Withdrawn
Contains specific requirements for the construction, testing and marking of electrical equipment, parts of electrical equipment and Ex components in the type of protection powder filling 'q', intended for use in explosive gas atmospheres. The significant changes with respect to the previous edition are: all requirements for third-party certification removed; requirements for external connections added; all requirements for cable glands deleted as they have been transferred to 60079-0; specific requirements for cells and batteries introduced; added relaxation requirements on required faults for fuse-protected equipment and added requirements for instructions.
Legislation related to this standard
Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
Harmonized/SupportingDirective 2014/34/EU Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast)
WITHDRAWN
EN 50017:1998
WITHDRAWN
EN 60079-5:2007
99.60
Withdrawal effective
Mar 24, 2018
PUBLISHED
EN 60079-5:2015
