Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 2-5: Particular requirements - Switches and related accessories for use in home and building electronic systems (HBES)

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23-09-2016

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European Committee for Standards - Electrical

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FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 General notes on tests
6 Rating
7 Classification
8 Marking
9 Checking of dimensions
10 Protection against electric shock
11 Provision for earthing
12 Terminals
13 Constructional requirements
14 Mechanism
15 Resistance to ageing, protection provided
   by enclosures of switches, and resistance
   to humidity
16 Insulation resistance and electric strength
17 Temperature rise
18 Making and breaking capacity
19 Normal operation
20 Mechanical strength
21 Resistance to heat
22 Screws, current-carrying parts and
   connections
23 Creepage distances, clearances and distances
   through sealing compound
24 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal
   heat, to fire and to tracking
25 Resistance to rusting
26 EMC requirements
101 Abnormal conditions
102 Components
Annex A (normative) - Survey of specimens
        needed for tests
Annex B (normative) - Additional requirements
        for switches having facilities for the outlet
        and retention of flexible cables
Annex C (informative) - Examples of types of
        electronic switches and their functions
Annex AA (normative) - Measurement of clearances
         and creepage distances
Annex BB (informative) - Test set-ups
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications
Annex ZB (informative) - A-deviations
Annex ZZA (informative) - Relationship between
         this European standard and the essential
         requirements of Directive 2014/30/EU
         [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
Annex ZZB (informative) - Relationship between
         this European standard and the safety
         objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU
         [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
Annex ZZC (informative) - Relationship between
          this European standard and the essential
          requirements of Directive 2014/53/EU
          [2014 OJ L153] aimed to be covered

IEC 60669-2-5:2013 applies to HBES switches with a working voltage not exceeding 250 V a.c. and a rated current up to and including 16 A for household and similar fixed electrical installations either indoors or outdoors and to associated electronic extension units.

Committee	CLC/TC 23BX
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes EN 50428. (09/2016) To be read in conjunction with EN 60669-1 and EN 60669-2-1. (11/2016)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
IEC 60669-2-5:2013	Identical
NF EN 60669-2-5 : 2016	Identical
NEN EN IEC 60669-2-5 : 2016	Identical
I.S. EN 60669-2-5:2016	Identical
PN EN 60669-2-5 : 2016	Identical
SN EN 60669-2-5:2016	Identical
VDE 0632-2-5 : 2017	Identical
DIN EN 60669-2-5 : 2017	Identical
SS-EN 60669-2-5 : 2016	Identical
UNE-EN 60669-2-5:2017	Identical
BS EN 60669-2-5:2016	Identical
CEI EN 60669-2-5 : 1ED 2017	Identical

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HD 60364-5-537:2016/A11:2017	LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - PART 5-53: SELECTION AND ERECTION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - DEVICES FOR PROTECTION, ISOLATION, SWITCHING, CONTROL AND MONITORING - CLAUSE 537: ISOLATION AND SWITCHING
UNE-HD 60364-5-537:2017	Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 5-53: Selection and erection of electrical equipment - Devices for protection, isolation, switching, control and monitoring - Clause 537: Isolation and switching

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IEC 61000-4-2:2008	Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test
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IEC 60669-1:2017	Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
IEC 61000-2-2:2002+AMD1:2017 CSV	Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 2-2: Environment - Compatibility levels for low-frequency conducted disturbances and signalling in public low-voltage power supply systems
IEC 61000-3-3:2013 RLV	Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 3-3: Limits - Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker in public low-voltage supply systems, for equipment with rated current ≤ 16 A per phase and not subject to conditional connection
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EN 61558-2-6:2009	Safety of transformers, reactors, power supply units and similar products for supply voltages up to 1 100 V - Part 2-6: Particular requirements and tests for safety isolating transformers and power supply units incorporating safety isolating transformers
EN 50065-1:2011	Signalling on low-voltage electrical installations in the frequency range 3 kHz to 148,5 kHz - Part 1: General requirements, frequency bands and electromagnetic disturbances
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IEC 61140:2016	Protection against electric shock - Common aspects for installation and equipment
EN 60670-1:2005/A1:2013	BOXES AND ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES FOR HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR FIXED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011, MODIFIED)
EN 300 220-1 : 2.4.1	SHORT RANGE DEVICES (SRD) OPERATING IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE 25 MHZ TO 1000 MHZ; PART 1: TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT
IEC 60664-1:2007	Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems - Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests
EN 60664-3:2017	Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems - Part 3: Use of coating, potting or moulding for protection against pollution
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EN 60669-2-5:2016

Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 2-5: Particular requirements - Switches and related accessories for use in home and building electronic systems (HBES)

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