• IEC 60999-1:1999

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    Connecting devices - Electrical copper conductors - Safety requirements for screw-type and screwless-type clamping units - Part 1: General requirements and particular requirements for clamping units for conductors from 0,2 mm2 up to 35 mm2 (included)

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    Language(s):  English - French, Spanish, Castilian

    Published date:  30-11-1999

    Publisher:  International Electrotechnical Committee

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 General
    5 General notes on tests
    6 Main characteristics
    7 Connection of conductors
    8 Constructional requirements
    9 Tests
    Annex A (informative) Approximate relationship between mm2
                          and AWG sizes
    Annex B (normative) Rated connecting capacity and
                        corresponding gauges
    Annex C (normative) Construction of stranded conductors
    Bibliography
    Figure 1 - Test apparatus according to 9.4
    Figure 2 - Examples of pillar clamping units
    Figure 3 - Examples of screw and stud clamping units
    Figure 4 - Examples of saddle clamping units
    Figure 5 - Examples of mantle clamping units
    Figure 6 - Examples of screwless-type clamping units
    Table 1 - Relationship between rated connecting capacity and
              diameter of conductors
    Table 2 - Relationship between mass and cross-sectional area
              during testing
    Table 3 - Relationship between pull force and cross-sectional
              area
    Table 4 - Relationship between torque and nominal diameter of
              thread

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    IEC 60999-1:1999 Applies to screw-type and screwless-type clamping units for connecting devices, either as separate entities or as integral parts of equipment, for the connection of electrical copper conductors (complying with IEC 60228), rigid (solid or stranded) and/or flexible, having a cross-sectional area of 0.5 mm2 up to and including 35 mm2 and equivalent AWG sizes with a rated voltage not exceeding 1 000 V a.c. with a frequency up to and including 1 000 Hz, and 1 500 V d.c.

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    Committee TC 23
    Development Note Also numbered as BS EN 60999-1. (05/2005) Supersedes IEC 60999. (03/2008) Stability Date: 2022. (09/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher International Electrotechnical Committee
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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