prEN IEC 61643-01:2023

Low-voltage surge protective devices - Part 01: General requirements and test methods

Überspannungsschutzgeräte für Niederspannung – Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Nizkonapetostne naprave za zaščito pred prenapetostnimi udari - 1. del: Splošne zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 25-May-2025
• ICS: 29.240.10 - Substations. Surge arresters
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 37A - Low voltage surge protective devices
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 37A - IEC_SC_37A
• Current Stage: 4060 - Enquiry results established and sent to TC, SR, BTTF - Enquiry
• Start Date: 26-Jan-2024
• Completion Date: 26-Jan-2024
• 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: oSIST prEN IEC 61643-01:2024 - Low-voltage surge protective devices - Part 01: General requirements and test methods

Relations

• Amended By: prEN IEC 61643-01:2023/prAA:2023 - Low-voltage surge protective devices - Part 01: General Requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 08-Aug-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN IEC 61643-01:2024
01-januar-2024
Nizkonapetostne naprave za zaščito pred prenapetostnimi udari - 1. del: Splošne
zahteve in preskusne metode
Low-voltage surge protective devices - Part 01: General requirements and test methods
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 61643-01:2023
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
29.240.10 Transformatorske postaje. Substations. Surge arresters
Prenapetostni odvodniki
oSIST prEN IEC 61643-01:2024 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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37A/401/CDV
COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)

PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 61643-01 ED1
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2023-11-03 2024-01-26
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
37A/345A/CC, 37A/366/CD

IEC SC 37A : LOW-VOLTAGE SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICES
SECRETARIAT: SECRETARY:
United States of America Mr Casey Granata
OF INTEREST TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: PROPOSED HORIZONTAL STANDARD:

SC 37B,TC 64,TC 81,TC 82,TC 109
Other TC/SCs are requested to indicate their interest, if
any, in this CDV to the secretary.
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TITLE:
Low-voltage surge protective devices - Part 01: General Requirements and test methods

PROPOSED STABILITY DATE: 2026

NOTE FROM TC/SC OFFICERS:
Annex F, Annex G and Annex I from 37A/366/CD were decided to be shifted to future IEC TR 61643-03,
which should be distributed as a DTR in parallel to this CDV.

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IEC CDV 61643-01/Ed1 © IEC 2023 2 37A/401/CDV

1 CONTENTS
2
3 FOREWORD . 7
4 INTRODUCTION . 9
5 1 Scope . 10
6 2 Normative references . 10
7 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 12
8 3.1 General . 12
9 3.2 Terms and definitions. 12
10 3.3 Acronyms / Symbols . 22
11 4 Classification . 23
12 4.1 General . 23
13 4.2 Number of ports . 24
14 4.2.1 One . 24
15 4.2.2 Two . 24
16 4.3 SPD design .
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