BS 1362:1973
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Specification for general purpose fuse links for domestic and similar purposes (primarily for use in plugs)
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26-05-2021
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28-02-1973
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Foreword
Specification
1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Object
2. Definitions
2.1 Fuses and their components parts
2.2 General terms
2.3 Characteristic quantities
3. Standard conditions for operation in service
3.1 Ambient air temperature
3.2 Temperature inside an enclosure
3.3 Altitude
3.4 Atmospheric conditions
3.5 Voltage
3.6 Current
3.7 Frequency
3.8 Conditions of installation
4. Classification
4.1 General
5. Characteristics of fuse links
5.1 Summary of characteristics
5.2 Rated voltage
5.3 Rated currents
5.4 Rated frequency
5.5 Rated power loss
5.6 Time/current characteristics and conventional
currents
5.7 Rated breaking capacity
5.8 Dimensions
6. Marking
6.1 Marking on fuse links
7. Standard conditions for construction
7.1 Mechanical design and construction of fuse links
7.2 Temperature rise and power loss
7.3 Operation
7.4 Breaking capacity
8. Tests
8.1 General
8.2 Test for power loss
8.3 Verification of operating characteristics
8.4 Breaking capacity tests
8.5 Mechanical test for strength of fuse links
Appendix
A. Measurement of short-circuit power-factor
Tables
1. Dimensions of fuse links
2. Survey of tests on fuse links
3. Values for breaking capacity tests
4. Values of prospective current for breaking
capacity test No.2
Figures
1. Dimensions of fuse link
2. Standard time/current zones for In=3 A and In=13 A
3. Test fuse base
4. Typical diagram of the circuit used for breaking
capacity tests
5. Interpretation of oscillograms taken during
breaking capacity tests
6. Principal dimensions of tumbling barrel
7. Determination of circuit-impedance for calculation
of power-factor in accordance with method 1
Performance, dimensions, marking, tests for fuse links of any current rating not exceeding 13 A at 250 V a.c. For use in plugs complying with BS 1363, the preferred current ratings are 3 A and 13 A.
| Committee |
PEL/32
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 1362(1953) (07/2004) Supersedes 70/21750 DC. (06/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
24
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| Supersedes |
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