EN 62423:2012/A12:2022

Type F and type B residual current operated circuit-breakers with and without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses

The scope of EN 61008-1 and EN 61008-2-1 or EN 61009-1 and EN 61009-2-1 applies with the following additions. This standard specifies requirements and tests for Type F and Type B RCDs (Residual current devices). Requirements and tests given in this standard are in addition to the requirements of Type A residual current devices according to EN 61008-2-1 or EN 61009-2-1. This standard can only be used together with EN 61008-1 and EN 61009-1.

Fehlerstrom-/Differenzstrom-Schutzschalter Typ F und Typ B mit und ohne eingebautem Überstromschutz für Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen

Interrupteurs automatiques à courant différentiel résiduel de type B et de type F avec et sans protection contre les surintensités incorporée pour usages domestiques et analogues

Odklopniki na residualni tok tipov F in B z vgrajeno nadtokovno zaščito ali brez nje za gospodinjsko in podobno rabo - Dopolnilo A12

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 15-Sep-2022
• ICS: 29.120 - Electrical accessories
• 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: 16-Sep-2022
• Due Date: 16-Nov-2022
• Completion Date: 16-Sep-2022
• 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 62423:2013/A12:2023 - Type F and type B residual current operated circuit-breakers with and without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses

Relations

• Amends: EN 62423:2012 - Type F and type B residual current operated circuit-breakers with and without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses
• Effective Date: 23-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2023
Odklopniki na residualni tok tipov F in B z vgrajeno nadtokovno zaščito ali brez
nje za gospodinjsko in podobno rabo - Dopolnilo A12
Type F and type B residual current operated circuit-breakers with and without integral
overcurrent protection for household and similar uses
Fehlerstrom-/Differenzstrom-Schutzschalter Typ F und Typ B mit und ohne eingebautem
Überstromschutz für Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen
Interrupteurs automatiques à courant différentiel résiduel de type B et de type F avec et
sans protection contre les surintensités incorporée pour usages domestiques et
analogues
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62423:2012/A12:2022
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 62423:2012/A12

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM September 2022
ICS 29.120.50; 29.120
English Version
Type F and type B residual current operated circuit-breakers with
and without integral overcurrent protection for household and
similar uses
Interrupteurs automatiques à courant différentiel résiduel de Fehlerstrom-/Differenzstrom-Schutzschalter Typ F und Typ
type B et de type F avec et sans protection contre les B mit und ohne eingebautem Überstromschutz für
surintensités incorporée pour usages domestiques et Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen
analogues
This amendment A12 modifies the European Standard EN 62423:2012; it was approved by CENELEC on 2022-07-12. 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

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Ref. No. EN 62423:2012/A12:2022 E

European foreword
This document (EN 62423:2012/A12:2022) 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) 2023-07-12
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2025-07-12
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
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 is read in conjunction with EN 62423:2012, EN 62423:2012/A11:2021 and
EN 62423:2012/AC:2021-09.
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 9.2.3, "Verification of the correct operation for three- and
four-pole Type B RCDs powered on two poles only"
Replace the text of 9.2.3 with:
“Tests shall be performed according to 9.2.1.2 and 9.2.1.7.1: a) for three- and four-pole devices, the
RCD is only supplied between two phases chosen at random; b) for four-pole devices, the RCD is only
supplied between one phase chosen at random and the neutral terminal.”
2 Modification to Annex ZA, “Normative references to international
publications with their corresponding European publications”
Replace the first reference in the Annex ZA as follows:
“
CISPR 14-1 2016 Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements EN 55014-1 2017
for household appliances, electric tools and
similar apparatus - Part 1: Emission
“
3 Modifications to Annex ZZ, “Coverage of Essential Requirements of EU
Directives”
Replace the Annex ZZ with the following annexes:
"
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