EN 50289-4-1:2001

Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-1: Environmental test methods - General requirements EN 50289-4-1:2001

Publication date:   Dec 22, 2003

Scope

The series of part 4 of the European Standard EN 50289 specifies the environmental test methods for cables used in analogue and digital communication systems.
Part 4 of EN 50289 consists of the following documents:
- Part 4-1 Environmental test methods - General requirements
- Part 4-2 Environmental test methods - Water penetration
- Part 4-3 Environmental test methods - Moisture permeation
- Part 4-4 Environmental test methods - Resistance to solvents and contaminating fluids
- Part 4-5 Environmental test methods - Climatic sequence
- Part 4-6 Environmental test methods - Temperature cycling
- Part 4-7 Environmental test methods - Damp heat steady state
- Part 4-8 Environmental test methods - Nuclear radiation
- Part 4-9 Environmental test methods - Pneumatic resistance
- Part 4-10 Environmental test methods - Ageing
- Part 4-11 Environmental test methods - A horizontal integrated fire test method
- Part 4-12 Environmental test methods - Acid gas evolution
- Part 4-13 Environmental test methods - Smoke generation
- Part 4-14 Environmental test methods - Lightning
- Part 4-15 Environmental test methods - Toxic gas emission
- Part 4-16 Environmental test methods - Fire resistance

Further test details (e.g. temperature, duration) and/or test requirements are given in the relevant cable standard.