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IEC 60364

International standard on electrical installations of buildings

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The standard has several parts:

  • Part 1: Fundamental principles, assessment of general characteristics, definitions
  • Part 4: Protection for safety
    • Section 41: Protection against electric shock
    • Section 42: Protection against thermal effects
    • Section 43: Protection against overcurrent
    • Section 44: Protection against voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances
  • Part 5: Selection and erection of electrical equipment
    • Section 51: Common rules
    • Section 52: Wiring systems
    • Section 53: Devices for protection for safety, isolation, switching, control and monitoring
    • Section 54: Earthing arrangements and protective conductors
    • Section 55: Other equipment (Note: Some national standards provide an individual document for each chapter of this section, i.e. 551 Low-voltage generating sets, 557 Auxiliary circuits, 559 Luminaires and lighting installations)
    • Section 56: Safety services
    • Section 57: Erection of stationary secondary batteries
  • Part 6: Verification
  • Part 7: Requirements for special installations or locations
    • Section 701: Electrical installations in bathrooms
    • Section 702: Swimming pools and other basins
    • Section 703: Rooms and cabins containing sauna heaters
    • Section 704: Construction and demolition site installations
    • Section 705: Electrical installations of agricultural and horticultural premises
    • Section 706: Restrictive conductive locations
    • Section 708: Electrical installations in caravan parks and caravans
    • Section 709: Marinas and pleasure craft
    • Section 710: Medical locations
    • Section 711: Exhibitions, shows and stands
    • Section 712: Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems
    • Section 713: Furniture
    • Section 714: External lighting
    • Section 715: Extra-low-voltage lighting installations
    • Section 717: Mobile or transportable units
    • Section 718: Communal facilities and workplaces
    • Section 721: Electrical installations in caravans and motor caravans
    • Section 722: Supplies for Electric Vehicles
    • Section 729: Operating or maintenance gangways
    • Section 740: Temporary electrical installations for structures, amusement devices and booths at fairgrounds, amusement parks and circuses
    • Section 753: Heating cables and embedded heating systems
  • Part 8: Functional Aspects
    • Section 8-1: Energy Efficiency
    • Section 8-82: Prosumer’s low-voltage electrical installations
    • Section 8-3: Operation of prosumer’s electrical installations

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