SN EN 62271-101 : 2006

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Synthetic testing techniques and methods for short-circuit
   breaking tests
   4.1 Basic principles and general requirements for
       synthetic breaking test methods
   4.2 Synthetic test circuits and related specific
       requirements for breaking tests
   4.3 Three-phase synthetic test methods
5 Synthetic testing techniques and methods for
   short-circuit making tests
   5.1 Basic principles and general requirements for
       synthetic making test methods
   5.2 Synthetic test circuit and related specific
       requirements for making tests
6 Specific requirements for synthetic tests for making and
   breaking performance related to the requirements of 6.102
   through 6.111 of IEC 62271-100
Annex A (informative) Current distortion
Annex B (informative) Current injection methods
Annex C (informative) Voltage injection methods
Annex D (informative) Duplicate circuit (transformer or
                      Skeats circuit)
Annex E (normative) Information to be given and results to be
                      recorded for synthetic tests
Annex F (informative) Special procedures for testing circuit-breakers
                      having parallel breaking resistors
Annex G (informative) Synthetic methods for capacitive-current
                      switching
Annex H (informative) Re-ignition methods to prolong arcing
Annex I (normative) Reduction in di/dt and TRV for test duty T100a
Annex J (informative) Three-phase synthetic test circuits
Annex K (normative) Test procedure using a three-phase current
                      circuit and one voltage circuit
Annex L (normative) Splitting of test duties in test series
                      taking into account the associated TRV
                      for each pole-to-clear
Annex M (normative) Tolerances on test quantities for
                      type tests
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
                      publications with their corresponding
                      European publications
Bibliography

Pertains to a.c. circuit-breakers within the scope of IEC 62271-100. Provides the general rules for testing a.c. circuit-breakers, for making and breaking capacities over the range of test duties described in 6.102 to 6.111 of IEC 62271-100, by synthetic methods.