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  • BS EN 61242 : 1998

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    ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES - CABLE REELS FOR HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR PURPOSES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1998

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 General requirements
    5 General remarks on tests
    6 Classification
    7 Marking
    8 Protection against electric shock
    9 Provision for earthing
    10 Terminals and terminations
    11 Flexible cables and their connection
    12 Construction
    13 Components
    14 Resistance to ageing
    15 Resistance to harmful ingress of water
    16 Resistance to humidity
    17 Insulation resistance and electric strength
    18 Normal operation
    19 Temperature rise in normal use
    20 Temperature rise under overload conditions
    21 Mechanical strength
    22 Resistance to heat
    23 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
    24 Creepage distances, clearances and distances
       through sealing compound
    25 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat,
       to fire and to tracking
    26 Resistance to rusting
    27 EMC requirements
    Annex A (informative) - Guidance for routine tests of cable reels
    Annex B (informative) - Bibliography
    Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
             publications with their corresponding European
             publications
    Annex ZB (normative) - Special national conditions
    Annex ZC (informative) - A-deviations

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    Pertains to cable reels for a.c. only, with a rated voltage above 50 V and not exceeding 250 V for single-phase cable reels and above 50 V and not exceeding 440 V for all other cable reels, and a rated current not exceeding 16 A.

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    Committee PEL/23
    Development Note Supersedes 84/29363 DC (11/2001) Supersedes 04/30109370 DC. (07/2006) 1997 Edition Re-Issued in March 2016 & incorporates AMD 2 2016. 1997 + A1 2008 Edition remains active & will be withdrawn on 03/12/2018. Supersedes 14/30295831 DC. (04/2016)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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