BS EN 60651:1994
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Specification for sound level meters
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11-07-2003
BS EN 61672-1:2013
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BS EN 61672-2:2003
BS EN 61672-1:2003
English
15-10-2001
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Object and general requirements
3 Definitions
4 General characteristics
5 Directional characteristics of the microphone and
instrument case
6 Frequency weighting and amplifier characteristics
7 Detector and indicator characteristics
8 Sensitivity to various environments
9 Calibration and verification of the basic characteristics
of the sound level meter
10 Provision for use with auxiliary equipment
11 Rating information and instruction manual
12 Electromagnetic and electrostatic compatibility
requirements and test procedures
Appendices
A Tests of the overload and detection characteristics
B Diffuse field sensitivity
C Theoretical response to tone bursts
D (normative) Equations for design-goal frequency
weightings
E (informative) Emission limits
ZA Other international publications quoted in this
standard with the references of the relevant
European publications
NA (informative) Committees responsible
Describes instruments (sound level meters) for the measurement of certain frequency and time weighted sound pressure levels. Gives the following characteristics of sound level meters: - directional characteristics; - frequency weighting characteristics; - time weighting, detector and indicator characteristics; - sensitivity to various environments.
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EPL/29
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 5969(1981) and 97/205451 DC. Also numbered as IEC 60651. (10/2001)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
34
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
Specifies requirements for sound level meters with respect to their immunity to power- and radio-frequency fields and to electrostatic discharge, and the permitted radio-frequency emissions, together with test procedures to demonstrate conformance to the specifications of this standard.
| Standards | Relationship |
| I.S. EN 60651:1994 | Identical |
| NF EN 60651 : 94 AMD 2 2001 | Identical |
| SN EN 60651 : 1994 AMD 2 2001 | Identical |
| NBN EN 60651 : 96 AMD 1 2001 | Identical |
| EN 60651:1994/A2:2001 | Identical |
| DIN EN 60651 : 1994 AMD 2 2003 | Identical |
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