EN IEC 60332-3-10:2018/AC:2018-11

Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 3-10: Test for vertical flame spread of vertically-mounted bunched wires or cables - Apparatus EN IEC 60332-3-10:2018/AC:2018-11

General information

60.60 Standard published   Nov 23, 2018

CENELEC

CLC/TC 20 Electric cables

European Norm

13.220.40   Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products | 29.020   Electrical engineering in general | 29.060.20   Cables

Scope

<span style="color:red">NEW!</span>IEC 60332-3-10:2018 is available as <a href="https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/63522">IEC 60332-3-10:2018 RLV</a> which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.</br></br>IEC 60332-3-10:2018 details the apparatus and its arrangement and calibration for methods of test for the assessment of vertical flame spread of vertically mounted bunched wires or cables, electrical or optical, under defined conditions. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2000 and Amendment 1:2008. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

a) adjustments have been made to the title, and elsewhere, to emphasise the standard is applicable to optical fibre cables as well as metallic conductor types;

b) details of the way in which cables are mounted on the ladder have been better defined in order to improve repeatability and reproducibility;

c) the connection of the venturi mixer to the burner is better defined.

It has the status of a group safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

2014/35/EU

Directive 2014/35/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 the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

PUBLISHED
EN IEC 60332-3-10:2018

NOW

PUBLISHED
EN IEC 60332-3-10:2018/AC:2018-11
60.60 Standard published
Nov 23, 2018

Relations

Adopted from IEC 60332-3-10:2018/COR1:2018 IDENTICAL