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  • BS EN 60651:1994

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    Specification for sound level meters

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  11-07-2003

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-10-2001

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Object and general requirements
    3 Definitions
    4 General characteristics
    5 Directional characteristics of the microphone and
        instrument case
    6 Frequency weighting and amplifier characteristics
    7 Detector and indicator characteristics
    8 Sensitivity to various environments
    9 Calibration and verification of the basic characteristics
        of the sound level meter
    10 Provision for use with auxiliary equipment
    11 Rating information and instruction manual
    12 Electromagnetic and electrostatic compatibility
         requirements and test procedures
    Appendices
    A Tests of the overload and detection characteristics
    B Diffuse field sensitivity
    C Theoretical response to tone bursts
    D (normative) Equations for design-goal frequency
                    weightings
    E (informative) Emission limits
    ZA Other international publications quoted in this
        standard with the references of the relevant
        European publications
    NA (informative) Committees responsible

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    Describes instruments (sound level meters) for the measurement of certain frequency and time weighted sound pressure levels. Gives the following characteristics of sound level meters: - directional characteristics; - frequency weighting characteristics; - time weighting, detector and indicator characteristics; - sensitivity to various environments.

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    Specifies requirements for sound level meters with respect to their immunity to power- and radio-frequency fields and to electrostatic discharge, and the permitted radio-frequency emissions, together with test procedures to demonstrate conformance to the specifications of this standard.

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    Committee EPL/29
    Development Note Supersedes BS 5969(1981) and 97/205451 DC. Also numbered as IEC 60651. (10/2001)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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