EN 50130-5:2011

Alarm systems - Part 5: Environmental test methods

This European Standard specifies environmental test methods to be used for testing the system components of the following alarm systems, intended for use in and around buildings: - intruder alarm systems; - hold-up alarm systems; - social alarm systems; - CCTV systems, for security applications; - access control systems, for security applications; - alarm transmission systems 1). This European Standard specifies three equipment classes (fixed, movable & portable equipment) and four environmental classes. The environmental classes only include the general service environments envisaged for equipment installed in typical residential, commercial and industrial environments. It may be necessary for the product standard to require additional or different environmental tests or severities where a) there could be specific environmental problems (e.g. some different severities may be required for break glass detectors stuck to glass windows, due to the local extremes of temperature and humidity), b) the test exposure falls within the intended detection phenomenon of the detector (e.g. during a vibration test on a seismic detector). In order to provide reproducible test methods and to avoid the proliferation of technically similar test methods, the test procedures have been chosen, where possible, from internationally accepted standards (e.g. IEC publications). For specific guidance on these tests, reference should be made to the appropriate document, which is indicated in the relevant sub section. For more general guidance and background information on environmental testing, reference should be made to EN 60068 1 and to the EN 60068 3 series. This European Standard does not specify a) the requirements or performance criteria to be applied, which should be specified in the relevant product standard, b) special tests only applicable to a particular device (e.g. the effects of turbulent air draughts on ultrasonic movement detectors), c) basic safety requirements, such as protection against electrical shocks, unsafe operation, insulation coordination and related dielectric tests, d) tests relating to deliberate acts of damage or tampering.

Alarmanlagen - Teil 5: Methoden für Umweltprüfungen

Systèmes d'alarme - Partie 5: Méthodes d'essai d'environnement

Alarmni sistemi - 5. del: Metode za preskušanje vplivov okolja

Ta evropski standard določa okoljske preskusne metode za uporabo pri preskušanju sistemskih komponent naslednjih alarmnih sistemov za uporabo v stavbah in okoli njih: - alarmne sisteme za opozarjanje na vlom; - alarmne sisteme za opozarjanje na rop; - socialne alarmne sisteme; - sisteme CCTV za varnostne uporabe; sisteme za nadzor dostopa za varnostne uporabe; - sisteme za prenos alarmov. Ta evropski standard določa tri razrede opreme (fiksna, premična in prenosna oprema) in štiri okoljske razrede.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 16-Jun-2011
• ICS: 13.320 - Alarm and warning systems
• ICS: 19.040 - Environmental testing
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 79 - Alarm systems
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Due Date: 17-Jun-2011
• Completion Date: 17-Jun-2011
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50130-5:2011 - Alarm systems - Part 5: Environmental test methods

Relations

• Replaces: EN 50130-5:1998 - Alarm systems - Part 5: Environmental test methods
• Effective Date: 13-May-2010

Overview

EN 50130-5:2011 (CLC) - Alarm systems - Part 5: Environmental test methods - specifies standardized environmental test methods for system components of alarm systems intended for use in and around buildings. It applies to intruder alarm, hold‑up, social alarm, CCTV (security applications), access control (security applications) and alarm transmission systems. The standard defines three equipment classes (fixed, movable, portable) and four environmental classes covering typical residential, commercial and industrial service environments.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope and applicability: test methods for environmental qualification of alarm-system components; intended for product standards to reference.
• Test methods included: dry heat (operational & endurance), cold, temperature change, damp heat (steady state and cyclic), water ingress, sulphur dioxide (SO2), salt mist (cyclic), shock, impact, free fall, sinusoidal vibration (operational & endurance), simulated solar radiation (temperature rise & surface degradation), and dust tightness.
• Equipment & environmental classes: categorisation into fixed, movable and portable equipment and four environmental severity classes for reproducible testing and selection of appropriate conditions.
• Standards alignment: where possible the test procedures are taken from internationally accepted standards (e.g. IEC standards); general guidance references EN 60068‑1 and the EN 60068 series.
• Limitations: EN 50130‑5 does not set performance criteria or pass/fail requirements (these belong in the relevant product standard), nor does it cover basic electrical safety, or tests for deliberate tampering.

Practical applications and users

Who uses EN 50130‑5:

• Manufacturers - to design and validate alarm components for environmental robustness.
• Test laboratories - to perform repeatable environmental qualification testing referenced by product standards.
• Standards authors and compliance engineers - to define required environmental tests for specific alarm system product standards (e.g., EN 50131 series, EN 50132, EN 50133, EN 50134, EN 50136).
• Specifiers, procurement and installers - to understand environmental class expectations when selecting equipment for building, industrial or outdoor installations.

Typical uses:

• Type testing of detectors, control panels, cameras and transmission units.
• Determining appropriate environmental class and test severity for product certification.
• Improving product design against environmental hazards such as humidity, salt mist, vibration, water ingress and solar ageing.

Related standards

• EN 50130 series (system-level alarm standards)
• EN 50131, EN 50132, EN 50133, EN 50134, EN 50136 (product-specific series)
• EN 60068‑1 and EN 60068 series (general environmental testing and guidance)
• Relevant IEC test standards referenced within EN 50130‑5

Keywords: EN 50130‑5:2011, environmental test methods, alarm systems, environmental classes, equipment classes, EN 60068, IEC, water ingress, damp heat, vibration, CCTV, access control.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2011
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 50130-5:2001
Alarmni sistemi - 5. del: Metode za preskušanje vplivov okolja
Alarm systems - Part 5: Environmental test methods
Alarmanlagen - Teil 5: Methoden für Umweltprüfungen
Systèmes d'alarme - Partie 5: Méthodes d'essai d'environnement
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50130-5:2011
ICS:
13.320 Alarmni in opozorilni sistemi Alarm and warning systems
19.040 Preskušanje v zvezi z Environmental testing
okoljem
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 50130-5
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.320; 29.020 Supersedes EN 50130-5:1998

English version
Alarm systems -
Part 5: Environmental test methods

Systèmes d'alarme -  Alarmanlagen -
Partie 5: Méthodes d'essai Teil 5: Methoden für Umweltprüfungen
d'environnement
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2011-06-13. 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.

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Ref. No. EN 50130-5:2011 E
Foreword
This European Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 79, Alarm systems.
The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 50130-5
on 2011-06-13.
This document supersedes EN 50130-5:1998.
The main changes with respect to EN 50130-5:1998 are listed below:
1) updating of the referenced base standards to the latest editions, this updating has caused
changes therefore in the test methods used in several clauses.
2) Clauses 8 and 9 have had changes made to the requirements in class IV limits.
3) Clause 27 was removed.
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) 2012-06-13
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting

with the EN have to be withdrawn
(dow) 2014-06-13
This European Standard is part of the EN 50130 series of standards. This series is intended to give
the requirements applicable to alarm systems in general (e.g. the environmental test methods, in this
case, and EMC immunity requirements in the case of EN 50130-4). The following associated series of
European standards are intended to give the other requirements (e.g. performance requirements),
which are applicable to the specific types of alarm systems:
- EN 50131 Alarm systems – Intrusion and hold-up systems;
- EN 50132 Alarm systems – CCTV surveillance systems for use in security applications;
- EN 50133 Alarm systems – Access control systems for use in security applications;
- EN 50134 Alarm systems – Social alarm systems;
- EN 50136 Alarm systems – Alarm transmission systems and equipment;
- CLC/TS 50398 Alarm systems – Combined and integrated alarm systems – General requirements.

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Contents
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Environmental classes . 9
5 Standard laboratory conditions . 9
6 Tolerances . 9
7 Information to be included in the relevant product standard . 9
8 Dry heat (operational) .10
8.1 Object of the test .10
8.2 Principle .10
8.3 Test procedure .10
9 Dry heat (endurance) .11
9.1 Object of the test .11
9.2 Principle .11
9.3 Test procedure .12
10 Cold (operational) .13
10.1 Object of the test .13
10.2 Principle .13
10.3 Test procedure .13
11 Temperature change (operational).14
11.1 Object of the test .14
11.2 Principle .14
11.3 Test procedure .14
12 Damp heat, steady state (operational) .15
12.1 Object of the test .15
12.2 Principle .15
12.3 Test procedure .15
13 Damp heat, steady state (endurance) .16
13.1 Object of the test .16
13.2 Principle .16
13.3 Test procedure .16
14 Damp heat, cyclic (operational) .17
14.1 Object of the test .17
14.2 Principle .17
14.3 Test procedure .17
15 Damp heat, cyclic (endurance) .18
15.1 Object of the test .18
15.2 Principle .18
15.3 Test procedure .19
16 Water ingress (operational) .19
16.1 Object of the test .19
16.2 Principle .20
16.3 Test procedure .20
17 Sulphur dioxide (SO ) (endurance) .23
17.1 Object of the test .23
17.2 Principle .23
17.3 Test procedure .23

18 Salt mist, cyclic (endurance) .24
18.1 Object of the test .24
18.2 Principle .24
18.3 Test procedure .24
19 Shock (operational) .25
19.1 Object of the test .25
19.2 Principle .25
19.3 Test procedure .26
20 Impact (operational) .27
20.1 Object of the test .27
20.2 Principle .27
20.3 Test procedure .27
21 Free fall (operational) .28
21.1 Object of the test .28
21.2 Principle .28
21.3 Test procedure .29
22 Vibration, sinusoidal (operational) .29
22.1 Object of the test .29
22.2 Principle .30
22.3 Test procedure .30
23 Vibration, sinusoidal (endurance) .31
23.1 Object of the test .31
23.2 Principle .31
23.3 Test procedure .31
24 Simulated solar radiation, temperature rise (operational) .32
24.1 Object of the test .32
24.2 Principle .32
24.3 Test procedure .32
25 Simulated solar radiation, surface degradation (endurance) .33
25.1 Object of the test .33
25.2 Principle .33
25.3 Test procedure .34
26 Dust tightness (endurance) .34
26.1 Object of the test .34
26.2 Principle .35
26.3 Test procedure .35
Bibliography .37

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Figure
Figure 1 – Graph showing peak acceleration vs. specimen mass .27

Tables
Table 1 – Dry heat (operational) – Conditioning.11
Table 2 – Dry heat (endurance) – Conditioning .12
Table 3 – Cold (operational) – Conditioning .13
Table 4 – Temperature change (operational) – Conditioning .14
Table 5 – Damp heat, steady state (operational) – Conditioning .16
Table 6 – Damp heat, steady state (endurance) – Conditioning .17
Table 7 – Damp heat, cyclic (operational) – Conditioning .18
Table 8 – Damp heat, cyclic (endurance) – Conditioning .19
Table 9 – Water ingress (operational) – Conditioning for fixed and movable equipment class .21
Table 10 – Water ingress (operational) – Conditioning for portable equipment class .22
Table 11 – Sulphur dioxide (SO ) (endurance) – Conditioning .23
Table 12 – Salt mist, cyclic (endurance) – Conditioning .25
Table 13 – Shock (operational) – Conditioning .26
Table 14 – Impact (operational) – Conditioning .28
Table 15 – Free fall (operational) – Conditioning .29
Table 16 – Vibration, sinusoidal (operational) – Conditioning .30
Table 17 – Vibration, sinusoidal (endurance) – Conditioning.32
Table 18 – Simulated solar radiation, Temperature rise (operational) – Conditioning .33
Table 19 – Simulated solar radiation, surface degradation (endurance) – Conditioning .34
Table 20 – Dust tightness (endurance) – Conditioning for Category 1 .36
Table 21 – Dust tightness (endurance) – Conditioning for Category 2 .36

1 Scope
This European Standard specifies environmental test methods to be used for testing the system
components of the following alarm systems, intended for use in and around buildings:
- intruder alarm systems;
- hold-up alarm systems;
- social alarm systems;
- CCTV systems, for security applications;
- access control systems, for security applications;
1)
- alarm transmission systems .
This European Standard specifies three equipment classes (fixed, movable & portable equipment) and
four environmental classes.
The environmental classes only include the general service environments envisaged for equipment
installed in typical residential, commercial and industrial environments. It may be necessary for the
product standard to require additional or different environmental tests or severities where
a) there could be specific environmental problems (e.g. some different severities may be required for
break glass detectors stuck to glass windows, due to the local extremes of temperature and
humidity),
b) the test exposure falls within the intended detection phenomenon of the detector (e.g. during a
vibration test on a seismic detector).
In order to provide reproducible test methods and to avoid the proliferation of technically similar test
methods, the test procedures have been chosen, where possible, from internationally accepted
standards (e.g. IEC publications). For specific guidance on these tests, reference should be made to
the appropriate document, which is indicated in the relevant sub-section. For more general guidance
and background information on environmental testing, reference should be made to EN 60068-1 and
to the EN 60068-3 series.
This European Standard does not specify
a) the requirements or performance criteria to be applied, which should be specified in the relevant
product standard,
b) special tests only applicable to a particular device (e.g. the effects of turbulent air draughts on
ultrasonic movement detectors),
c) basic safety requirements, such as protection against electrical shocks, unsafe operation,
insulation coordination and related dielectric tests,
d) tests relating to deliberate acts of damage or tampering.
———————
1)
Apart from equipment which is part of a public communication network.

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2 Normative references
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.
EN 60068-1:1994 Environmental testing – Part 1: General and guidance
(IEC 60068-1:1988 + corr. Oct. 1988 + A1:1992)
EN 60068-2-1:2007 Environmental testing – Part 2-1: Tests – Test A: Cold
(IEC 60068-2-1:2007)
EN 60068-2-2:2007 Environmental testing – Part 2-2: Tests – Test B: Dry heat
(IEC 60068-2-2:2007)
EN 60068-2-5:1999 Environmental testing – Part 2-5: Tests – Test Sa: Simulated solar
radiation at ground level (IEC 60068-2-5:1975)
EN 60068-2-6:2008 Environmental testing – Part 2-6: Tests – Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)
(IEC 60068-2-6:2007)
EN 60068-2-14:2009 Environmental testing – Part 2-14: Tests – Test N: Change of
temperature (IEC 60068-2-14:2009)
EN 60068-2-18:2001 Environmental testing – Part 2-18: Tests – Tests R and guidance: Water
(IEC 60068-2-18:2000)
EN 60068-2-27:2009 Environmental testing – Part 2-27: Tests – Test Ea and guidance: Shock
(IEC 60068-2-27:2008)
EN 60068-2-30:2005 Environmental testing – Part 2-30: Tests – Test Db: Damp heat, cyclic
(12 h + 12 h cycle) (IEC 60068-2-30:2005)
EN 60068-2-31:2008 Environmental testing – Part 2-31: Tests – Test Ec: Rough handling
shocks, primarily for equipment-type specimens (IEC 60068-2-31:2008)
EN 60068-2-42:2003 Environmental testing – Part 2-42: Tests – Test Kc: Sulphur dioxide test
for contacts and connections (IEC 60068-2-42:2003)
EN 60068-2-52:1996 Environmental testing – Part 2-52: Tests – Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic
(sodium chloride solution) (IEC 60068-2-52:1996)
EN 60068-2-75:1997 Environmental testing – Part 2-75: Tests – Test Eh: Hammer tests
(IEC 60068-2-75:1997)
EN 60068-2-78:2001 Environmental testing – Part 2-78: Tests – Test Cab: Damp heat, steady
state (IEC 60068-2-78:2001)
EN 60529:1991 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
+ corr. May. 1993 (IEC 60529:1989 + A1:1999)
+ A1:2000
EN 62262:2002 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures for electrical equipment
against external mechanical impacts (IK code) (IEC 62262:2002)

3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
intruder alarm system
alarm system to detect and indicate the presence, entry or attempted entry of an intruder into
supervised premises
3.2
hold-up alarm system
alarm system designed to permit the deliberate creation of an alarm condition in the case of a hold-up
3.3
social alarm system
alarm system providing facilities to summon assistance for use by persons, who can be considered to
be living at risk
3.4
fixed equipment
equipment fastened to a support or otherwise secured in a specific location, or equipment not provided
with a carrying handle and having such a mass that it cannot easily be moved
EXAMPLE An intruder alarm system control panel screwed to the wall.
3.5
movable equipment
equipment which is not fixed equipment and which is not normally in operation while the location is
changed
EXAMPLE A local unit or controller for a social alarm system, which is placed on a table top.
3.6
portable equipment
equipment designed to be in operation while being carried
EXAMPLE Access control "smart card" badge, electronic key, social alarm trigger device carried by the user.
3.7
preconditioning
treatment of a specimen, before conditioning, with the object of removing or partly counteracting the
effects of its previous history
3.8
conditioning
exposure of a specimen to environmental conditions in order to determine the effect of such conditions
on the specimen
3.9
recovery
treatment of a specimen, after conditioning, in order that the properties of the specimen may be
stabilised before measurement
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4 Environmental classes
This European Standard specifies the tests and severities to be used for each of the following
environmental classes:
I Indoor but restricted to residential/office environment
(e.g. living rooms and offices)
II Indoor in general
(e.g. sales floors, shops, restaurants, stairways, manufacturing and assembly areas, entrances
and storage rooms)
III Outdoor but sheltered from direct rain and sunshine, or indoor with extreme
environmental conditions
(e.g. garages, lofts, barns and loading bays)
IV Outdoor in general
Classes I, II, III and IV are progressively more severe, and therefore class IV equipment may be used
in class III applications, etc.
A special suffix "A" can be added to classes III & IV, to cater for the especially cold conditions found in
the very north of Europe. The environmental classes IIIA & IVA are identical to classes III & IV,
respectively, apart from the conditioning temperature in the Cold (operational) and Temperature
change (operational) tests. The testing for classes IIIA & IVA shall therefore be conducted as for
classes III & IV, respectively, except for these tests, in which the lower conditioning temperature,
indicated in the appropriate tables (see 10.3.4 & 11.3.4), shall be used.
5 Standard laboratory conditions
Unless otherwise specified, the atmospheric conditions in the laboratory shall be the standard
atmospheric conditions for measurements and tests, specified in EN 60068-1:1994, 5.3.1, as follows:
- temperature: 15 °C to 35 °C;
- relative humidity: 25 % to 75 %;
- air pressure: 86 kPa to 106 kPa.
NOTE  If variations in these parameters have a significant effect on a measurement, then such variations should be kept to a
minimum during a series of measurements carried out as part of one test on one specimen.
6 Tolerances
Unless otherwise stated, the tolerances for the environmental test parameters shall be as given in the
basic reference standards for the test (e.g. the relevant part of the EN 60068-2 series).
7 Information to be included in the relevant product standard
The following information, which is required to conduct the environmental tests, shall be included in
the relevant product standard making reference to this standard:
a) the equipment class (fixed, movable or portable - see Clause 3);
b) the mounting arrangements for the specimen;

c) any deviations from the specified test procedure(s) or test severity(ies);
d) any initial measurements or inspections, to be made before the conditioning (e.g. a functional
test);
e) the state of the specimen required during the conditioning (e.g. the configuration and operating
conditions);
f) any monitoring of the specimen and any measurements or inspections to be made during the
conditioning (e.g. a functional test, where possible);
g) any final measurements or inspections to be made after the conditioning (e.g. a functional test
and a visual inspection) and any special recovery conditions required before these
measurements;
h) the pass/fail criteria;
i) the test schedule, which gives the allocation of specimens to each test.
The following points should be taken into account during the drafting of the product standard making
reference to this standard:
- the information, a) to h) above, may differ from test to test or between types of tests (e.g. between
Operational & Endurance tests);
- for some types of equipment, it may not be possible to make the usual functional test during the
conditioning of some of the tests, due to limitations imposed on the equipment (e.g. being placed
inside an environmental chamber). It may therefore be necessary to conduct a reduced functional
test or to omit the functional test during conditioning. In other tests, it is not possible to do a
functional test during conditioning, due to the transitory or changing nature of the conditioning;
- the product standards should indicate whether any memory back up batteries should remain
connected during endurance tests, and if so whether the memory contents should be retained.
8 Dry heat (operational)
8.1 Object of the test
The object of the test is to demonstrate the ability of the equipment to function correctly at high
ambient temperatures, which may occur for short periods in the anticipated service environment.
8.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to the high temperature for sufficient time to allow
temperature stability to be reached, and for functional tests and/or monitoring to be conducted. 'Free
air' conditions are simulated for heat dissipating specimens to allow for self heating effects.
8.3 Test procedure
8.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall generally be as described in EN 60068-2-2:2007.
The tests with gradual changes in temperature shall be used. Test Bd shall be used for heat
dissipating specimens (as defined in EN 60068-2-2) and test Bb shall be used for non heat dissipating
specimens.
The dry heat operational test may be combined with the dry heat endurance test by omitting the
recovery and the functional test in between.

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8.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
8.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen and place it in the configuration and operating condition, as specified in the
product standard.
8.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 1.
Table 1 – Dry heat (operational) – Conditioning
Equipment class Fixed, movable and portable
Environmental class I II & III IV
a
Temperature (°C) 40 55 70 or 55
Duration (h) 16 16 16
a
The test at 70 °C includes, by simple means, the effect of heat radiation from the sun. If this simple means is not considered
suitable, then the test shall be conducted at 55 °C and the simulated solar radiation test, temperature rise (operational)
(Clause 24) shall also be applied.

8.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
Monitor the specimen during the conditioning period to detect any change in status. Any further
measurements, which the product standard requires to be made during the conditioning, shall be
made during the last half hour of the conditioning period.
8.3.6 Final measurements
After a recovery period of at least 1 h at standard laboratory conditions, subject the specimen to the
final measurements required by the product standard.
9 Dry heat (endurance)
9.1 Object of the test
The object of the test is to demonstrate the ability of the equipment to withstand long term ageing
effects.
9.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to the high temperature for a long period to accelerate
ageing effects.
9.3 Test procedure
9.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall generally be as described in EN 60068-2-2:2007.
Use test Bb for non heat dissipating specimen.
The dry heat endurance test may be combined with the dry heat operational test by omitting the
recovery and the functional test in between.
9.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
9.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen as specified in the product standard. The specimen shall not be supplied with
power during the conditioning.
9.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 2.
Table 2 – Dry heat (endurance) – Conditioning
Equipment class Fixed, movable and portable
Environmental class I, II & III IV
Temperature (°C) 55
No test
Duration (days) 21
9.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
None.
9.3.6 Final measurements
After a recovery period of at least 1 h at standard laboratory conditions, subject the specimen to the
final measurements required by the product standard.

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10 Cold (operational)
10.1 Object of the test
To demonstrate the ability of the equipment to function correctly at low ambient temperatures
appropriate to the anticipated service environment.
10.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to the low temperature for sufficient time to allow
temperature stability to be reached, and for functional tests and/or monitoring to be conducted. 'Free
air' conditions are simulated for heat dissipating specimens to allow for self heating effects.
10.3 Test procedure
10.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall be as described in EN 60068-2-1:2007.
The tests with gradual changes in temperature shall be used. Test Ad shall be used for heat
dissipating specimens (as defined in EN 60068-2-1) and test Ab for non heat dissipating specimens.
10.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
10.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen and place it in the configuration and operating condition, as specified in the
product standard.
10.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 3.
Table 3 – Cold (operational) – Conditioning
Equipment class Fixed, movable and portable
Environmental class I II III & IV
a
Temperature (°C) +5 -10 -25
Duration (h) 16 16 16
a
This temperature is -40 °C for classes IIIA & IVA (see Clause 4).

10.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
Monitor the specimen during the conditioning period to detect any change in status. Any further
measurements, which the product standard requires to be made during the conditioning, shall be
made during the last half hour of the conditioning period.
10.3.6 Final measurements
After a recovery period of at least 1 h at standard laboratory conditions, subject the specimen to the
final measurements required by the product standard.

11 Temperature change (operational)
11.1 Object of the test
To demonstrate the ability of portable equipment to function correctly when exposed to temperature
shocks when carried back and forth between normal and cold ambient temperature.
11.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to a succession of changes of temperature. The specimen
is moved from one test chamber to another.
11.3 Test procedure
11.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall generally be as described in EN 60068-2-14:2009. Test Na
with rapid change of temperature, with prescribed time of transition, shall be used.
11.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
11.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen and place it in the configuration and operating condition, as specified in the
product standard.
11.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 4.
Table 4 – Temperature change (operational) – Conditioning
Equipment class Portable
Environmental class I II III & IV
a
Low temperature T (°C)
+5 -10 -25
A
High temperature T (°C) +30 +30 +30
B
Exposure time t (h) 1 1 1
Change-over time t (min) 2 to 3 2 to 3 2 to 3
Number of cycles 4 4 4
a
For classes IIIA & IVA (see Clause 4), make this temperature -40 °C.

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11.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
Monitor the specimen during the conditioning period to detect any change in status. Any further
measurements, which the product standard requires to be made during the conditioning, shall be
made during the first 10 min of the high temperature and low temperature conditioning periods of the
last cycle.
11.3.6 Final measurements
After a recovery period of at least 1 h at standard laboratory conditions, subject the specimen to the
final measurements required by the product standard.
12 Damp heat, steady state (operational)
12.1 Object of the test
The object of the test is to demonstrate the ability of the equipment to function correctly at high relative
humidity (without condensation) which may occur for short periods in the service environment.
12.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to a constant temperature and high relative humidity in
such a manner that condensation does not occur on the specimen.
The period of exposure is chosen to allow surface effects due to adsorption to be identified.
12.3 Test procedure
12.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall be as described in EN 60068-2-78:2001. The damp heat
steady state operational test may be combined with the damp heat steady state endurance test by
omitting the recovery and the functional test in between.
12.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
12.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen and place it in the configuration and operating condition, as specified in the
product standard.
12.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 5.

Table 5 – Damp heat, steady state (operational) – Conditioning
Equipment class Fixed, movable and portable
Environmental class I II, III & IV
Temperature (°C) 40
a
Relative humidity (%) 93 No test
Duration (days) 4
a
This condition is covered by the damp heat cyclic (operational test). If no such damp heat cyclic test is to be made then the
test indicated for environmental class I should be conducted for classes II, III & IV.

12.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
Monitor the specimen during the conditioning period to detect any change in status. Any further
measurements, which the product standard requires to be made during the conditioning, shall be
made during the last half hour of the conditioning period.
12.3.6 Final measurements
After a recovery period of at least 1 h at standard laboratory conditions, subject the specimen to the
final measurements required by the product standard.
13 Damp heat, steady state (endurance)
13.1 Object of the test
The object of the test is to demonstrate the ability of the equipment to withstand the long-term effects
of humidity in the service environment (e.g. changes in electrical properties due to absorption,
chemical reactions involving moisture, galvanic corrosion, etc.).
13.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to a constant temperature and high relative humidity in
such a manner that condensation does not occur on the specimen.
A long period of exposure is chosen to allow effects due to absorption and chemical changes to take
place.
13.3 Test procedure
13.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall be as described in EN 60068-2-78:2001.
The damp heat steady state endurance test may be combined with the damp heat steady state
operational test by omitting the recovery and the functional test in between.
13.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
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13.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen as specified in the product standard. The specimen shall not be supplied with
power during the conditioning.
13.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 6.
Table 6 – Damp heat, steady state (endurance) – Conditioning
Equipment class Fixed, movable and portable
Environmental class I, II, III & IV
Temperature (°C) 40
Relative humidity (%) 93
Duration (days) 21
13.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
None.
13.3.6 Final measurements
After a recovery period of at least 1 h at standard laboratory conditions, subject the specimen to the
final measurements required by the product standard.
14 Damp heat, cyclic (operational)
14.1 Object of the test
The object of the test is to demonstrate the immunity of the equipment to an environment with high
relative humidity, where condensation occurs on the equipment.
14.2 Principle
The test consists of exposing the specimen to cyclic temperature variations between 25 °C and the
appropriate upper temperature (40 °C or 55 °C). The relative humidity is maintained at (93 ± 3) %
during the high temperature phase and above 80 % during the low temperature and temperature
changing phases. The rates of increase of temperature are such that condensation should occur on
the surface of the specimen.
14.3 Test procedure
14.3.1 General
The test apparatus and procedure shall be as described in EN 60068-2-30:2005, using the Variant 2
test cycle and controlled recovery conditions.
The damp heat cyclic operational test may be combined with the damp heat cyclic endurance test by
omitting the recovery and the functional test in between.

14.3.2 Initial measurements
Before the conditioning, subject the specimen to the initial measurements required by the product
standard.
14.3.3 State of specimen during conditioning
Mount the specimen and place it in the configuration and operating condition, as specified in the
product standard.
14.3.4 Conditioning
Apply the appropriate severity of conditioning shown in Table 7.
Table 7 – Damp heat, cyclic (operational) – Conditioning
Equipment class Fixed, movable and portable
Environmental class I II III & IV
Upper temperature (°C) 40 55
No
test
Cycles 2 2
14.3.5 Measurements during conditioning
Monitor the specimen during the conditioning period to detect any change in status. Any further
measurements, which the product standard requires to be made during the conditioning, shall be
made during the last half hour of the high temperature phase of the last cycle.
14.3.6 Final measurements
After the recovery period, subject the specimen to the final measurements required
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