EN IEC 62368-1:2024

Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements

IEC 62368-1:2023 is available as IEC 62368-1:2023 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 62368-1:2023 is a product safety standard that classifies energy sources, prescribes safeguards against those energy sources, and provides guidance on the application of, and requirements for, those safeguards. The prescribed safeguards are intended to reduce the likelihood of pain, injury and, in the case of fire, property damage. The objective of the introduction is to help designers to understand the underlying principles of safety in order to design safe equipment. These principles are informative and not an alternative to the detailed requirements of this document.

Einrichtungen für Audio/Video-, Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik - Teil 1: Sicherheitsanforderungen

Equipements des technologies de l'audio/vidéo, de l'information et de la communication - Partie 1: Exigences de sécurité

IEC 62368-1:2023 est disponible sous forme de IEC 62368-1:2023 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.L'IEC 62368-1:2023 est une norme de sécurité des produits qui classe les sources d’énergie, prescrit des mesures de protection contre ces sources d’énergie et fournit des lignes directrices sur l’application et les exigences de ces garanties. Les mesures de protection prescrites visent à réduire la probabilité de douleur, de blessure et, en cas d’incendie, de dommages matériels. L’objectif de l’introduction est d’aider les concepteurs à comprendre les principes sous-jacents de la sécurité afin de concevoir des équipements sûrs. Ces principes sont instructifs et ne constituent pas une alternative aux exigences détaillées du présent document.

Oprema za avdio/video, informacijsko in komunikacijsko tehnologijo - 1. del: Varnostne zahteve

Ta del standarda IEC 62368 je standard o varnosti izdelkov, ki razvršča vire energije, predpisuje
ukrepe za zaščito pred temi viri energije ter podaja smernice glede uporabe teh ukrepov in zahteve zanje.
Predpisani zaščitni ukrepi so namenjeni zmanjševanju tveganja za bolečine, poškodbe in – v primeru požara – materialne škode.
Cilj uvoda je pomagati načrtovalcem pri razumevanju temeljnih načel varnosti, da bodo lahko načrtovali opremo, ki je varna. Ta načela so informativna in ne nadomeščajo podrobnih zahtev tega dokumenta.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 18-Apr-2024
• ICS: 33.160.01 - Audio, video and audiovisual systems in general
• ICS: 35.020 - Information technology (IT) in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 108X - Safety of electronic equipment within the fields of Audio/Video, Information Technology and Communication Technology
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 108 - IEC_TC_108
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 19-Apr-2024
• Due Date: 30-Dec-2022
• Completion Date: 19-Apr-2024
• Directive: 2001/95/EC - Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety
• 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
• Mandate: M/452 - Standardisation mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of Directives 1999/5/EC, 2006/95/EC and 2001/95/EC for health and safety aspects of personal music players and mobile phones with a music playing function
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Mandate: M/536 - [C(2015)536] Standardisation request as regards radio equipment in support of Directive 2014/53/EU
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 62368-1:2024 - Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements

Relations

• Replaces: EN IEC 62368-1:2020/AC:2020-05 - Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements
• Effective Date: 26-Jul-2021
• Replaces: EN IEC 62368-1:2020/A11:2020 - Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements
• Effective Date: 26-Jul-2021
• Replaces: EN IEC 62368-1:2020 - Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements
• Effective Date: 26-Jul-2021
• Amended By: EN IEC 62368-1:2024/A11:2024 - Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2024
Oprema za avdio/video, informacijsko in komunikacijsko tehnologijo - 1. del:
Varnostne zahteve
Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety
requirements
Einrichtungen für Audio/Video-, Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik – Teil 1:
Sicherheitsanforderungen
Équipements des technologies de l'audio/vidéo, de l'information et de la communication -
Partie 1: Exigences de sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62368-1:2024
ICS:
33.160.01 Avdio, video in avdiovizualni Audio, video and audiovisual
sistemi na splošno systems in general
35.020 Informacijska tehnika in Information technology (IT) in
tehnologija na splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62368-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM April 2024
ICS 33.160.01; 35.020 Supersedes EN IEC 62368-1:2020; EN IEC 62368-
1:2020/A11:2020; EN IEC 62368-1:2020/AC:2020-05
English Version
Audio/video, information and communication technology
equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements
(IEC 62368-1:2023)
Equipements des technologies de l'audio/vidéo, de Einrichtungen für Audio/Video-, Informations- und
l'information et de la communication - Partie 1: Exigences Kommunikationstechnik - Teil 1: Sicherheitsanforderungen
de sécurité (IEC 62368-1:2023)
(IEC 62368-1:2023)
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European foreword
The text of document 108/800/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 62368-1, prepared by IEC/TC 108 "Safety
of electronic equipment within the field of audio/video, information technology and communication
technology" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2025-02-15
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2027-02-15
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN IEC 62368-1:2020 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
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.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the
European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these
requests for its Member States.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62368-1:2023 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 20
INTRODUCTION . 23
0 Principles of this product safety standard . 23
0.1 Objective . 23
0.2 Persons . 23
0.2.1 General . 23
0.2.2 Ordinary person . 23
0.2.3 Instructed person . 23
0.2.4 Skilled person . 23
0.3 Model for pain and injury . 24
0.4 Energy sources . 24
0.5 Safeguards . 25
0.5.1 General . 25
0.5.2 Equipment safeguard . 26
0.5.3 Installation safeguard . 26
0.5.4 Personal safeguard. 27
0.5.5 Behavioural safeguards . 27
0.5.6 Safeguards during ordinary or instructed person service conditions . 28
0.5.7 Equipment safeguards during skilled person service conditions . 28
0.5.8 Examples of safeguard characteristics . 28
0.6 Electrically-caused pain or injury (electric shock) . 29
0.6.1 Models for electrically-caused pain or injury . 29
0.6.2 Models for protection against electrically-caused pain or injury . 30
0.7 Electrically-caused fire . 31
0.7.1 Models for electrically-caused fire . 31
0.7.2 Models for protection against electrically-caused fire . 31
0.8 Injury caused by hazardous substances . 32
0.9 Mechanically-caused injury . 32
0.10 Thermally-caused injury (skin burn) . 33
0.10.1 Models for thermally-caused injury . 33
0.10.2 Models for protection against thermally-caused pain or injury . 34
0.11 Radiation-caused injury . 35
1 Scope . 36
2 Normative references . 37
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 44
3.1 Energy source abbreviated terms . 44
3.2 Other abbreviated terms . 46
3.3 Terms and definitions . 47
3.3.1 Circuit terms . 50
3.3.2 Enclosure terms . 51
3.3.3 Equipment terms . 51
3.3.4 Flammability terms . 53
3.3.5 Electrical insulation. 54
3.3.6 Miscellaneous . 55
3.3.7 Operating and fault conditions . 58
3.3.8 Persons . 59
3.3.9 Potential ignition sources . 60

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3.3.10 Ratings . 60
3.3.11 Safeguards . 61
3.3.12 Spacings . 63
3.3.13 Temperature controls . 63
3.3.14 Voltages and currents . 63
3.3.15 Classes of equipment with respect to protection from electric shock . 64
3.3.16 Chemical terms . 65
3.3.17 Batteries . 65
3.3.18 FIW terms . 66
3.3.19 Sound exposure . 66
4 General requirements . 67
4.1 General . 67
4.1.1 Application of requirements and acceptance of materials, components
and subassemblies . 67
4.1.2 Use of components . 68
4.1.3 Equipment design and construction . 68
4.1.4 Equipment installation . 69
4.1.5 Constructions and components not specifically covered . 69
4.1.6 Orientation during transport and use . 69
4.1.7 Choice of criteria . 69
4.1.8 Liquids, refrigerants and liquid filled components (LFCs) . 69
4.1.9 Electrical measuring instruments . 70
4.1.10 Temperature measurements . 70
4.1.11 Steady state conditions . 70
4.1.12 Hierarchy of safeguards . 70
4.1.13 Examples mentioned in this document . 70
4.1.14 Tests on parts or samples separate from the end-product . 71
4.1.15 Markings and instructions . 71
4.2 Energy source classifications . 71
4.2.1 Class 1 energy source .
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