EN 61009-1:2012/A13:2021

Residual current operated circuit-breakers with integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCBOs) - Part 1: General rules

This annex applies to RCBOs with one residual current protection function and several independent two-pole overcurrent protection functions.

Fehlerstrom-/Differenzstrom-Schutzschalter mit eingebautem Überstromschutz (RCBOs) für Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Interrupteurs automatiques à courant différentiel résiduel avec dispositif de protection contre les surintensités incorporé pour usages domestiques et analogues (DD) - Partie 1: Règles générales

Odklopniki na residualni tok z vgrajeno nadtokovno zaščito za gospodinjsko in podobno rabo (RCBO) - Dodatek N - Dodatne zahteve in preskusi za RCBO, sestavljen iz ene zaščitne funkcije za residualni tok in več neodvisnih funkcij dvopolne zaščite pred nadtokom

Ta dodatek se uporablja za RCBO z eno zaščitno funkcijo za rezidualni tok in več neodvisnimi funkcijami dvopolne zaščite pred nadtokom.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Oct-2021
• ICS: 29.120.50 - Fuses and other overcurrent protection devices
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 23E - Circuit breakers and similar devices for household and similar applications
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 23E/WG 01 - Maintenance of TC23E standards
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 15-Oct-2021
• Due Date: 01-May-2022
• Completion Date: 15-Oct-2021
• Directive: 2014/30/EU - Directive 2014/30/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 electromagnetic compatibility (recast)
• 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
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Mandate: M/552 - [C(2016) 7641 final] Standardisation request as regards harmonised standards in support of Directive 2014/30/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 electromagnetic compatibility
• Ref Project: SIST EN 61009-1:2013/A13:2022 - Residual current operated circuit-breakers with integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCBOs) - Annex N - Additional requirements and tests for RCBOs consisting of one residual current protection function and several independent two-pole overcurrent protection functions

Relations

• Amends: EN 61009-1:2012 - Residual current operated circuit-breakers with integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCBOs) - Part 1: General rules
• Effective Date: 23-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2022
Odklopniki na residualni tok z vgrajeno nadtokovno zaščito za gospodinjsko in
podobno rabo (RCBO) - Dodatek N - Dodatne zahteve in preskusi za RCBO,
sestavljen iz ene zaščitne funkcije za residualni tok in več neodvisnih funkcij
dvopolne zaščite pred nadtokom
Residual current operated circuit-breakers with integral overcurrent protection for
household and similar uses (RCBOs) - Annex N - Additional requirements and tests for
RCBOs consisting of one residual current protection function and several independent
two-pole overcurrent protection functions
Fehlerstrom-/Differenzstrom-Schutzschalter mit eingebautem Überstromschutz (RCBOs)
für Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
Interrupteurs automatiques à courant différentiel résiduel avec dispositif de protection
contre les surintensités incorporé pour usages domestiques et analogues (DD) - Annexe
N - Exigences et essais supplémentaires pour les DD constitués d’une fonction de
protection à courant différentiel résiduel et de plusieurs fonctions de protection contre les
surintensités bipolaires indépendantes
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61009-1:2012/A13:2021
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61009-1:2012/A13

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2021
ICS 29.120.50
English Version
Residual current operated circuit-breakers with integral
overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCBOs) -
Annex N - Additional requirements and tests for RCBOs
consisting of one residual current protection function and several
independent two-pole overcurrent protection functions
Interrupteurs automatiques à courant différentiel résiduel Fehlerstrom-/Differenzstrom-Schutzschalter mit
avec dispositif de protection contre les surintensités eingebautem Überstromschutz (RCBOs) für
incorporé pour usages domestiques et analogues (DD) - Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen - Teil 1:
Annexe N - Exigences et essais supplémentaires pour les Allgemeine Anforderungen
DD constitués d'une fonction de protection à courant
différentiel résiduel et de plusieurs fonctions de protection
contre les surintensités bipolaires indépendantes
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European foreword
This document (EN 61009-1:2012/A13:2021) has been prepared by CLC/TC 23E “Circuit breakers and
similar devices for household and similar applications”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2022-08-09
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2026-08-09
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
This document amends EN 61009-1:2012.
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 given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annexes ZZA and ZZB, which are an
integral part of this document.
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.
1 Modification to the Scope
In the Scope, add the following paragraph after NOTE 8:
“Particular requirements for RCBOs consisting of one residual current protection function and several
independent two-pole overcurrent protection functions are given in Annex ZN.”
2 Modification to subclause 9.24, “Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)”
Replace the sentence below Table 29 with:
“Emission tests are required only for RCDs containing a continuously operating oscillator. The requirements
of CISPR 14-1 apply.”
3 Modification to the Annex ZA
Replace the individual entries in the Annex ZA with the following:
“
Publication Date Title EN/HD Date
IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 1991
enclosures (IP Code)
+A1 2000
+A2 2013
IEC 60364-5-53 2001 Low-voltage electrical installations – HD 60364-5-53 2015
Part 5–53: Selection and erection of
electrical equipment – Isolation,
switching and control
IEC 60695-2-10 - Fire hazard testing – Part 2–10: EN 60695-2-10 2013
Glowing/hot-wire based test
methods – Glow-wire apparatus and
common test procedure
IEC 60364-4-44 2007 Low-voltage electrical installations – HD 60364-4-442 2012
Part 4–44: Protection for safety –
Protection against voltage
disturbances and electromagnetic
disturbances
“
4 Addition of Annex ZN, “Additional requirements and tests for RCBOs
consisting of one residual current protection function and several
independent two-pole overcurrent protection functions”
Add the following Annex ZN:
“
Annex ZN
(normative)
Additional requirements and tests for RCBOs consisting of one residual current protection
function and several independent two-pole overcurrent protection functions
Introduction
If not otherwise mentioned, Annex ZN amends specific requirements of this document. All requirements not
mentioned in this annex shall be applied unchanged.
In Clause ZN.x below, the same numbering of the subclauses has been kept as in the main document.
ZN.1 Scope
This annex applies to RCBOs with one residual current protection function and several independent two-
pole overcurrent protection functions.
NOTE These devices are intended for the protection of independent single phase final circuits.
ZN.3 Definitions
The following definition applies additionally:
ZN.3.3.24 Residual current protection function
Function performing simultaneously the functions of detection of the residual current, of comparison of the
value of this current with the residual operating value, and containing the means to activate the tripping
mechanism of all incorporated overcurrent functions.
ZN.4 Classification
Replace 4.3 with the following:
ZN.4.3 According to the number of poles and outputs
— RCBO with 2-pole input, and a maximum of 3 identical two-pole outputs (each with one overcurrent
protected pole);
— RCBO with 4-pole input and a maximum of 3 identical two-pole outputs (each with one overcurrent
protected pole).
NOTE RCBOs with non-identical overcurrent protected poles (e.g. different rated currents or different
instantaneous tripping ranges B, C or D) and with two protected poles are under consideration.
Replace 5.3.1 with:
ZN.5.3.1 Rated operational voltage (Ue)
Standard rated operational voltages are:
Rated operational voltages for use in systems
RCBO
230 V, 230 V/400 V, 400 V
Input 230 V
2-poles
Output 230 V
Input 400 V
4-poles
Output 230V
Replace 5.3.2 with:
ZN.5.3.2 Rated current (I )
n
Preferred rated currents are:
Rated current (I )
RCBO
n
Input Sum of all output currents
2-poles
Output 6 A – 10 A – 13 A – 16 A – 20 A
Input
4-poles 6 A – 10 A – 13 A – 16 A – 20 A
Output
When reference is made to rated current I in the main standard or in this annex, it corresponds to the output
n
rated current.
The maximum rated output current is 20 A.
ZN.6.3 Requirements for marking
Table Z3 — Requirements for marking
Replace c) with:
c) Rated operational voltage of input and output with the symbol ∼
Replace d) with:
At the input: Rated current with the symbol “A”
At the output: Rated current without symbol “A” preceded by the symbol of overcurrent instantaneous
tripping (B, C or D), for example B 16;
ZN.8.1.2 Mechanism
The requirements of 8.1.2 apply, with following changes:
The first paragraph is modified as follows:
The moving contacts of both poles of each independent overcurrent protection function shall be
mechanically coupled so that both poles, except the switched neutral, if any, make and break substantially
together, whether operated manually or automatically.
Add the following:
The RCD function shall trip all overcurrent protection functions in case of a residual current. Each two-pole
output shall trip individually under an overcurrent condition without causing operation of the other two-pole
outputs.
Compliance is checked by inspection and by the tests of 9.9.1 and 9.9.2.
ZN.9.8 Test of temperature-rise
ZN.9.8.2 Test procedure
Requirements from 9.8.2 apply with the following changes:
A current equal to I of the overcurrent output is passed simultaneously through all overcurrent outputs,
n
ensuring that the RCD function is loaded to the input I for a period of time sufficient for the temperature-
n
rise to reach the steady-state value. In practice, this condition is reached when the variation of the
temperature-rise does not exceed 1 K per hour.
Replace 9.9.2.1 with:
ZN.9.9.2.1 Test of time-(over)current characteristic
a) A current equal to I is passed for the conventional time (see 8.5.2.1 and 8.5.2.2 a)) through all outputs,
n
starting from cold (see Table 10). The RCBO shall not trip. The current is then steadily increased within
5 s to 1,45 I in one output (conventional tripping current). The overcurrent protection function shall trip
n
within one hour.
b) A current equal to 1,13 I (conventional non-tripping current) is passed for the conventional time (see
n
8.5.2.1 and 8.5.2.2 a)) through one randomly chosen output, starting from cold (see Table 10). The
RCBO shall not trip.
The current is then steadily increased within 5 s to 1,45 I (conventional tripping current). The
n
corresponding overcurrent protection function shall trip within one hour.
A different output shall be used for each of the samples.
c) A current equal to 2,55 I is passed through one randomly chosen output, starting from cold. The
n
opening time of the corresponding overcurrent protection function shall be not less than 1 s nor more
than 60 s.
A different output shall be used for each of the samples.
ZN.9.9.2.2 Test of instantaneous tripping and correct opening of the contacts
Replace a), b), c) and d) with:
a) General test conditions
For the lower values of the test current of 9.9.2.2 b), 9.9.2.2 c) and 9.9.2.2 d) respectively
the test is made once, at any convenient voltage.
For the upper value of the test current, the test is carried out at rated operational voltage U (phase to
e
neutral) with a power factor between 0,95 and 1 on each output, the following sequence of operation is
performed:
O-t-CO-t-CO-t-CO
the interval t being as defined in 9.12.11.1. The tripping time of the O operation is measured. After each
operation the indicating means shall show the open position of the contacts.
b) For B type RCBOs
A current equal to 3 I is passed individually through each output, starting from cold.
n
The opening time shall be not less than 0,1 s.
A current equal to 5 I is then passed individually through each output, again starting from cold.
n
The corresponding overcurrent protection function shall trip in a time less than 0,1 s.
c) For C type RCBOs
A current equal to 5 I is passed individually through each output, starting from cold.
n
The opening time shall be not less than 0,1 s.
A current equal to 10 I is then passed individually through each output, again starting from cold.
n
The corresponding overcurrent protection function shall trip in a time less than 0,1 s
d) For D type RCBOs
A current equal to 10 I is passed individually through each output, starting from cold. The opening time
n
shall be not less than 0,1 s.
A current equal to 20 I or to the maximum instantaneous tripping current (see Clause 6, item t) is then
n
passed individually through each output, again starting from cold.
The corresponding overcurrent protection function shall trip in a time less than 0,1 s.
Replace 9.9.2.3 with:
ZN.9.9.2.3 Test of effect of ambient temperature on the tripping characteristic
a) The RCBO is placed in an ambient temperature of (35 ± 2) K below the ambient air reference
temperature until it has attained steady-state temperature. A current equal to 1,13 I (conventional non-
n
tripping current) is passed simultaneously t
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