IEC 62561-2:2018 ED2

Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes

Publication date:   Jan 25, 2018

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99.60   Withdrawal effective   Sep 30, 2025

IEC

TC 81

International Standard

29.020   Electrical engineering in general | 91.120.40   Lightning protection

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Scope

IEC 62561-2:2018 specifies the requirements and tests for:
- metallic conductors (other than "natural" conductors) that form part of the air-termination and down-conductor systems,
- metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth-termination system.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical change with respect to the previous edition:
a) Tables 2 and 4 have been merged into one Table (Table 2).
b) Figure 2 showing the coating measurement of a plate conductor has been added
The contents of the corrigendum of August 2019 have been included in this copy.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
IEC 62561-2:2012 ED1

NOW

WITHDRAWN
IEC 62561-2:2018 ED2
99.60 Withdrawal effective
Sep 30, 2025

CORRIGENDA / AMENDMENTS

WITHDRAWN
IEC 62561-2:2018/COR1:2019 ED2

REVISED BY

PUBLISHED
IEC 62561-2:2025 ED3