-2018

Publisher

European Committee for Standards - Electrical

FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Test categories
5 Classes and their necessary test procedures
6 Sampling
7 Test report
8 Testing
9 Pass criteria
10 Test procedures
Annex A (informative) - Recommendations for testing
        of PV modules from production
Annex B (informative) - Fire tests, spread-of-flame and
        burning-brand tests for PV modules
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications
Annex ZZ (informative) - Relationship between
         this European standard and the safety
         objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
         aimed to be covered

Defines the testing sequence intended to verify the safety of PV modules whose construction has been assessed by IEC 61730-1.

Committee	TC 82
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes & Redesignates EN 61730-2. (05/2018)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
CEI EN IEC 61730-2/EC : 2018	Identical
VDE V 0832-400 : 2016	Identical
IEC 61730-2:2016	Identical
DIN EN IEC 61730-2 : 2018-10	Identical
UNE-EN IEC 61730-2:2019	Identical
VDE 0126-30-2:2018-10	Identical
BS EN IEC 61730-2:2018	Identical
I.S. EN IEC 61730-2:2018&AC:2018-06	Identical

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