EN 60947-4-2:2000/A2:2006

Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters

Superseded by EN 60947-4-2:2012

Niederspannungsschaltgeräte - Teil 4-2: Schütze und Motorstarter - Halbleiter-Motor-Steuergeräte und -Starter für Wechselspannungen

Appareillage à basse tension - Partie 4-2: Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs - Gradateurs et démarreurs à semiconducteurs de moteurs à courant alternatif

Nizkonapetostne stikalne in krmilne naprave – 4-2. del: Kontaktorji in motorski zaganjalniki – Polprevodniški krmilniki in zaganjalniki motorjev na izmenični tok – Dopolnilo A2 (IEC 60947-4-2:1999/A2:2006)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 07-Dec-2006
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Nov-2009
• ICS: 29.130.20 - Low voltage switchgear and controlgear
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 17B - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear including dimensional standardization
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 17B - IEC_SC_17B
• Parallel Committee: IEC/SC 17B - IEC_SC_17B
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 22-Jun-2014
• Completion Date: 22-Jun-2014
• Directive: 2004/108/EC - Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
• Directive: 2004/108/EU - DIRECTIVE 2004/108/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
• 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: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Directive: 89/336/EEC - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
• Mandate: M/404 - Standardisation Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI for harmonized standard according to the Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2004/108/EC
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60947-4-2:2000/A2:2007 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -- Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters

Relations

• Replaced By: EN 60947-4-2:2012 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 60947-4-2:2000 - Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters - AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -- Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters - AC
semiconductor motor controllers and starters (IEC 60947-4-2:1999/A2:2006)
Niederspannungsschaltgeräte -- Teil 4-2: Schütze und Motorstarter - Halbleiter-Motor-
Steuergeräte und -Starter für Wechselspannungen (IEC 60947-4-2:1999/A2:2006)
Appareillage a basse tension -- Partie 4-2: Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs -
Gradateurs et démarreurs a semiconducteurs de moteurs a courant alternatif (IEC 60947
-4-2:1999/A2:2006)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60947-4-2:2000/A2:2006
ICS:
29.130.20 Nizkonapetostne stikalne in Low voltage switchgear and
krmilne naprave controlgear
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60947-4-2/A2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.130.20
English version
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear
Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters
AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters
(IEC 60947-4-2:1999/A2:2006)
Appareillage à basse tension  Niederspannungsschaltgeräte
Partie 4-2: Contacteurs Teil 4-2: Schütze und Motorstarter -
et démarreurs de moteurs - Halbleiter-Motor-Steuergeräte
Gradateurs et démarreurs und -Starter für Wechselspannungen
à semiconducteurs de moteurs (IEC 60947-4-2:1999/A2:2006)
à courant alternatif
(CEI 60947-4-2:1999/A2:2006)
This amendment A2 modifies the European Standard EN 60947-4-2:2000; it was approved by CENELEC on
2006-12-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 amendment 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.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2006 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60947-4-2:2000/A2:2006 E

Foreword
The text of document 17B/1499/FDIS, future amendment 2 to IEC 60947-4-2:1999, prepared by SC 17B,
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear, of IEC TC 17, Switchgear and controlgear, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A2 to EN 60947-4-2:2000
on 2006-12-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the amendment has to be
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-09-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-12-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
__________
Endorsement notice
The text of amendment 2:2006 to the International Standard IEC 60947-4-2:1999 was approved by
CENELEC as an amendment to the European Standard without any modification.
__________
- 3 - EN 60947-4-2:2000/A2:2006
Replace Annex ZA of EN 60947-4-2:2000 by:
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

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.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60034-1 2004 Rotating electrical machines EN 60034-1 2004
Part 1: Rating and performance

IEC 60050-161 1990 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
A1 1997 (IEV) - -
A2 1998 Chapter 161: Electromagnetic compatibility - -

IEC 60085 2004 Electrical insulation - Thermal classification EN 60085 2004

IEC 60146 Series Semiconductor convertors - General EN 60146 Series
requirements and line commutated convertors

IEC 60269-1 1998 Low-voltage fuses EN 60269-1 1998
A1 2005 Part 1: General requirements A1 2005

IEC 60410 1973 Sampling plans and procedures for inspection - -
by attributes
IEC 60439-1 1999 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear EN 60439-1 1999
A1 2004 assemblies A1 2004
Part 1: Type-tested and partially type-tested
assemblies
IEC 60664 Series Insulation coordination for equipment within EN 60664 Series
low-voltage systems
IEC 60947-1 2004 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear EN 60947-1 2004
Part 1: General rules + corr. November 2004

IEC/TR 61000-2-1 1990 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - -
Part 2: Environment - Section 1: Description
of the environment - Electromagnetic
environment for low-frequency conducted
disturbances and signalling in public power
supply systems
IEC 61000-3-2 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-3-2 2006
Part 3-2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current
emissions (equipment input current <= 16 A
per phase)
IEC 61000-4-2 1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-2 1995
A1 1998 Part 4-2: Testing and measurement A1 1998
A2 2000 techniques - Electrostatic discharge A2 2001
immunity test
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61000-4-3 2006 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-3 2006
Part 4-3 : Testing and measurement
techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency,
electromagnetic field immunity test

1)
IEC 61000-4-4 1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-4 1995
A1 2000 Part 4-4: Testing and measurement A1 2001

A2 2001 techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst A2 2001
immunity test
2)
IEC 61000-4-5 1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-5) 1995

A1 2000 Part 4-5: Testing and measurement A1 2001
techniques - Surge immunity test

IEC 61000-4-6 2003 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - -
A1 2004 Part 4-6: Testing and measurement
techniques - Immunity to conducted
disturbances, induced by radio-frequency
fields
3)
IEC 61000-4-11 1994 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-11 1994
A1 2000 Part 4-11: Testing and measurement A1 2001
techniques - Voltage dips, short interruptions
and voltage variations immunity tests

IEC 61131-2 2003 Programmable controllers EN 61131-2 2003
Part 2: Equipment requirements and tests + corr. August 2003

CISPR 11 (mod) 2003 Industrial scientific and medical (ISM) radio-
4)
A1 (mod) 2004 frequency equipment - Electromagnetic EN 55011 200X
disturbance characteristics - Limits and
methods of measurement
5) 4)
CISPR 14-1 - Electromagnetic compatibility - EN 55014-1 200X
Requirements for household appliances,
electric tools and similar apparatus
Part 1: Emission
1)
EN 61000-4-4 is superseded by EN 61000-4-4:2004, which is based on IEC 61000-4-4:2004.
2)
EN 61000-4-5 is superseded by EN 61000-4-5:2006, which is based on IEC 61000-4-5:2005.
3)
EN 61000-4-11 is superseded by EN 61000-4-11:2004, which is based on IEC 61000-4-11:2004.
4)
To be published.
5)
Undated reference.
NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE
IEC
60947-4-2
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
AMENDEMENT 2
AMENDMENT 2
2006-11
Amendement 2
Appareillage à basse tension –
Partie 4-2:
Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs –
Gradateurs et démarreurs à semiconducteurs
de moteurs à courant alternatif

Amendment 2
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear –
Part 4-2:
Contactors and motor-starters –
AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters
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60947-4-2 Amend. 2 © IEC:2006 – 3 –
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 17B: Low-voltage switchgear and
controlgear, of IEC technical committee 17: Switchgear and controlgear.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
17B/1499/FDIS 17B/1524/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
________________
Page 3
CONTENTS
Modify the title of Clause 3 to read:
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
Insert the following:
3.3 Symbols and abbreviations
Delete Subclause 5.9.
Delete Subclause 9.4.
Replace the title of Annexes B and C by the following:
Annex B Vacant
Annex C (normative) Co-ordination at the crossover current between the starter and
associated SCPD
Insert the title of Annex K:
Annex K (normative) Extended functions within electronic overload relays
Insert the following:
Figure 3 – Thermal memory test

60947-4-2 Amend. 2 © IEC:2006 – 5 –
Figure 4 – Multiple of current setting limits for ambient air temperature compensated time-
delay overload relays
Figure C.1 – Examples of time-current withstand characteristic
Figure K.1 – Test circuit for the verification of the operating characteristic of a residual current
electronic overload relay
Replace the title of Table 4 by the following:
Table 4 – Minimum overload current withstand time (T ) in relation to overload current ratio
x
(X) and corresponding to overload relay trip class (see Table 19)
Insert the following:
Table 19 – Trip classes of overload relays
Table 20 – Limits of operation of time-delay overload relays when energized on all poles
Table 21 – Limits of operation of three-pole time-delay overload relays when energized on two
poles only
Delete Tables B.1, B.2 and B.3.
Insert the following:
Table C.1 – Test conditions
Table K.1 – Operating time of residual current electronic overload relays

Page 13
1 Scope and object
Modify the existing text of the sixth paragraph to read:
“Contactors, overload relays and control circuit devices used in controllers and starters … “

Page 15 and amendment 1, page 5
2 Normative references
Replace the existing text of first paragraph by the following:
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.

60947-4-2 Amend. 2 © IEC:2006 – 7 –
Replace the reference to IEC 60034-1:1996 by the following:
IEC 60034-1:2004, Rotating electrical machines – Part 1: Rating and performance
Add, after IEC 60050(161), the following references:
Amendment 1 (1997)
Amendment 2 (1998)
Replace the reference to IEC 60085:1984 by the following:
IEC 60085:2004, Electrical insulation – Thermal classification
Insert the following new reference:
IEC 60146 (all parts), Semiconductor convertors
Add, after IEC 60269-1, the following reference:
Amendment 1 (2005)
Replace the reference to IEC 60439-1:1992 by the following:
IEC 60439-1:1999, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies – Part 1: Type-tested
and partially type-tested assemblies
Amendment 1 (2004)
Replace the reference to IEC 60947-1:1999 by the following:
IEC 60947-1:2004, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 1: General rules
Replace the reference to IEC 61000-3-2:1995 by the following:
IEC 61000-3-2:2005, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 3-2: Limits – Limits for
harmonic current emissions (equipment input current ≤16 A per phase)
Add, after IEC 61000-4-2, the following references:
Amendment 1 (1998)
Amendment 2 (2000)
Replace the reference to IEC 61000-4-3:1995 by the following:
IEC 61000-4-3:2006, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-3: Testing and
measurement techniques – Radiated radio-frequency electromagnetic field immunity test
Add, after IEC 61000-4-4, the following references:
Amendment 1 (2000)
Amendment 2 (2001)
60947-4-2 Amend. 2 © IEC:2006 – 9 –
Add, after IEC 61000-4-5, the following reference:
Amendment 1 (2000)
Replace the reference to IEC 61000-4-6:1996 by the following:
IEC 61000-4-6:2003, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-6: Testing and
measurement techniques – Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency
fields
Amendment 1 (2004)
Add, after IEC 61000-4-11, the following reference:
Amendment 1 (2000)
Insert the following new reference:
IEC 61131-2:2003, Programmable
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