EN 60838-2-3:2017

Miscellaneous lampholders - Part 2-3: Particular requirements - Lampholders for double-capped linear LED lamps

IEC 60838-2-3:2016 applies to lampholders for double-capped linear LED lamps intended for building-in (to be used for general lighting service and with caps as listed in Annex A). Lampholders within the scope of this standard do not include heat management. Double-capped linear LED lamps can also be used with lampholders originally been designated for other technologies. The requirements for these lampholders are covered by separate standards. This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 60838-1:2004.

Sonderfassungen - Teil 2-3: Besondere Anforderungen - Lampenfassungen für zweiseitig gesockelte röhrenförmige LED-Lampen

Douilles diverses pour lampes - Partie 2-3: Exigences particulières - Douilles pour lampes LED linéaires à deux culots

L'IEC 60838-2-3:2016 s'applique aux douilles pour lampes LED (Light-emitting diode - Diode électroluminescente) linéaires à deux culots prévues pour être incorporées (destinées à l'éclairage général et possédant les culots figurant à l'Annexe A). Les douilles relevant du domaine d'application de la présente norme n'incluent pas la gestion de la chaleur. Les lampes LED linéaires à deux culots peuvent également être utilisées avec des douilles initialement destinées à d'autres technologies. Les exigences relatives à ces douilles font l'objet de normes distinctes. Cette publication doit être lue conjointement avec la IEC 60838-1:2004.

Različni okovi žarnic in sijalk - 2-3. del: Posebne zahteve - Okovi za linearne module LED z dvema vznožkoma (IEC 60838-2-3:2016)

Ta del standarda IEC 60838-2 se uporablja za okove za linearne module LED z dvema vznožkoma, ki so namenjeni vgradnji (uporaba za splošno razsvetljavo in z vznožki, kot je navedeno v dodatku A).
Okovi, ki spadajo na področje uporabe tega standarda, ne vključujejo regulacije toplote. Linearni moduli LED z dvema vznožkoma se lahko uporabljajo tudi z okovi, ki so bili prvotno zasnovani za druge tehnologije. Zahteve za te okove so zajete v ločenih standardih.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Apr-2017
• ICS: 29.140.10 - Lamp caps and holders
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 34 - 'Lamps and related equipment
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 34B - IEC_SC_34B
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 28-Apr-2017
• Completion Date: 28-Apr-2017
• 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
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60838-2-3:2017 - Miscellaneous lampholders - Part 2-3: Particular requirements - Lampholders for double-capped linear LED-lamps (IEC 60838-2-3:2016)

Relations

• Amended By: EN 60838-2-3:2017/A1:2023 - Miscellaneous lampholders - Part 2-3: Particular requirements - Lampholders for double-capped linear LED lamps
• Effective Date: 24-May-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Miscellaneous lampholders - Part 2-3: Particular requirements - Lampholders for double-
capped linear LED-lamps (IEC 60838-2-3:2016)
Douilles diverses pour lampes - Partie 2-3: Règles particulières - Douilles pour lampes
LED linéaires à deux culots (IEC 60838-2-3:2016)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60838-2-3:2017
ICS:
29.140.10 Grla in držala žarnic Lamp caps and holders
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60838-2-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2017
ICS 29.140.10
English Version
Miscellaneous lampholders - Part 2-3: Particular requirements -
Lampholders for double-capped linear LED lamps
(IEC 60838-2-3:2016)
Douilles diverses pour lampes - Partie 2-3: Règles Sonderfassungen - Teil 2-3: Besondere Anforderungen -
particulières - Douilles pour lampes LED linéaires à deux Lampenfassungen für zweiseitig gesockelte röhrenförmige
culots LED-Lampen
(IEC 60838-2-3:2016) (IEC 60838-2-3:2016)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2016-06-16. 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.
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Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 60838-2-3:2017 E
European foreword
The text of document 34B/1851/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 60838-2-3, prepared by IEC/SC 34B
"Lamp caps and holders" of IEC/TC 34 "Lamps and related equipment" was submitted to the IEC-
CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60838-2-3:2017.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has (dop) 2017-10-28
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2020-04-28
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60838-2-3:2016 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60400:2008 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60400:2008.
IEC 60400:2008/AMD1:2011 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60400:2008/A1:2011.
IEC 60400:2008/AMD2:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60400:2008/A1:2014.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document
and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When 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.
Annex ZA of EN 60838-1 applies
Addition
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60061-2 -  Lamp caps and holders together with EN 60061-2 -
gauges for the control of interchangeability
and safety -- Part 2: Lampholders
IEC 60061-3 -  Lamp caps and holders together with EN 60061-3 -
gauges for the control of interchangeability
and safety -- Part 3: Gauges
IEC 60838-1 -  Miscellaneous lampholders -- Part 1: EN 60838-1 -
General requirements and tests
IEC 62504 -  General lighting - Light emitting diode EN 62504 -
(LED) products and related equipment -
Terms and definitions
Annex ZZ
(informative)
Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered

This European standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardisation request relating to
harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary
means of conforming to safety objectives of 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 [2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.

Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European standard and Annex I of Directive
2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Safety objectives of Directive Clause(s) / sub-clause(s)
Remarks / Notes
2014/35/EU of this EN
1. General conditions
a) the essential characteristics, Clause 7
the recognition and observance

of which will ensure that
electrical equipment will be used
safely and in applications for

which it was made, shall be
marked on the electrical
equipment, or, if this is not
possible, on an accompanying
document;
b) the electrical equipment, All clauses
together with its component
parts, shall be made in such a

way as to ensure that it can be
safely and properly assembled
and connected;
c) the electrical equipment shall See item 2 and 3 of this table
be so designed and
manufactured as to ensure that
protection against the hazards
set out in points 2 and 3 is
assured, providing that the
equipment is used in
applications for which it was
made and is adequately
maintained.
2. Protection against hazards
arising from the electrical
equipment
Measures of a technical nature
shall be laid down in
accordance with point 1, in
order to ensure that:
a) persons and domestic Clauses 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and
animals are adequately
protected against the danger of

physical injury or other harm
which might be caused by direct
or indirect contact;
b) temperatures, arcs or Clauses 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17
radiation which would cause a
danger, are not produced;
c) persons, domestic animals Clauses 4, 11, 13, 16 and 18
and property are adequately
protected against non-electrical

dangers caused by the electrical
equipment which are revealed
by experience;
d) the insulation is suitable for Clauses 8, 10, 11, 13, 15 and

foreseeable conditions. 17
3. Protection against hazards
which may be caused by
external influences on the
electrical equipment
Technical measures shall be
laid down in accordance with
point 1, in order to ensure that
the electrical equipment:
a) meets the expected Clauses 7, 11, 13 and 18
mechanical requirements in
such a way that persons,
domestic animals and property
are not endangered;
b) is resistant to non-mechanical Clauses 11, 12,15 and 17
influences in expected
environmental conditions, in
such a way that persons,
domestic animals and property
are not endangered;
c) does not endanger persons, Clauses 11, 12 and 17
domestic animals and property
in foreseeable conditions of
overload.
WARNING 1: Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2: Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
IEC 60838-2-3 ®
Edition 1.0 2016-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Miscellaneous lampholders –
Part 2-3: Particular requirements – Lampholders for double-capped linear LED

lamps
Douilles diverses pour lampes –

Partie 2-3: Exigences particulières – Douilles pour lampes LED linéaires à deux

culots
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.140.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-3357-3

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references. 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 General requirements . 6
5 General conditions for tests . 6
6 Classification . 9
7 Marking . 9
8 Protection against electric shock . 10
9 Terminals . 10
10 Provision for earthing . 10
11 Construction . 10
12 Moisture resistance, insulation resistance and electric strength . 13
13 Mechanical strength . 13
14 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections . 13
15 Creepage distances and clearances . 13
16 Endurance . 13
17 Resistance to heat and fire . 13
18 Resistance to excessive residual stresses (season cracking) and to rusting . 13
Annex A (normative) Lampholders covered by this standard . 14
Annex B (normative) Test probes for checking gasket sleeves on lampholders for
higher IP protection . 15
Annex C (informative) Explanatory details for the installation of lampholders according
to 11.1 . 16
Bibliography . 17

Figure 1 – Mounting sheet . 7
Figure 2 – Fixture for the testing of lampholder flexibility . 8
Figure 3 – Test cap GX16t-5 .
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