EN IEC 62561-7:2018

Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 7: Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds

IEC 62561-7:2018 specifies the requirements and tests for earthing enhancing compounds producing low resistance of an earth termination system. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition, published in 2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) information concerning the execution of the test for the determination of the resistivity in 5.4.3; b) addition of Annex A for the assessment of the corrosion load.

Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 7: Anforderungen an Mittel zur Verbesserung der Erdung

Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 7: Exigences pour les enrichisseurs de terre

L'IEC 62561-7:2018 spécifie les exigences et les essais pour les enrichisseurs de terre générant une faible résistance d'un réseau de prises de terre. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2011. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) ajout d'informations pour la réalisation des essais destinés à déterminer la résistivité en 5.4.3; b) ajout de l'Annexe A concernant l'évaluation de la force corrosive.

Elementi za zaščito pred strelo (LPSC) - 7. del: Zahteve za spojine, ki izboljšajo ozemljitev

Ta del standarda IEC 62561 določa zahteve in preskuse za spojine, ki izboljšajo ozemljitev in povzročajo slabo odpornost ozemljitvenega sistema.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 15-Mar-2018
• Withdrawal Date: 28-Feb-2021
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• ICS: 91.120.40 - Lightning protection
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 81X - Lightning protection
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 81 - IEC_TC_81
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 16-Mar-2018
• Completion Date: 16-Mar-2018
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 62561-7:2018 - Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 7: Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds

Relations

• Replaces: EN 62561-7:2012 - Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 7: Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds
• Effective Date: 20-Mar-2018
• Replaced By: EN IEC 62561-7:2024 - Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 7: Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds
• Effective Date: 06-Jul-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

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Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 7: Requirements for earthing
enhancing compounds
Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 7: Anforderungen an Mittel zur Verbesserung
der Erdung
Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 7: Exigences
pour les enrichisseurs de terre
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62561-7:2018
ICS:
91.120.40 =DãþLWDSUHGVWUHOR Lightning protection
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62561-7

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2018
ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 Supersedes EN 62561-7:2012
English Version
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 7:
Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds
(IEC 62561-7:2018)
Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 7: Anforderungen
(CSPF) - Partie 7: Exigences pour les enrichisseurs de terre an Mittel zur Verbesserung der Erdung
(IEC 62561-7:2018) (IEC 62561-7:2018)
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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 IEC 62561-7:2018 E

European foreword
The text of document 81/576/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 62561-7, prepared by IEC/TC 81 "Lightning
protection" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2018-12-01
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2021-03-01
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 62561-7:2012.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62561-7:2018 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 62305 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 62305 (series).
IEC 62561-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62561-2.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 1  Where 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.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO 4689-3 -  Iron ores -- Determination of sulfur content - -
-- Part 3: Combustion/infrared method
ISO 14869-1 -  Soil quality_- Dissolution for the - -
determination of total element content_-
Part_1: Dissolution with hydrofluoric and
perchloric acids
Characterization of waste – Leaching – EN 12457-2
Compliance test for leaching of granular
waste materials and sludges – Part 2: One
stage batch test at a liquid to solid ratio of
10 l/kg for materials with particle size
below 4 mm (without or with size reduction)
Characterization of waste – Analysis of EN 16192
eluates
ASTM G102-89 -  Standard Practice for Calculation of - -
Corrosion Rates and Related Information
from Electrochemical Measurements
ASTM G57-06 -  Standard Test Method for Field - -
Measurement of Soil Resistivity Using the
Wenner Four-Electrode Method
ASTM G59-97 -  Standard Test Method for Conducting - -
Potentiodynamic Polarization Resistance
Measurements
IEC 62561-7 ®
Edition 2.0 2018-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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INTERNATIONALE
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) –

Part 7: Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds

Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) –

Partie 7: Exigences pour les enrichisseurs de terre

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 ISBN 978-2-8322-5249-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Requirements . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Documentation . 7
4.3 Material . 7
4.4 Marking . 7
5 Tests . 8
5.1 General . 8
5.2 Leaching test . 8
5.2.1 General . 8
5.2.2 Determination of leachable ions . 8
5.2.3 Passing criteria . 8
5.3 Sulphur determination . 8
5.3.1 General . 8
5.3.2 Passing criteria . 8
5.4 Determination of resistivity . 9
5.4.1 General . 9
5.4.2 Testing apparatus . 9
5.4.3 Test procedure . 10
5.4.4 Passing criteria . 11
5.5 Corrosion tests . 11
5.5.1 General . 11
5.5.2 Test apparatus . 11
5.5.3 Test preparation . 11
5.5.4 Test procedure . 12
5.5.5 Passing criteria . 12
5.6 Marking and indications . 12
6 Structure and content of the test report . 12
6.1 General . 12
6.2 Report identification . 13
6.3 Specimen description . 13
6.4 Standards and references . 13
6.5 Test procedure . 13
6.6 Testing equipment description . 13
6.7 Measuring instruments description . 14
6.8 Results and parameters recorded . 14
6.8.1 Measured, observed or derived results . 14
6.8.2 Statement pass/fail . 14
Annex A (informative) Corrosion load . 15
Bibliography . 16
Figure 1 – Configuration of four–electrode soil box . 10
Figure A.1 – Corrosion load (free corrosion without concentration cell) . 15

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Part 7: Requirements for earthing enhancing compounds

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