FprEN 6059-502

Aerospace series - Electrical cables, installation - Protection sleeves - Test methods - Part 502: Resistance to electrical arcs FprEN 6059-502

Publication date:   Jul 9, 2026

Scope

This document specifies a method of assessing the behaviour of protection sleeves or conduits subject to an external electric arc at 115 VAC, 800 Hz.
This document is used in conjunction with EN 6059-100.
The primary aim of this test is to produce, in a controlled fashion, electric arcs at the immediate vicinity of a protection sleeve or conduit and to examine possible consequences on the protected cables bundle, which supposed to be maintained in a safe condition.
These electric arcs are representative of those which may occur in service when a typical adjacent cable bundle is severely damaged and leading to an electrical arc default.
In order to optimize thickness and mass of such protection, it is necessary to associate a nominal current limit In to each sleeves or conduits construction.
Two levels of prospective fault current are specified for all protection sizes.
NOTE This test requires specifics attentions and protections toward operator and personnel applying this test, refer to 6.2 for further details.