SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 62606:2014/oprA2:2021
01-november-2021
Splošne zahteve za obločne detektorje
General requirements for arc fault detection devices
Allgemeine Anforderungen an Fehlerlichtbogen-Schutzeinrichtungen
Exigences générales des dispositifs pour la détection de défaut d'arcs
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62606:2013/prA2:2021
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
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SIST EN 62606:2014/oprA2:2021
SIST EN 62606:2014/oprA2:2021
23E/1237/CDV
COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)
PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 62606/AMD2 ED1
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2021-08-13 2021-11-05
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
23E/1160/CD, 23E/1214A/CC
IEC SC 23E : CIRCUIT-BREAKERS AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT FOR HOUSEHOLD USE
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Italy Mr Giovanni Cassinelli
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TITLE:
Amendment 2 - General requirements for arc fault detection devices

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1 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
2 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 23: ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES
3 SUB-COMMITTEE 23E: Circuit breakers and similar equipment for household use
7 FOREWORD
8 This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 23E: Circuit-breakers and similar
9 equipment for household use, of IEC technical committee 23: Electrical accessories.
10 The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
23E/XX/FDIS 23E/XX/RVD
12 Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
13 voting indicated in the above table.
14 The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
15 remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
16 "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
17 publication will be
18 • reconfirmed,
19 • withdrawn,
20 • replaced by a revised edition, or
21 • amended.
23 _____________
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26 INTRODUCTION
27 To replace the last paragraph by the following
28 This document covers devices designed to be installed in a distribution board at the origin of
29 one final circuits of a fixed installation.

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30 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ARC FAULT DETECTION DEVICES
31 Replace the existing title of this document with the following new title:
32 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ARC FAULT DETECTION AND
33 PROTECTION DEVICES (AFDDs)
36 1 Scope
37 Replace the existing second dash of second paragraph by the following new second dash:
38 – as a single device, with arc fault detection integrated in or assembled by manufacturer to a
39 protective device; or
40 In the second sentence of the last paragraph, after “pollution degree 2”, add “and overvoltage
41 category III”
42 2 Normative references
43 Replace the following existing normative references by the following new normative references:
44 IEC 60898-1:2015, Electrical accessories – Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for
45 household and similar installations – Part 1: Circuit-breakers for a.c. operation
46 IEC 60898-1:2015/AMD1:2019
47 IEC 61008-1:2010, Residual current operated circuit-breakers without integral overcurrent
48 protection for household and similar uses (RCCBs) – Part 1: General rules
49 IEC 61008-1:2010/AMD1:2012
50 IEC 61008-1:2010/AMD2:2013
51 IEC 61009-1:2010, Residual current operated circuit-breakers with integral overcurrent
52 protection for household and similar uses (RCBOs) – Part 1: General rules
53 IEC 61009-1:2010/AMD1:2012
54 IEC 61009-1:2010/AMD2:2013
55 Add the following normative references:
56 IEC 61000-4-2, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-2: Testing and measurement
57 techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test
58 IEC 61000-4-3, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-3: Testing and measurement
59 techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test
60 IEC 61000-4-4, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-4: Testing and measurement
61 techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test
62 IEC 61000-4-5:2014, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-5: Testing and measurement
63 techniques - Surge immunity test
64 IEC 61000-4-5:2014/AMD1:2017
65 IEC 61000-4-6, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-6: Testing and measurement
66 techniques - Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields
67 IEC 61000-4-8, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-8: Testing and measurement
68 techniques - Power frequency magnetic field immunity test

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69 IEC 61000-4-11, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-11: Testing and measurement
70 techniques - Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests for
71 equipment with input current up to 16 A per phase
72 IEC 61000-4-16:2015, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-16: Testing and
73 measurement techniques - Test for immunity to conducted, common mode disturbances in the
74 frequency range 0 Hz to 150 kHz
75 IEC 62873-2, Residual current operated circuit-breakers for household and similar use – Part
76 2: Residual current devices (RDCs) – Vocabulary
77 3 Terms and definitions
78 Replace the first sentence by the following sentence
79 For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62873-2 and the
80 following apply.
81 3.4 arc fault detection unit
82 Replace the existing Note 1 to entry by the following new Note 1 to entry:
83 Note 1 to entry The interruption of the current can either be provided by opening means (see 4.1.1) or by a protective
84 device integrating an AFD unit (see 4.1.2.1) or by a protective device assembled with an AFD unit (see 4.1.2.2 or
85 4.1.3).
86 4 Classification
87 4.1 According to the method of construction
88 Replace the existing subclause 4.1.2 by the following new subclause:
89 4.1.2 AFDD as one single device, comprising an AFD unit and a protective device.
90 4.1.2.1 AFD unit integrated in a protective device complying with one of the
91 following standards: IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1 or IEC 62423.
92 4.1.2.2 AFD unit assembled by the manufacturer to a protective device complying
93 with one of the following standards: IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1 or
94 IEC 62423.
95 For this classification, the protective device is unchanged from the existing compliant version
96 except for marking and/or catalogue/serial number.
97 5 Characteristics of AFDDs
99 5.4 Standard values of rated impulse withstand voltage (U )
imp
100 Replace, after Table 4, the existing paragraph by the following new paragraph:
101 In case an AFDD is intended to be connected (see 4.1.1) or integrated (see 4.1.2.1) or
102 assembled (see 4.1.2.2 or 4.1.3) with one or several declared protective devices whose
103 standard values of rated impulse withstand voltage are more severe than those mentioned in
104 Table 4, the standard conditions for operation in service and for installation of the most severe
105 protective device standard shall apply.

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106 5.5 Coordination with short-circuit protective devices (SCPDs)
107 5.5.1 General
108 Replace the first paragraph by the following:
109 AFDDs classified according to 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 using an RCCB as protective device (IEC 61008-
110 1 or IEC 62423) and AFDDs classified according to 4.1.1 shall be protected against short-
111 circuits by means of circuit-breakers or fuses complying with their relevant standards according
112 to the installation rules of IEC 60364 series.
113 6 Marking and other product information
114 To remove the sentence “the markings shall be on the AFDD …is installed” below Table 5
115 In the sixth paragraph after Table 5, to remove the sentence “provisionally the use of national
116 indications only is allowed”
117 To replace the last but two paragraph by the following:
118 The markings shall appear on the AFDD or, if the space available is not sufficient, on the
119 smallest package unit or in technical information.
120 7 Standard conditions for operation in service and for installation
121 7.1 Standard conditions
122 Modify note b of Table 6 as follows
123 Values outside the range are admissible where more severe climatic conditions prevail.
124 Replace, after Table 6, the existing paragraph by the following new paragraph:
125 In case an AFDD is connected (see 4.1.1) or integrated (see 4.1.2.1) or assembled (see 4.1.2.2
126 or 4.1.3) with one or several associated declared protective devices whose standard conditions
127 for operation in service and for installation are more severe than those mentioned in Table 6,
128 the standard conditions for operation in service and for installation of the most severe protective
129 device standard shall apply.
130 8 Requirements for construction and operation
131 8.1 General
132 Replace the existing tenth and eleventh paragraphs with the following new text:
133 AFDDs classified according to 4.1.2.1 shall comply with the relevant standard of the protective
134 device with which it is integrated (according to IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1, or
135 IEC 62423 as applicable) and additionally to the requirements and tests given in this document.
136 Where tests included in this document are also included in IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1,
137 IEC 61009-1, or IEC 62423, a selection of the most stringent requirements and tests among all
138 applicable standards shall be applied only once.
139 AFDDs classified according to 4.1.2.2 shall comply with the requirements given in this document
140 which include the verification (according to IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1, or

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141 IEC 62423 as applicable) of the correct operation of the protective device with which it is
142 assembled.
143 8.2.3 Clearances and creepage distances (see Annex B)
144 Remove in the third paragraph “e)”.
145 Remove in the second dash after third paragraph “e)”.
146 8.3 Protection against electric shock
147 To modify the third paragraph as follows
148 For AFDDs other than those of the plug-in type, external parts, other than screws or other
149 means for fixing covers and labels, which are accessible when the AFDDs are mounted and
150 wired as in normal conditions of use, shall either be of insulating material, or be lined throughout
151 with insulating material.
152 8.5 Temperature rise
153 8.5.1 Temperature-rise limits
154 Replace, after Table 9, the existing paragraph by the following new paragraph:
155 In case an AFDD is wired (see 4.1.1) or integrated (see 4.1.2.1) or assembled (see 4.1.2.2 or
156 4.1.3) with one or several associated declared protective devices whose standard conditions
157 for temperature rise are more severe than those mentioned in Table 9, the standard conditions
158 for operation in service and for installation of the most severe protective device standard shall
159 apply (IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1 and IEC 62423).
160 8.6 Operating characteristics
161 8.6.1 Operating characteristics of the protective device part
162 Replace the existing second paragraph by the following new paragraph:
163 Compliance is checked by carrying out the relevant tests of the specified relevant standard,
164 according to 9.1.1.
165 8.15 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
166 To replace the first paragraph by the following
167 AFDDs shall comply with the EMC requirements of this document.
168 9 Testing procedure
169 9.1 General
170 9.1.1 General testing procedure for the different type of AFDDs
171 Replace the existing fourth paragraph with the three following new paragraphs:
172 AFDDs classified according to 4.1.2.1 where the AFD unit is integrated in the MPD shall first
173 be tested according to IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1, or IEC 62423, as applicable.
174 AFDDs classified according to 4.1.2.2 where the AFD unit is assembled to the MPD, the MPD
175 shall comply with IEC 60898-1, IEC 61008-1, IEC 61009-1 or IEC 62423, as applicable.

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176 The AFD unit assembled to the MPD shall not inhibit the correct operation of the main protective
177 device. The following verifications of the mechanism and the operating characteristics of the
178 combination shall be made on the devices having the largest number of poles, highest In and
179 lowest IΔn, as applicable:
180 a) 8.1.2, 9.10.2.1, 9.10.3 (only at the u
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General requirements for arc fault detection devices

General requirements for arc fault detection devices

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