SIST EN IEC 60077-5:2020

Railway applications - Electric equipment for rolling stock - Part 5: Electrotechnical components - Rules for HV fuses

The purpose of NEN-EN-IEC 60077-5 is to give additional or amended rules for high voltage (HV) fuses as a supplement to those given by IEC 60077-2. The high voltage fuses concerned are those connected into power and/or auxiliary circuits. The nominal voltage of these circuits lies between 600 V DC and 3 000 V DC, according to IEC 60850. These fuses can also be used in auxiliary AC circuits up to a nominal voltage of 1500 V. This document together with IEC 60077-2 states specifically: a) the characteristics of the fuses; b) the service conditions with which the fuses comply with reference to: - operation and behaviour in normal service; - operation and behaviour in case of short circuit; - dielectric properties. c) the tests intended for confirming the compliance of the fuse with the characteristics under the service conditions and the methods adopted for these tests; d) the information marked on, or given with, the fuse. This document does not cover parallel connection of fuses. During preparation of this document, IEC 60269-1 and IEC 60282-1 have been considered and their requirements have been kept as far as possible. This document makes reference to the general rules for electrotechnical components given in IEC 60077-2, but for general conditions reference is made directly to IEC 60077-1.

Bahnanwendungen - Elektrische Betriebsmittel auf Fahrzeugen - Teil 5: Elektrotechnische Bauteile - Regeln für Hochspannungssicherungen

Applications ferroviaires - Equipements électriques du matériel roulant - Partie 5: Composants électrotechniques - Règles pour les fusibles à haute tension

IEC 60077-5:2019 est disponible sous forme de IEC 60077-5:2019 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.

L'IEC 60077-5:2019 fournir des règles complémentaires ou amendées pour les fusibles à haute tension, en plus de celles données dans l'IEC 60077-2. Les fusibles à haute tension concernés sont connectés dans les circuits de puissance et/ou auxiliaires. La tension nominale de ces circuits est située entre 600 V CC et 3 000 V CC, conformément à l'IEC 60850. Ces fusibles peuvent également être utilisés dans des circuits auxiliaires à courant alternatif jusqu'à une tension nominale de 1 500 V. En complément de l'IEC 60077-2, le présent document précise particulièrement:
a) les caractéristiques des fusibles;
b) les conditions de service que les fusibles supportent du point de vue:
- du fonctionnement et du comportement en service normal;
- du fonctionnement et du comportement en cas de court-circuit;
- des propriétés diélectriques.
c) les essais destinés à vérifier la conformité du fusible avec les caractéristiques dans les conditions de service ainsi que les méthodes à adopter pour ces essais;
d) les informations données avec ou marquées sur le fusible.
Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition, parue en 2003. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) révision de la méthode d'essai des conditions d'essai III pour la vérification du pouvoir de coupure.

Železniške naprave - Električna oprema za vozna sredstva - 5. del: Elektrotehnične komponente - Pravila za visokonapetostne varovalke

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 08-Jun-2020
• ICS: 29.120.50 - Fuses and other overcurrent protection devices
• ICS: 29.280 - Electric traction equipment
• ICS: 45.060.01 - Railway rolling stock in general
• Technical Committee: ŽEN - Electrical applications for railways
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 12-Mar-2020
• Due Date: 17-May-2020
• Completion Date: 09-Jun-2020
• Ref Project: EN IEC 60077-5:2019 - Railway applications - Electric equipment for rolling stock - Part 5: Electrotechnical components - Rules for HV fuses

Relations

• Revised: SIST EN 60077-5:2004 - Railway applications - Electrotechnical equipment for rolling stock -- Part 5: Electrotechnical components - Rules for HV fuses
• Effective Date: 27-Feb-2018
• Replaces: SIST EN 60077-5:2004 - Railway applications - Electrotechnical equipment for rolling stock -- Part 5: Electrotechnical components - Rules for HV fuses
• Effective Date: 24-Dec-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 60077-5:2020
01-julij-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60077-5:2004
Železniške naprave - Električna oprema za vozna sredstva - 5. del: Elektrotehnične
komponente - Pravila za visokonapetostne varovalke
Railway applications - Electric equipment for rolling stock - Part 5: Electrotechnical
components - Rules for HV fuses
Applications ferroviaires - Equipements électriques du matériel roulant - Partie 5:
Composants électrotechniques - Règles pour les fusibles à haute tension
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60077-5:2019
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
29.280 Električna vlečna oprema Electric traction equipment
45.060.01 Železniška vozila na splošno Railway rolling stock in
general
SIST EN IEC 60077-5:2020 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60077-5

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2019
ICS 45.060 Supersedes EN 60077-5:2003 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Railway applications - Electric equipment for rolling stock - Part
5: Electrotechnical components - Rules for HV fuses
(IEC 60077-5:2019)
Applications ferroviaires - Équipements électriques du Bahnanwendungen - Elektrische Betriebsmittel auf
matériel roulant - Partie 5: Composants électrotechniques - Fahrzeugen - Teil 5: Elektrotechnische Bauteile - Regeln für
Règles pour les fusibles à haute tension Hochspannungssicherungen
(IEC 60077-5:2019) (IEC 60077-5:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-12-04. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.


European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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EN IEC 60077-5:2019 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 9/2539/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60077-5, prepared by IEC/TC 9 "Electrical
equipment and systems for railways" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved
by CENELEC as EN IEC 60077-5:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-09-04
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-12-04
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 60077-5:2003 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60077-5:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.


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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60077-1 2017 Railway applications - Electric equipment EN 60077-1 2017
for rolling stock - Part 1: General service
conditions and general rules
IEC 60077-2 2017 Railway applications - Electric equipment EN 60077-2 2017
for rolling stock - Part 2: Electrotechnical
components - General rules
IEC 60269-1 2006 Low-voltage fuses - Part 1: General EN 60269-1 2007
requirements
+ A1 2009  + A1 2009
+ A2 2014  + A2 2014
IEC 60282-1 2009 High-voltage fuses - Part 1: Current-limiting EN 60282-1 2009
fuses
+ A1 2014  + A1 2014
IEC 61373 -  Railway applications - Rolling stock EN 61373 -
equipment - Shock and vibration tests
ISO 3 -  Preferred numbers - Series of preferred - -
numbers

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 7
3.1 Components . 7
3.2 Operational characteristics . 8
3.3 Abbreviated terms . 10
4 Classification . 10
4.1 Breaking range . 10
4.2 Utilisation category . 11
5 Characteristics . 11
6 Product information . 12
6.1 Documentation . 12
6.2 Marking . 12
7 Normal service conditions . 12
8 Constructional and performance requirements . 12
8.1 Constructional requirements . 12
8.1.1 General . 12
8.1.2 Fuse-link . 12
8.1.3 Fuse-base . 13
8.1.4 Spring-loaded contacts . 13
8.1.5 External terminals . 13
8.2 Performance requirements . 13
8.2.1 Operating conditions . 13
8.2.2 Temperature limits . 13
8.2.3 Dielectric properties . 13
8.2.4 Rated voltage . 13
8.2.5 Rated current of the fuse-link . 14
8.2.6 Rated current of the fuse-base . 14
8.2.7 Breaking capacity . 14
8.2.8 Time-current characteristics . 14
9 Tests . 14
9.1 Kinds of tests . 14
9.1.1 General . 14
9.1.2 Type tests . 15
9.1.3 Routine tests . 15
9.1.4 Investigation tests . 15
9.2 Tests for the verification of constructional requirements . 15
9.2.1 General . 15
9.2.2 Type tests . 15
9.2.3 Routine tests . 16
9.3 Type tests for the verification of performance requirements . 16
9.3.1 Test sequence . 16
9.3.2 General test conditions . 17

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9.3.3 Test sequence for the verification of general performance
characteristics . 18
9.3.4 Description of tests for the fuse-link . 18
9.4 Routine tests for the verification of performance requirements . 22
9.4.1 General . 22
9.4.2 Resistance measurement . 23
Annex A (normative) Connection diagram for temperature rise tests . 24
Annex B (informative) Comparison between “a” and “g” fuse time current
characteristics . 25
Annex C (informative) Diagram of the test circuit for breaking capacity tests . 26
Annex D (informative) Verification of breaking capacity . 27
Bibliography . 29

Figure A.1 – Connection diagram for temperature rise tests . 24
Figure B.1 – Comparison between “a” and “g” fuse time current characteristics . 25
Figure C.1 – Diagram of the test circuit for breaking capacity tests . 26
Figure D.1 – Test circuit calibration . 27
Figure D.2 – Breaking operation when the instant of arc initiation is after the peak
value of the current . 28
Figure D.3 – Breaking operation when the instant of arc initiation is prior to the peak
value of the current . 28

Table 1 – Conventional times for “g” fuse-links . 11
Table 2 – Rated and test voltages for DC fuse-links supplied from the contact line . 14
Table 3 – Sequence of tests for the highest rating of a homogeneous series . 16
Table 4 – Sequence of tests for the lowest rating of a homogeneous series . 17
Table 5 – Sequence of tests for the intermediate ratings of a homogeneous series . 17
Table 6 – Tolerances on test values . 18
Table 7 – Parameters for breaking capacity tests of DC fuse-links . 20
Table 8 – Time constant of the test circuit . 21

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Part 5: Electrotechnical components –
Rules for HV fuses

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60077-5 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 9:
Electrical equipment and systems for railways.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition, issued in 2003. It constitutes a
technical revision.
This edition includes the following main technical changes with regard to the previous edition:
a) test method of test duty III for verification of breaking capacity is reviewed.

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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
9/2539/FDIS 9/2555/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
This document should be read in conjunction with IEC 60077-1 and IEC 60077-2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 60077 series, published under the general title Railway
applications – Electric equipment for rolling stock, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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Part 5: Electrotechnical components –
Rules for HV fuses



1 Scope
The purpose of this part of IEC 60077 is to give additional or amended rules for high voltage
(HV) fuses as a supplement to those given by IEC 60077-2.
NOTE 1 In this document the term high voltage fuses is used in the context of the voltages used in the field of
railway rolling stock.
The high voltage fuses concerned are those connected into power and/or auxiliary circuits.
The nominal voltage of these circuits lies between 600 V DC and 3 000 V DC, according to
IEC 60850. These fuses can also be used in auxiliary AC circuits up to a nominal voltage of
1 500 V.
NOTE 2 Certain of these rules, after agreement between the user and the manufacturer, are used for fuses
installed on vehicles other than rail rolling stock such as mine locomotives, trolleybuses, etc.
This document together with IEC 60077-2 states specifically:
a) the characteristics of the fuses;
b) the service conditions with which the fuses comply with reference to:
– operation and behaviour in normal service;
– operation and behaviour in case of short circuit;
– dielectric properties.
c) the tests intended for confirming the compliance of the fuse with the characteristics under
the service conditions and the methods adopted for these tests;
d) the information marked on, or given with, the fuse.
This document does not cover parallel connection of fuses.
During preparation of this document, IEC 60269-1 and IEC 60282-1 have been considered
and their requirements have been kept as far as possible.
This document makes reference to the general rules for electrotechnical components given in
IEC 60077-2, but for general conditions reference is made directly to IEC 60077-1.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
IEC 60077-1:2017, Railway applications – Electric equipment for rolling stock – Part 1:
General service conditions and general rules

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IEC 60077-2:2017, Railway applications – Electric equipment for rolling stock – Part 2:
Electrotechnical components – General rules
IEC 60269-1:2006, Low-voltage fuses – Part 1: General requirements
IEC 60269-1:2006/AMD1:2009
IEC 60269-1:2006/AMD2:2014
IEC 60282-1:2009, High-voltage fuses – Part 1: Current-limiting fuses
IEC 60282-1:2009/AMD1:2014
IEC 61373, Railway applications – Rolling stock equipment – Shock and vibration tests
ISO 3, Preferred numbers – Series of preferred numbers
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in Clause 3 of
IEC 60077-1:2017 and Clause 3 of IEC 60077-2:2017, and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1 Components
NOTE For terminologies of a fuse, see also Figure 1 in IEC 60282-1:2009/AMD1:2014.
3.1.1
fuse
device that, by the fusing of one or more of its specifically designed and proportioned
components, opens the circuit in which it is inserted by breaking the current when this
exceeds a given value for a sufficient time
Note 1 to entry: The fuse comprises all the parts that form the complete device.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-01, modified – The second sentence has
been changed to Note 1 to entry.]
3.1.2
fuse-link
part of a fuse (including the fuse-element(s)) intended to be replaced after the fuse has
operated
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-09]
3.1.3
fuse-element
part of the fuse-link designed to melt under the action of current exceeding some definite
value for a definite period of time
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-08]
3.1.4
fuse-base
fixed part of a fuse provided with contacts and terminals

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3.1.5
indicating device,
part of a fuse provided to indicate whether the fuse has operated
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-17]
3.1.6
open box type fuse
fuse installed in an open box equipped with an arc chute in order to reduce arc quickly
3.1.7
homogeneous series,
series of fuse-links, deviating from each other only in such characteristics that, for a given
test, the testing of one or a reduced number of particular fuse-link(s) of that series can be
taken as representative for all the fuse-links of the homogeneous series
Note 1 to entry: The relevant publications specify the characteristics by which the fuse-links of a homogeneous
series may deviate, the particular fuse-links to be tested and the specific test concerned.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-34, modified – “may” has been replaced
with “can”.]
3.2 Operational characteristics
3.2.1
prospective current,
current that would flow in the circuit if each pole of the switching device or the fuse were
replaced by a conductor of negligible impedance
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-17-01, modified – Note has been deleted.]
3.2.2
prospective peak current
peak value of a prospective current during the transient period following initiation
Note 1 to entry: This term is commonly associated with short-circuit conditions.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-17-02, modified – Note to entry has been
replaced.]
3.2.3
pre-arcing time
interval of time between the beginning of a current large enough to cause a break in the fuse-
element(s) and the instant when an arc is initiated
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-21]
3.2.4
arcing time,
interval of time between the instant of the initiation of the arc in a pole or a fuse and the
instant of final arc extinction in that pole or that fuse
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-17-37]

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3.2.5
operating time
sum of the pre-arcing time and the arcing time
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-22]
3.2.6
arc voltage,
instantaneous value of voltage which appears across the terminals of a fuse during the arcing
time
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-30]
3.2.7
peak arc voltage,
maximum instantaneous value of voltage which under prescribed conditions appears across
the terminals of a fuse during the arcing time
Note 1 to entry: After extinction of the arc, an overvoltage (transient recovery voltage) may be present across the
terminals. The value of this will depend on the circuit characteristics and the fuse. This overvoltage is not part of
the peak arc voltage (see Figure D.2 and Figure D.3).
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-17-30, modified – “a pole of a switching
device” has been replaced with “a fuse”. Note 1 to entry has been added.]
3.2.8
DC steady-state recovery voltage
recovery voltage in a DC circuit after the transient voltage phenomena have subsided,
expressed by the mean value where ripple is present
Note 1 to entry: This is shown as B and B in Figure D.2 and Figure D.3.
1 2
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-17-28, modified – Note 1 to entry has been
added.]
3.2.9
peak let-through current
maximum instantaneous value of current attained during the operation of a fuse
3.2.10
joule integral
2
I t
integral of the square of the current over a given time interval
t
1
2 2
I t= i dt

∫
t
0
2 2
Note 1 to entry: The pre-arcing I t is the I t integral extended over the pre-arcing time of the fuse.
2 2
Note 2 to entry: The operating I t is the I t integral extended over the operating time of the fuse.
Note 3 to entry: The energy in joules liberated in one ohm of resistance in a circuit protected by a fuse is equal to
2 2
the value of the operating I t expressed in A s.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984/AMD1:2000, 441-18-23]

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3.2.11
time-current characteristic
curve giving the time, e.g. pre-arcing time or operating time, as a function of the prospective
current under stated conditions of operation
...