• I.S. EN 60669-1:2018&AC:2018-11&AC:2020-02

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    Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English - French

    Published date:  09-03-2020

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 General requirements
    5 General remarks on tests
    6 Ratings
    7 Classification
    8 Marking
    9 Checking of dimensions
    10 Protection against electric shock
    11 Provision for earthing
    12 Terminals
    13 Constructional requirements
    14 Mechanism
    15 Resistance to ageing, protection provided by enclosures of switches and resistance to humidity
    16 Insulation resistance and electric strength
    17 Temperature rise
    18 Making and breaking capacity
    19 Normal operation
    20 Mechanical strength
    21 Resistance to heat
    22 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
    23 Creepage distances, clearances and distances through sealing compound
    24 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat, to fire and to tracking
    25 Resistance to rusting
    26 EMC requirements
    Annex A (normative) Additional requirements for switches having facilities for the outlet and retention of flexible cables
    Annex B (informative) Changes planned for the future in order to align IEC 60669-1 with the requirements of IEC 60998 (all parts), IEC 60999 (all parts) and IEC 60228
    Annex C (informative) Circuit development (19.3)
    Annex D (informative) Additional requirements for insulation-piercing terminals
    Annex E (informative) Additional requirements and tests for switches intended to be used at a temperature lower than −5 °C
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    This part of IEC 60669 applies to manually operated general purpose functional switches, for alternating current (AC) only with a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V with a rated current not exceeding 63 A, intended for household and similar fixed electrical installations, either indoors or outdoors.

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    Committee SC 23B
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note The date of any NSAI previous adoption may not match the date of its original CEN/CENELEC document. THIS STANDARD ALSO REFERS TO IEC 60417-DB,AS/NZ 3133:2013
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current
    Supersedes
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