EN IEC 60309-1:2022

Plugs, fixed or portable socket-outlets and appliance inlets for industrial purposes - Part 1: General requirements

Publication date:   Oct 17, 2022

Scope

IEC 60309-1:2021 applies to plugs, fixed or portable socket-outlets and appliance inlets hereinafter referred to as accessories, with a rated operating voltage not exceeding 1 000 V DC or 1 000 V AC with a frequency not exceeding 500 Hz and a rated current not exceeding 800 A, primarily intended for industrial use, either indoors or outdoors.

This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 1999, Amendment 1:2005 and Amendment 2:2012. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
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<li>addition of classification, requirements and tests for accessories with shutters;</li>
<li>additional marking to indicate neutral terminal and/or earthing terminal;</li>
<li>replacement of the term "connector" by the term "portable socket-outlet".</li>
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