BS 1363-3:1989
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13 A plugs, socket-outlets and adaptors Specification for adaptors
Hardcopy , PDF
15-09-1995
English
28-02-1989
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Classification and rating
4. Conditions of use
5. General requirements
6. General conditions for type testing
7. Marking and labelling
8. Creepage distances, clearances and distances
through insulation
9. Accessibility of live parts
10. Provision for earthing
11. Terminals and terminations of intermediate
adaptors and adaptor plugs
12. Construction of adaptors (plug portion)
13. Construction of adaptors (adaptor socket-outlet
portion)
14. Resistance to ageing and humidity
15. Insulation resistance and electric strength
16. Temperature rise
17. Breaking capacity of adaptors
18. Normal operation of adaptors
19. Connection of flexible cords and cord anchorage
in intermediate adaptors and adaptor plugs
20. Mechanical strength
21. Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
22. Resistance to heat
23. Resistance to abnormal heat, fire and tracking
24. Resistance to excessive residual stresses and to
rusting
Appendices
A. The construction and calibration of a calibrated
link
B. Standard test plug for temperature-rise test
Adaptors having plug pins intended to engage with the contacts of a BS 1363 socket-outlet, and having socket-outlet contacts to accommodate one or more plugs of BS 1363 or other types.
| Committee |
PEL/23
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 86/31423 DC (10/2003)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
62
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| BS 7071:1989 | Specification for portable residual current devices |
| BS 7071:1992 | Specification for portable residual current devices |
| BS 546:1950 | Specification. Two-pole and earthing-pin plugs, socket-outlets and socket-outlet adaptors |
| BS 5102:1974 | Specification for phenolic resin bonded paper laminated sheets for electrical applications |
| BS 6004:2000 | Electric cables. PVC insulated, non-armoured cables for voltages up to and including 450/750 V, for electric power, lighting and internal wiring |
| BS 5901:1980 | Method of test for determining the comparative and the proof tracking indices of solid insulating materials under moist conditions |
| BS 4573(1970) : 1970 | SPECIFICATION FOR 2-PIN REVERSIBLE PLUGS AND SHAVER SOCKET-OUTLETS |
| BS 4662:1970 | Specification for boxes for the enclosure of electrical accessories |
| BS 6458-2.1:1984 | Fire hazard testing for electrotechnical products. Test methods Glow-wire test |
| BS 646(1958) : 1958 | SPECIFICATION FOR CARTRIDGE FUSE-LINKS (RATED UP TO 5 AMPERES) FOR A.C. AND D.C. SERVICE |
| BS 2782-3 Method 365C:1986 | Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Rockwell hardness |
| BS 4714:1980 | Method for laboratory determination of density or relative density of crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products (hydrometer method) |
| BS 6217:1981 | Guide to graphical symbols for use on electrical equipment |
| BS 1362:1973 | Specification for general purpose fuse links for domestic and similar purposes (primarily for use in plugs) |
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