• I.S. EN 60168:1996

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    TESTS ON INDOOR AND OUTDOOR POST INSULATORS OF CERAMIC MATERIAL OR GLASS FOR SYSTEMS WITH NOMINAL VOLTAGES GREATER THAN 1000 V

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1996

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    Section 1. General
    1.1 Scope and object
    1.2 Normative references
    1.3 Definitions
    Section 2. Insulators
    2.1 Insulator designs and insulating materials
    2.2 Values which characterize a post insulator
    2.3 Identification of insulators
    Section 3. Classification of the tests, sampling
               rules and procedures
    3.1 Classification of the tests
    3.2 Quality assurance
    3.3 General requirements for type tests
    3.4 General requirements for sample tests
    Section 4. Test procedures for electrical tests
    4.1 General requirements for high-voltage tests
    4.2 Standard atmospheric conditions and correction
         factors for electrical tests
    4.3 Artificial rain parameters for wet tests
    4.4 Mounting arrangements for electrical tests
    4.5 Dry lightning-impulse withstand voltage test-Type test
    4.6 Dry or wet switching-impulse withstand voltage tests
         - Type test
    4.7 Dry power-frequency withstand voltage test - Type test
         (applicable only to post insulators for indoor use)
    4.8 Wet power-frequency withstand voltage test - Type test
         (applicable only to post insulators for outdoor use)
    4.9 Puncture test - Sample test
    4.10 Routine electrical test
    Section 5. Test procedures for mechanical and other tests
    5.1 Verification of the dimensions - Type and sample test
    5.2 Mechanical failing load test - Type and sample test
    5.3 Test for deflection under load - Special type test
    5.4 Temperature cycle test - Sample test
    5.5 Routine thermal shock test (applicable only to
         toughened glass insulating parts)
    5.6 Porosity test - Sample test (applicable only to
         ceramic post insulators)
    5.7 Galvanizing test - Sample test
    5.8 Routine visual inspection
    5.9 Routine mechanical test
    Section 6. Tests applicable to post insulators
    6.1 Type tests
    6.2 Sample tests
    6.3 Routine tests
    6.4 Summary of tests on post insulators
    Annex A (informative) Methods of testing for tolerances
            of parallelism, eccentricity, angular deviation,
            camber and shed angle of post insulators
    Annex B (informative) Methods of routine testing of
            unassembled insulator units
    Annex C (informative) Bibliography
    Annex ZA (normative) Other international publications
             quoted in this standard with the references of
             the relevant European publications

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    Applies to post insulators and post insulator units of ceramic material r glass for indoor and outdoor service in electrical installations or equipment operating on electric current with a nominal voltage greater than 1000 V and a frequency not greater than 100 Hz.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current
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