EN 60446:2007

Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of conductors by colours or alphanumerics

Has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with the principles given in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. Provides general rules for the use of certain colours or numerals to identify conductors with the aim of avoiding ambiguity and ensuring safe operation. These conductors ma be applied in cables or cores, busbars, electrical equipment and installations. This edition has significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition. This includes addition of subclauses 5.3.4 to 5.3.6 - Use of bi-colour combinations, addition of subclause 6.2 - Identification of certain designated conductors, and addition of a new Annex A (informative) 'Identification of certain designated conductors by means of colour code and alphanumeric'.

Grund- und Sicherheitsregeln für die Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle - Kennzeichnung von Leitern durch Farben oder alphanumerische Zeichen

Principes fondamentaux et de sécurité pour les interfaces homme-machines, le marquage et l'identification - Identification des conducteurs par des couleurs ou par des repères numériques

Osnovna in varnostna načela za vmesnik človek-stroj, označevanje in identifikacija - Identifikacija vodnikov z barvami ali številkami (IEC 60446:2007)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 03-Jul-2007
• Withdrawal Date: 31-May-2010
• ICS: 01.070 - Colour coding
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 16 - Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 16 - IEC_TC_16
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 16 - IEC_TC_16
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 01-Nov-2013
• Completion Date: 01-Nov-2013
• 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
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60446:2007 - Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of conductors by colours or alphanumerics

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60446:1999 - Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of conductors by colours or numerals
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60445:2010 - Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of equipment terminals, conductor terminations and conductors
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification -
Identification of conductors by colours or alphanumerics
Grund- und Sicherheitsregeln für die Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle - Kennzeichnung
von Leitern durch Farben oder alphanumerische Zeichen
Principes fondamentaux et de sécurité pour les interfaces homme-machines, le
marquage et l'identification - Identification des conducteurs par des couleurs ou par des
reperes numériques
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60446:2007
ICS:
01.070 Barvno kodiranje Colour coding
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
SIST EN 60446:2007 en,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60446

NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2007
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 29.020; 01.070 Supersedes EN 60446:1999


English version


Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface,
marking and identification -
Identification of conductors by colours or alphanumerics
(IEC 60446:2007)


Principes fondamentaux et de sécurité Grund- und Sicherheitsregeln
pour les interfaces homme-machines, für die Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle -
le marquage et l'identification - Kennzeichnung von Leitern durch Farben
Identification des conducteurs par des oder alphanumerische Zeichen
couleurs ou par des repères numériques (IEC 60446:2007)
(CEI 60446:2007)




This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-06-01. 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 two official versions (English and 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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Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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© 2007 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60446:2007 E

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EN 60446:2007 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of document 16/461/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60446, prepared by IEC TC 16, Basic and
safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60446 on 2007-06-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 60446:1999.
EN 60446:2007 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 60446:1999:
– addition of Clause 3 – Terms and definitions;
– addition of Clause 4 – Identification of conductors;
– addition of subclauses 5.3.4 to 5.3.6 – Use of bi-colour combinations;
– addition of subclause 6.2 – Identification of certain designated conductors;
– addition of a new Annex A (informative) “Identification of certain designated conductors by means of
colour code and alphanumeric”;
– deletion of the old Annex A (informative) “Methods of marking PEN conductors in different countries”.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
(dop) 2008-03-01
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2010-03-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60446:2007 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 60079-11 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60079-11:2007 (not modified).
IEC 60601 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 60601 series (not modified).
IEC
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