EN 60669-1:1999

Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements

Applies to manually operated general purpose switches for a.c. only, with a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 63 A.

Schalter für Haushalt und ähnliche ortsfeste elektrische Installationen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Interrupteurs pour installations électriques fixes domestiques et analogues - Partie 1: Prescriptions générales

S'applique aux interrupteurs à courant alternatif seulement à commande manuelle pour usages courants, de tension assignée ne dépassant pas 440 V et de courant assigné ne dépassant pas 63 A.

Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 06-Oct-1999
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Aug-2009
• ICS: 29.120.40 - Switches
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 23BX - CLC_TC_23BX
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 23B - IEC_SC_23B
• Parallel Committee: IEC/SC 23B - IEC_SC_23B
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 13-Feb-2021
• Completion Date: 13-Feb-2021
• 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: 2014/35/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
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60669-1:2000 - Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations -- Part 1: General requirements

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60669-1:1995 - Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 60669-1:1995/A2:1996 - Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60669-1:2018 - Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 25-Jan-2023
• Amended By: EN 60669-1:1999/A2:2008 - Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Amended By: EN 60669-1:1999/A1:2002 - Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Revised: EN 60669-1:1999/IS1:2009 - Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60669-1:2000
01-september-2000
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 60669-1:1996
SIST EN 60669-1:1996/A2:1997
Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General
requirements
Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations -- Part 1: General
requirements
Schalter für Haushalt und ähnliche ortsfeste elektrische Installationen -- Teil 1:
Allgemeine Anforderungen
Interrupteurs pour installations électriques fixes domestiques et analogues -- Partie 1:
Prescriptions générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60669-1:1999
ICS:
29.120.40 Stikala Switches
SIST EN 60669-1:2000 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 60669-1:2000

EUROPEAN STANDARD
 EN 60669-1



NORME EUROPÉENNE


 October 1999
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 29.120.40 Supersedes EN 60669-1:1995 + A2:1996



English version


Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations
Part 1: General requirements
(IEC 60669-1:1998, modified)


Interrupteurs pour installations électriques Schalter für Haushalt und ähnliche
fixes domestiques et analogues ortsfeste elektrische Installationen
Partie 1: Prescriptions générales Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
(CEI 60669-1:1998, modifiée) (IEC 60669-1:1998, modifiziert)







This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 1999-01-01. 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.

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Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

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1999 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
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SIST EN 60669-1:2000
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EN 60669-1:1999
Foreword

The text of the International Standard IEC 60669-1:1998, prepared by SC 23B, Plugs, socket-
outlets and switches, of IEC TC 23, together with the common modifications prepared by the
Technical Committee CENELEC TC 23B, Switches for household and similar fixed electrical
installations, was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by
CENELEC as EN 60669-1 on 1999-01-01.

This European Standard supersedes EN 60669-1:1995 and its amendment A2:1996.

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) 2000-05-01
- latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2005-10-01

Annexes designated "normative" are part of the body of the standard.
Annexes designated "informative" are given for information only.
In this standard, annexes A, B, ZA and ZB are normative, annex ZC is informative.
Annexes ZA, ZB and ZC have been added by CENELEC.

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EN 60669-1:1999
Endorsement notice

The text of the International Standard IEC 60669-1:1998 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard with agreed common modifications as given below.

COMMON MODIFICATIONS

1 Scope


Add after note 1:

Unless otherwise specified in subsequent parts, this standard applies to switches
intended to be used at 50 Hz.

NOTE 2 - Switches according to this standard are intended for functional purposes only.

Renumber subsequent notes.

2 Normative references

Replace the text of clause 2 by :

NOTE - Normative references to international publications are listed in Annex ZA (normative).

3 Definitions

3.1.3
Replace by “void”.

Add the following definitions :

3.1.6
switch of normal gap construction
switch construction having a clearance between the contacts
...