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IEC 60884-1:2022 applies to plugs and fixed or portable socket-outlets for AC only, with or without earthing contact, with a rated voltage greater than 50 V but not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 32 A, intended for household and similar purposes, either indoors or outdoors.
Compatible plugs and socket-outlets, when combined, form a plug and socket-outlet system. Standardized systems used around the world are reported in IEC/TR 60083.
The rated current is limited to 16 A maximum for accessories provided with screwless-type terminals.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2002, Amendment 1:2006 and Amendment 2:2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
plugs and socket-outlets incorporating pilot lights;
crimped connections in accessories;
insulation piercing terminals (IPT);
accessories to be used with American Wire Gauge (AWG) cables;
accessories used in T° below −5 °C down to and including −45 °C;
accessories used in T° above +40 °C up to and including +70 °C;
plugs and socket-outlets for high load (HL);
clarification of some definitions;
durability of markings test;
introduction of thermal monitoring in the plug;
requirements for shutters in portable socket-outlets;
test walls for the verification of ingress of water;
rewriting of the temperature rise clause.
The contents of the corrigendum of November 2023 have been included in this copy.

IEC 60884-1:2022 applies to plugs and fixed or portable socket-outlets for AC only, with or without earthing contact, with a rated voltage greater than 50 V but not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 32 A, intended for household and similar purposes, either indoors or outdoors.
Compatible plugs and socket-outlets, when combined, form a plug and socket-outlet system. Standardized systems used around the world are reported in IEC/TR 60083.
The rated current is limited to 16 A maximum for accessories provided with screwless-type terminals.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2002, Amendment 1:2006 and Amendment 2:2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
plugs and socket-outlets incorporating pilot lights;
crimped connections in accessories;
insulation piercing terminals (IPT);
accessories to be used with American Wire Gauge (AWG) cables;
accessories used in T° below −5 °C down to and including −45 °C;
accessories used in T° above +40 °C up to and including +70 °C;
plugs and socket-outlets for high load (HL);
clarification of some definitions;
durability of markings test;
introduction of thermal monitoring in the plug;
requirements for shutters in portable socket-outlets;
test walls for the verification of ingress of water;
rewriting of the temperature rise clause.

IEC 60884-1:2022 applies to plugs and fixed or portable socket-outlets for AC only, with or without earthing contact, with a rated voltage greater than 50 V but not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 32 A, intended for household and similar purposes, either indoors or outdoors.
Compatible plugs and socket-outlets, when combined, form a plug and socket-outlet system. Standardized systems used around the world are reported in IEC/TR 60083.
The rated current is limited to 16 A maximum for accessories provided with screwless-type terminals.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2002, Amendment 1:2006 and Amendment 2:2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
plugs and socket-outlets incorporating pilot lights;
crimped connections in accessories;
insulation piercing terminals (IPT);
accessories to be used with American Wire Gauge (AWG) cables;
accessories used in T° below −5 °C down to and including −45 °C;
accessories used in T° above +40 °C up to and including +70 °C;
plugs and socket-outlets for high load (HL);
clarification of some definitions;
durability of markings test;
introduction of thermal monitoring in the plug;
requirements for shutters in portable socket-outlets;
test walls for the verification of ingress of water;
rewriting of the temperature rise clause.
The contents of the corrigendum of November 2023 have been included in this copy.

This part of IEC 61058 applies to switches or switching devices for appliances. The switches are intended to control electrical appliances and other equipment for household or similar purposes with a rated voltage not exceeding 600 V and a rated current not exceeding 63 A.
In the IEC 61058 series the terms "switching devices" and "switches" are used interchangeably.
Switches for appliances are intended to be operated by
– a person via an actuating member,
– indirect actuation,
– an actuating sensing unit.
Transmission of a signal between the actuating member or sensing unit and the switch can be connected by optical, acoustic, thermal, electrical or other relevant connection and can include remote controlled units.
This document applies to switches for appliances with additional control functions provided by the switch using electronic circuits.
This document applies to circuitry when evaluated with a switch and necessary for the switching function.
This part document applies in general to switches for appliances in conjunction with the following parts:
– Part 1-1: Requirements for mechanical switches, and/or
– Part 1-2: Requirements for electronic switches.
This document does not apply to switches covered by:
– IEC 60669 (all parts), Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations, and
– IEC 60730 (all parts), Automatic electrical controls.
NOTE 1 Attention is drawn to the fact that the end product standards for appliances can contain additional or alternative requirements for switches (see Annex O).
NOTE 2 Throughout this document, the word "appliance" means "appliance or equipment".

IEC 61995-1:2025 applies to devices for the connection of luminaires (DCL) intended for household and similar purposes, for the electrical connection of fixed luminaires of class I or class II to final circuits rated at not more than 16 A without mechanical support for the luminaires incorporated in the plug/outlet interface. The DCL retention mechanisms are not intended to support the weight of the luminaires.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2005 and Amendment 1:2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) additional requirements and tests for additional suspension means;
b) additional requirements and tests for additional functions;
c) additional requirements and tests for floating type DCLs;
d) introduction of insulation piercing terminals (IPT);
e) additional classification according to the connection capacities of the DCL outlet terminals;
f) modification of maximum withdrawal force for plugs with enabled locking means;
g) improvements of temperature rise tests.

This document applies to docking connectors (hereinafter referred to as accessories) incorporated in or fixed to electrical equipment, intended to connect energy storage units, either removable or swappable, or both, to a dedicated electric power conversion unit, to an energy consuming unit or to another energy storage unit.
These accessories are intended for DC and can include either a protective earth contact or optional auxiliary contacts for signalling and data transmission, or both. These accessories have a rated current of up to 2 000 A and rated operating voltages not exceeding 1 500 V DC.
This document also applies to accessories intended to be used at extra-low voltage.
The list of preferred ratings is not intended to exclude other ratings.
These accessories are not suitable for mating or unmating under load. These accessories are intended to be installed by instructed persons (IEC 60050-195:2021, 195-04-02) or skilled persons (IEC 60050-195:2021, 195-04-01) only.
This document applies to accessories for use under environmental conditions as described in Clause 31.
These accessories are intended to be connected to current carrying parts in copper or copper
alloy only, plated or not plated.
In locations where special conditions prevail, additional requirements can apply.
NOTE For conditions other than operation, additional requirements can be applicable, for instance, IEC 62133 (all parts) and UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (2002), section 38.338.3.

The purpose of this document is to describe product classes and properties, representing the miniature circuit-breaker (MCB), to become a part of the IEC 61360-4: IEC Common Data Dictionary (IEC CDD). It includes data required for product selection as well as data required for engineering.
This document intends, as a contribution to the IEC Common Data Dictionary, to be used by catalogue consortia, other database standards and software as a data reference for circuit-breakers and similar equipment for household use.
NOTE In the future, it is intended to extend the IEC 63508 DB to other types of products e.g. arc fault detection devices (AFDDs), residual current circuit breakers (RCCBs), residual circuit breaker with overcurrent protection (RCBOs).

NOTE Throughout this standard, the abbreviation ACS (ASSEMBLY for construction site, see 3.1.101) is used for a low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assembly intended for use on construction and similar sites. This part of 61439 defines the specific requirements of ACS as follows: - ASSEMBLIES for which the rated voltage does not exceed 1 000 V in case of AC or 1 500 V in case of DC; - ASSEMBLIES where the nominal primary voltage and the nominal secondary voltage of transformers incorporated in ACS are within the limits specified above; - ASSEMBLIES intended for use on construction sites, both indoors and outdoors, i.e. temporary places of work to which the public do not generally have access and where building construction, installation, repairs, alteration or demolition of property (buildings) or civil engineering (public works) or excavation or any other similar operations are carried out; - transportable (semi-fixed) or mobile ASSEMBLIES with enclosure. The manufacture and/or assembly may be carried out other than by the original manufacturer. This standard does not apply to individual devices and self-contained components, such as motor starters, fuse switches, electronic equipment, etc. which will comply with the relevant product standards. This standard does not apply to ASSEMBLIES for use in the administrative centres of construction sites (offices, cloakrooms, ASSEMBLY rooms, canteens, restaurants, dormitories, toilets, etc.). Requirements for electrical protection provided by equipment manufactured according to this International Standard are given in IEC 60364-7-704.

IEC 60115-8-10:2026 is applicable to the drafting of detail specifications for surface mount (SMD) low-power film resistors, classified to level G, based on the definition of the product classification levels in IEC 60115‑1:2020, 3.4. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition IEC 60115‑8‑1:2014: a) it supports solderability testing for both traditional lead-bearing soldering and up-to-date lead-free soldering, as required; b) it supports the provision of detailed visual acceptance criteria; c) it includes the requirement for a visual examination of the primary and proximity packaging; d) it provides for the inclusion of specific visual acceptance criteria, to be applied in addition to those given in Annex B of the sectional specification IEC 60115‑8:2023.

This document establishes the air interface for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices operating in the 860 MHz to 930 MHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band used in item management applications. This document specifies a common technical specification for RFID devices that can be used to develop standards for applications using this radio identification (RAIN) air interface. This document is intended to improve compatibility and encourage inter-operability of products for the growing RFID market in the international marketplace. This document establishes the forward and return link parameters for technical attributes including, but not limited to, operating frequency, operating channel accuracy, occupied channel bandwidth, maximum effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), spurious emissions, modulation, duty cycle, data coding, bit rate, bit rate accuracy, bit transmission order, and, where appropriate, operating channels, frequency hop rate, hop sequence, spreading sequence, and chip rate. This document further specifies the communications protocol used in the air interface. This document describes the physical and logical requirements for a passive backscatter, Interrogator-talks-first (ITF), radio frequency identification system operating in the 860 MHz to 930 MHz frequency range. This document specifies: physical interactions (the signalling layer of the communication link) between Interrogators and Tags; logical operating procedures and commands between Interrogators and Tags; the collision arbitration scheme used to identify a specific tag in a multiple-tag environment; optional security commands that allow the use of crypto suites of ISO/IEC 29167-1:2014.

This document specifies an analytical method with a puffing regime according to ISO 5501-2 to determine aerosol collected mass (ACM) and nicotine in the aerosol from aerosol heated tobacco products, in combination with a specific tobacco heating device (THD).

This document establishes general principles for the measurement and evaluation of vibration using measurements made on rotating or non-rotating parts of complete machines. It is applicable to vibration measurements on non-rotating parts and to both absolute and relative radial shaft vibration with regard to the monitoring of radial clearances, but does not apply to axial shaft vibration, unless otherwise stated. The evaluation criteria, which are presented in terms of both vibration magnitude and change in vibration, relate to both operational monitoring and acceptance tests. They have been provided primarily with regard to securing reliable, safe, long-term operation of the machine while minimizing any adverse effects on associated equipment. This document also gives guidance on setting operating limits. NOTE 1 The evaluation criteria for different machine types are included in other parts of the ISO 10816 series and the ISO 20816 series. NOTE 2 The term “shaft vibration” is used throughout the ISO 10816 series and the ISO 20816 series because, in most cases, vibration measurements are made on machine shafts. However, the ISO 10816 series and the ISO 20816 series are also applicable to measurements made on other rotating elements of the machine if such elements are found or known to be more suitable, provided that the guidelines set in this document are met. The evaluation criteria are only applicable to the vibration produced by the machine itself and not the vibration transmitted to it from outside. This document does not apply to torsional vibration. NOTE 3 For information regarding the evaluation of torsional vibration, see e.g. ISO 3046-5, ISO 22266-1 or VDI 2039.

This document specifies basic control strategies, minimum functional requirements, basic driver interface elements, and test procedures for verifying the system requirements for collision evasive lateral manoeuvre systems (CELM). Specific methods for object detection and other environmental perception technologies are not described in this document. This document applies to light vehicles and heavy trucks. Vehicles equipped with trailers are not within the scope of this document.

This document defines general terms for district heating and/or cooling systems.