EN 60947-1:2007

Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: General rules

The purpose of this standard is to harmonize as far as practicable all rules and requirements of a general nature applicable to low-voltage switchgear and controlgear in order to obtain uniformity of requirements and tests throughout the corresponding range of equipment and to avoid the need for testing to different standards.

Niederspannungsschaltgeräte - Teil 1: Allgemeine Festlegungen

Appareillage à basse tension - Partie 1: Règles générales

La présente norme a pour objectif d'harmoniser dans toute la mesure du possible l'ensemble des règles et des dispositions de caractère général applicables à l'appareillage à basse tension, de manière à uniformiser les exigences et les essais visant la gamme complète des matériels correspondants et à éviter d'avoir à effectuer des essais suivant des normes différentes.

Nizkonapetostne stikalne naprave – 1. del: Splošna pravila (IEC 60947-1:2007)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 18-Jul-2007
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jun-2010
• ICS: 29.130.20 - Low voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 121A - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 121A - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Parallel Committee: IEC/SC 17B - IEC_SC_17B
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 19-Feb-2024
• Completion Date: 19-Feb-2024
• Directive: 2004/108/EC - Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
• Directive: 2004/108/EU - DIRECTIVE 2004/108/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• Directive: 2014/30/EU - Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast)
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Directive: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Directive: 89/336/EEC - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
• Mandate: M/404 - Standardisation Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI for harmonized standard according to the Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2004/108/EC
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60947-1:2007 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -- Part 1: General rules

Relations

• Replaces: EN 50011:1977 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear for industrial use - Terminal marking, distinctive number and distinctive letter for particular contactor relays
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 50042:1980 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear for industrial use - Terminal marking - Terminals for external associated electronic circuit components and contacts
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 50013:1977 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear for industrial use - Terminal marking and distinctive number for particular control switches
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 50005:1976 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear for industrial use - Terminal marking and distinctive number - General rules
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 60947-1:2004 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: General rules
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN IEC 60947-1:2021 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: General rules
• Effective Date: 23-Feb-2021
• Amended By: EN 60947-1:2007/A1:2011 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: General rules
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Amended By: EN 60947-1:2007/A2:2014 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: General rules
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -- Part 1: General rules (IEC 60947-1:2007)Nizkonapetostne stikalne naprave – 1. del: Splošna pravila (IEC 60947-1:2007)Appareillage a basse tension -- Partie 1: Regles générales (IEC 60947-1:2007)Niederspannungsschaltgeräte -- Teil 1: Allgemeine Festlegungen (IEC 60947-1:2007)Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 60947-1:2007SIST EN 60947-1:2007en,fr,de29.130.20Nizkonapetostne stikalne in krmilne napraveLow voltage switchgear and controlgearICS:SIST EN 60947-1:20041DGRPHãþDSLOVENSKI
STANDARDSIST EN 60947-1:200701-november-2007

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60947-1 NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM July 2007
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels
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All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60947-1:2007 E
ICS 29.130.20 Supersedes EN 60947-1:2004
English version
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -
Part 1: General rules (IEC 60947-1:2007)
Appareillage à basse tension -
Partie 1: Règles générales (CEI 60947-1:2007)
Niederspannungsschaltgeräte -
Teil 1: Allgemeine Festlegungen (IEC 60947-1:2007)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-07-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Foreword The text of document 17B/1550/FDIS, future edition 5 of IEC 60947-1, prepared by SC 17B, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear, of IEC TC 17, Switchgear and controlgear, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60947-1 on 2007-07-01. This European Standard supersedes EN 60947-1:2004. The main changes with respect to EN 60947-1:2004 are as follows: – modification and restructuration of 7.1; – introduction of new figures concerning EMC tests; – introduction of new Annexes Q, R and S. The following dates were fixed: – latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
(dop)
2008-04-01 – latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn
(dow)
2010-07-01 This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association and covers essential requirements of EC Directives EMC (98/336/EEC) and EMC2 (2004/108/EC). See Annex ZZ. Annexes ZA and ZZ have been added by CENELEC. __________ Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60947-1:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. __________

- 3 - EN 60947-1:2007 Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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
When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60050-151 2001 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) -
Part 151: Electrical and magnetic devices - -
IEC 60050-441 + A1 1984 2000 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) -
Chapter 441: Switchgear, controlgear and fuses - -
IEC 60050-604 + A1 1987 1998 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) -
Chapter 604: Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity - Operation - -
IEC 60050-826 2004 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary -
Part 826: Electrical installations - -
IEC 60060
Series High-voltage test techniques EN 60060 Series
IEC 60068-1 + corr. October + A1 1988 1988 1992 Environmental testing -
Part 1: General and guidance
EN 60068-1
IEC 60068-2-1 A1 A2 1990 1993 1994 Environmental testing -
Part 2: Tests - Tests A: Cold EN 60068-2-11) A1 A2
1993 1993 1994
IEC 60068-2-2 A1 A2 1974 1993 1994 Environmental testing -
Part 2: Tests - Tests B: Dry heat EN 60068-2-22) A1 A2
1993 1993 1994
IEC 60068-2-6
1995 1995 Environmental testing -
Part 2: Tests - Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal) EN 60068-2-6 1995
IEC 60068-2-27 1987 Basic environmental testing procedures -
Part 2: Tests - Test Ea and guidance: Shock EN 60068-2-27 1993
IEC 60068-2-30 2005 Environmental testing -
Part 2-30: Tests - Test Db: Damp heat, cyclic (12 h + 12 h cycle) EN 60068-2-30 2005
IEC 60068-2-52
1996 Environmental testing -
Part 2: Tests - Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium chloride solution) EN 60068-2-52 1996
1) EN 60068-2-1 is superseded by EN 60068-2-1:2007, which is based on IEC 60068-2-1:2007. 2) EN 60068-2-2 includes supplement A:1976 to IEC 60068-2-2.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60068-2-78 2001 Environmental testing -
Part 2-78: Tests - Test Cab: Damp heat, steady state EN 60068-2-78 2001
IEC 60071-1 1993 Insulation co-ordination -
Part 1: Definitions, principles and rules EN 60071-13)
IEC 60073 2002 Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Coding principles for indicators and actuators EN 60073 2002
IEC 60085 2004 Electrical insulation - Thermal classification EN 60085 2004
IEC 60112
2003 Method for the determination of the proof and the comparative tracking indices of solid insulating materials EN 60112 2003
IEC 60216 Series Electrical insulating materials - Properties of thermal endurance
EN 60216 Series
IEC 60228 2004 Conductors of insulated cables EN 60228 + corr. May
2005 2005
IEC 60269-1 A1 1998 2005 Low-voltage fuses -
Part 1: General requirements EN 60269-14) A1
1998 2005
IEC 60269-2 A1 A2 1986 1995 2001 Low-voltage fuses -
Part 2: Supplementary requirements for fuses for use by authorized persons (fuses mainly for industrial application) EN 60269-25) A1 A2
1995 1997 2002
IEC 60344 A1 1980 1985 Guide to the calculation of resistance of plain and coated copper conductors of low-frequency cables and wires - -
IEC 60364-4-44 2001 Electrical installations of buildings -
Part 4-44: Protection for safety - Protection against voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances - -
IEC 60364-4-44/A1 (mod) 2003 Electrical installations of buildings -
Part 4-44: Protection for safety - Protection against voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances -
Clause 443: Protection against overvoltages of atmospheric origin or due to switching HD 60364-4-443 2006
IEC 60417 Data-base Graphical symbols for use on equipment - -
IEC 60439-1 A1 1999 2004 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies -
Part 1: Type-tested and partially type-tested assemblies EN 60439-1 A1 1999 2004
3) EN 60071-1 is superseded by EN 60071-1:2006, which is based on IEC 60071-1:2006. 4) EN 60269-1 is superseded by EN 60269-1:2007, which is based on IEC 60269-1:2006. 5) EN 60269-2 is superseded by HD 60269-2:2007, which is based on IEC 60269-2:2006.

- 5 - EN 60947-1:2007 Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60445
1999 Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of equipment terminals and of terminations of certain designated conductors, including general rules for an alphanumeric system EN 604456)
IEC 60447 2004 Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Actuating principles EN 60447 2004
IEC 60529
A1 1989
1999 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) EN 60529 + corr. May
A1 1991 1993 2000
IEC 60617 Data-base Graphical symbols for diagrams - -
IEC 60664-1 + A1 + A2 1992 2000 2002 Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems -
Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests
EN 60664-17)
IEC 60695-2-2 A1 1991 1994 Fire hazard testing -
Part 2: Test methods - Section 2: Needle-flame test EN 60695-2-28) A1
1994 1995
IEC 60695-2-10 2000 Fire hazard testing -
Part 2-10: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire apparatus and common test procedure EN 60695-2-10 2001
IEC 60695-2-11
2000 2001 Fire hazard testing -
Part 2-11: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire flammability test method for end-products EN 60695-2-11 2001
IEC 60695-11-10 A1 1999 2003 Fire hazard testing -
Part 11-10: Test flames - 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods EN 60695-11-10 A1 1999 2003
IEC 60947-5-1 2003 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -
Part 5-1: Control circuit devices and switching elements - Electromechanical control circuit devices EN 60947-5-1 + corr. July
2004 2005
IEC 60947-8 A1 2003 2006 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -
Part 8: Control units for built-in thermal protection (PTC) for rotating electrical machines EN 60947-8 A1 2003 2006
IEC 60981 2004 Extra-heavy duty electrical rigid steel conduits - -
IEC 61000-3-2 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 3-2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment input current ≤ 16 A per phase) EN 61000-3-2 2006
6) EN 60445 is superseded by EN 60445:2007, which is based on IEC 60445:2006. 7) EN 60664-1 is superseded by EN 60664-1:2007, which is based on IEC 60664-1:2007. 8) EN 60695-2-2 is superseded by EN 60695-11-5:2005, which is based on IEC 60695-11-5:2004.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 61000-3-3
A1 A2 1994
2001 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 3-3: Limits - Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker in public low-voltage supply systems, for equipment with rated current ≤ 16 A per phase and not subject to conditional connection EN 61000-3-3 + corr. July
A1 A2 1995 1997 2001 2005
IEC 61000-4-2 A1 A2 1995 1998 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test EN 61000-4-2 A1 A2 1995 1998 2001
IEC 61000-4-3 2006 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-3 : Testing and measurement techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test EN 61000-4-3 2006
IEC 61000-4-4
2004 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-4: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test EN 61000-4-4 2004
IEC 61000-4-5 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-5: Testing and measurement techniques - Surge immunity test EN 61000-4-5 2006
IEC 61000-4-6 +A1 +A2 2003 2004 2006 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-6: Testing and measurement techniques - Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields
EN 61000-4-6
IEC 61000-4-8 A1 1993 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-8: Testing and measurement techniques - Power frequency magnetic field immunity test EN 61000-4-8 A1 1993 2001
IEC 61000-4-11 2004 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-11: Testing and measurement techniques - Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests EN 61000-4-11 2004
IEC 61000-4-13 2002 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 4-13: Testing and measurement techniques - Harmonics and interharmonics including mains signalling at a.c. power port, low frequency immunity tests EN 61000-4-13 2002
IEC 61000-6-2 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -
Part 6-2: Generic standards - Immunity for industrial environments EN 61000-6-2 + corr. September 2005 2005
IEC 61131-2
2003 Programmable controllers -
Part 2: Equipment requirements and tests EN 61131-2 + corr. August
2003 2003
IEC 61140 A1 (mod) 2001 2004 Protection against electric shock - Common aspects for installation and equipment EN 61140 A1 2002 2006
IEC 61180 Series High-voltage test techniques for low-voltage equipment
EN 61180 Series
- 7 - EN 60947-1:2007 Publication Year Title EN/HD Year CISPR 11 (mod) + A1 (mod) A2 2003 2004 2006 Industrial scientific and medical (ISM) radio-frequency equipment - Electromagnetic disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement
EN 55011 A2
2007 2007
Annex ZZ (informative)
Coverage of Essential Requirements of EC Directives
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association and within its scope the standard covers all relevant essentiel requirements as given in Article 4 of the EC Directive 98/336/EEC and Article 1 of Annex I of the EC Directive 2004/108/EC.
Compliance with this standard provides one means of conformity with the specified essential requirements of the Directives concerned.
WARNING: Other requirements and other EC Directives may be applicable to the products falling within the scope of this standard.

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1 General.9 1.1 Scope and object.9 1.2 Normative references.10 2 Definitions.13 2.1 General terms.
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