IEC 62335:2008
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Circuit breakers - Switched protective earth portable residual current devices for class I and battery powered vehicle applications
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English - French
07-08-2008
FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Definitions relating to plugs and socket-outlets
3.2 Definitions relating to residual current devices
3.3 Definitions relating to tests
4 Classification
4.1 According to the supply
4.2 According to the method of operation
4.3 According to the construction
4.4 According to the ambient temperature
4.5 According to the method of connecting the cable
5 Characteristics of SPE-PRCDs
5.1 Summary of characteristics
5.2 Rated quantities and other characteristics
5.3 Standard and preferred values
5.4 Coordination with short-circuit protective devices
(SCPDs)
6 Marking and other product information
7 Standard conditions for operation in service and for
installation
7.1 Standard conditions
7.2 Conditions for installations
8 Requirements for construction and operation
8.1 Mechanical design
8.2 Protection against electric shock
8.3 Dielectric properties
8.4 Temperature rise
8.5 Operating characteristics
8.6 Mechanical and electrical endurance
8.7 Performance at short-circuit currents
8.8 Resistance to mechanical shock and impact
8.9 Resistance to heat
8.10 Resistance to abnormal heat and to fire
8.11 Test device
8.12 Limits of the operating voltages
8.13 Resistance of SPE-PRCDs against unwanted tripping
due to surge currents to earth resulting from
impulse voltages
8.14 Behaviour of SPE-PRCDs in case of an earth fault
current comprising a d.c. component
8.15 Reliability
8.16 Resistance to tracking
8.17 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
8.18 Behaviour of the SPE-PRCD at low ambient air
temperature
9 Tests
9.1 General
9.2 Test conditions
9.3 Test of indelibility of marking
9.4 Test of reliability of screws, current-carrying parts
and connections
9.5 Test of reliability of terminals for external conductors
9.6 Verification of protection against electric shock
9.7 Test of dielectric properties
9.8 Temperature-rise test
9.9 Verification of the operating characteristic
9.10 Verification of mechanical and electrical endurance
9.11 Verification of the behaviour of the SPE-PRCD under
overcurrent conditions
9.12 Verification of resistance to mechanical shock and
impact
9.13 Test of resistance to heat
9.14 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat and
to fire
9.15 Verification of the trip-free mechanism
9.16 Verification of the test device
9.17 Verification of the behaviour of SPE-PRCDs in case of
failure of the line voltage
9.18 Verification of limiting values of the non-operating
current under overcurrent conditions
9.19 Verification of resistance against unwanted tripping due
to surge currents to earth resulting from impulse
voltages for SPE-PRCDs
9.20 Verification of the resistance of the insulation against
an impulse voltage
9.21 Verification of the correct operation with residual
currents having a d.c. component
9.22 Verification of reliability
9.23 Verification of ageing
9.24 Resistance to tracking
9.25 Test on pins provided with insulating sleevess
9.26 Test of mechanical strength of non-solid pins of plugs
and portable socketoutlets
9.27 Verification of the effects of strain on the conductors
9.28 Checking of the torque exerted by plug-in SPE-PRCDs
on fixed socket-outlets
9.29 Tests of the cord anchorage
9.30 Flexing test of non-rewirable SPE-PRCDs
9.31 Verification of the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
9.32 Tests replacing verifications of creepage distances and
clearances for electronic circuits connected between
active conductors (phases and neutral) and/or between
active conductors and the earth circuit when the
contacts are in the closed position
9.33 Requirements for capacitors and specific resistors and
inductors used in electronic circuits connected between
active conductors (phases and neutral) and/or between
active conductors and the earth circuit when the
contacts are in the closed position
Annex A (normative) Test sequences and number of samples
to be submitted for verification of conformity
to this standard
Annex B (normative) Routine tests
Annex C (normative) Determination of clearances and
creepage distances
Annex D (normative) List of tests, additional test sequences
and numbers of samples for verification of compliance
of SPE-PRCDs with the requirements of electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC)
Annex E (informative) SPE application
Bibliography
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