IEC60884-1
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
Edition 4.02022-08
Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes -Part 1:Generalrequirements
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes -Part 1:Generalrequirements
IEC60884-1
Edition 4.02022-08
ICS 29.120.30
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.1 Scope. ..82 Normative references... Terms and definitions. ...10 ..93 4 General requirements.. ..85 General remarks on tests. ..186 Ratings. 207 Marking- Classification. ..3 ..18 9 Checking of dimensions. ..710 Protection against electric shock. .29Provision for earthing ..512 Terminals and terminations. ..714 13 Construction of plugs and portable socket-outlets. Construction of fixed socket-outlets. ..6815 Interlocked socket-outlets. .7616 Resistance to ageing. protection provided by enclosures and resistance to humidity.7717 18 Operation of earthing contacts. Insulation resistance and electric strength.. .84 .8519 Temperature rise. .8520 Breaking capacity. ..421 Normal operation... ..9822 23 Force necessary to withdraw the plug. Flexible cables and their connection.. ...107 102Mechanical strength. ..11425 Resistance to heat. 13326 Screws current-carrying parts and connections.. 13627 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat to fire and to tracking.. Creepage distances clearances and distances through sealing pound.. ...13829 Resistance to rusting.. ..140 .145Additional tests on pins provided with insulating sleeves.. 145EMC requirements. .14732 Electromagnetic fields (EMF) requirements. 148Annex A (normative) Safety-related routine tests for factory-wired portable accessories (protection against electric shock and correct polarity). .149Annex B (informative) Alternative gripping tests... .151Annex C (normative) Switches incorporated in portable socket-outlets. ..154Annex D (normative) Requirements for plugs and fixed or portable socket-outlets intended to be used with AWG cables... 155connections in accessories... .168
