BS EN 60898:1991
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Specification for circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations
Hardcopy , PDF
09-09-2003
English
10-08-2001
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1. General
2. Definitions
3. Classification
4. Characteristics of circuit-breakers
5. Marking and other product information
6. Standard conditions for operation in service
7. Requirements for construction and operation
8. Tests
8.1 Type tests and routine tests
8.2 Test conditions
8.3 Indelibility of marking
8.4 Reliability of screws, current-carrying parts and
connections
8.5 Reliability of terminals for external conductors
8.6 Protection against electric shock
8.7 Dielectric properties
8.8 Temperature rise and power loss
8.9 28-day test
8.10 Tripping characteristics
8.11 Mechanical and electrical
8.12 Short-circuit
8.13 Resistance to mechanical shock and impact
8.14 Resistance to heat
8.15 Resistance to abnormal heat and to fire
8.16 Resistance to rusting
Figures
A. Determination of short-circuit power factor
B. Determination of clearances and creepage distances
C. Test sequences and number of samples to be submitted
for certification purposes
D. Coordination of circuit-breakers with separate fuses
associated in the same circuit
E. Special requirements for auxiliary circuits for
safety extra-low voltage
F. Examples of terminals
G. Void
H. Arrangement for the detection of the emission of
ionized gases during short-circuit tests
ZA. Classification of circuit-breakers into energy
limiting classes
ZB. Guide for the selection of circuit breakers with
reference to their rated voltage
Gives requirements for a.c. air break circuit-breakers for operation at 50 Hz or 60 Hz having a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V, a rated current not exceeding 125 A and a rated short-circuit capacity not exceeding 25000 A.
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PEL/23/1
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 89/27055 DC, 93/215621 DC, 94/202552 DC, 96/211300 DC, 97/207511 DC, 97/208713 DC & BS 3871-1(1965) (10/2001) Supersedes 98/263093 DC. (05/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
98
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| NEN EN 60898 : 1992 AMD 16 1996 | Identical |
| NF EN 60898 : 92 AMD 19 2001 | Identical |
| EN 60898:1991/A19:2000 | Identical |
| I.S. EN 60898:1992 | Identical |
| DIN EN 60898 : AMD 19 2000 | Identical |
| SN EN 60898 : 1991 AMD 19 2000 | Identical |
| IEC 60898:1995 | Identical |
| UNE EN 60898 : 1992 A19 2001 | Identical |
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| BS 7430:1998 | Code of practice for earthing |
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| BS 7375:1996 | Code of practice for distribution of electricity on construction and building sites |
| BS 5266-4:1999 | Emergency lighting Code of practice for design, installation, maintenance and use of optical fibre systems |
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| IEC 60038:2009 | IEC standard voltages |
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| HD 472 S1:1989/AC:2013 | NOMINAL VOLTAGES FOR LOW-VOLTAGE PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SYSTEMS |
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