IEC 60695-1-20:2016
Fire hazard testing - Part 1-20: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Ignitability - General guidance
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu - Partie 1-20: Lignes directrices pour l'évaluation des risques du feu des produits électrotechniques - Allumabilité - Lignes directrices générales
| Standard number: | IEC 60695-1-20:2016 |
| Released: | 2016-01-27 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| ICS: | 13.220.40 |
| Pages (English/French - Bilingual): | 46 |
| ISBN (English/French - Bilingual): | 9782832231463 |
IEC 60695-1-20:2016
IEC 60695-1-20:2016 provides guidance on the ignitability of electrotechnical products and the materials from which they are formed. It gives guidance on the principles of ignitability; the selection of appropriate test methods and the use and interpretation of results. This first edition of IEC 60695-1-20 cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC TS 60695-1-20 published in 2008. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- ISO 5660-1 has been added to the normative references;
- definitions of pyrolysis and short-circuit have been added to Clause 3;
- some text from the introduction has been moved to Clause 5 and is now part of the normative text and Clause 5 now contains several mandatory statements. This part of IEC 60695 is intended for use by technical committees in preparation of standards in accordance with IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. Key words: Fire Hazard, Fire Test Method, Fire Safety Engineering, Ignitability.