HD 60364-4-42:2025/FprAA:2026

Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 4-42: Protection for safety - Protection against thermal effects HD 60364-4-42:2025/FprAA:2026

Publication date:   Jul 17, 2026

Scope

This part of IEC 60364 applies to electrical installations with regard to measures for the protection of persons, livestock and property against:
• thermal effects, risk of combustion or degradation of materials, and risk of burns caused by electrical equipment,
• flames in case of a fire hazard being propagated from electrical installations to other fire compartments segregated by barriers which are in the vicinity, and
• the impairment of the safe functioning of electrical equipment, including safety services due to thermal effects.