EN 61386-1:2008/A1:2019

Conduit systems for cable management - Part 1: General requirements

2018-11-02 - assessment is now 'compliant', BT route to be followed to adress annex ZZ
2018-08-13: non complinat assessment
2018-05-18 - Sent to HAS
2018-03-22 - TC request to BT to keep ratification pending until Annex ZZ is available
(TC213 Plenary decision to prepare Annex ZZ and associated risk assessment for submission to CCMC and to update BT (See Decision 2 in TC213/Sec1214/RM).
2017-05-16 - Cannot allocate for publication due to missing assessment from Consultant.
2016-12-12 - Annex ZZ delivered by TC and to be sent to Consultant when FDIS starts and included in lt file for NC's voting period.

Elektroinstallationsrohrsysteme für elektrische Energie und für Informationen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

Systèmes de conduits pour la gestion du câblage - Partie 1: Exigences générales

Sistemi kanalov za električne inštalacije - 1. del: Splošne zahteve - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Jul-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 25-Jul-2022
• ICS: 29.120.10 - Conduits for electrical purposes
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 213 - Cable management systems
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 23A - IEC_SC_23A
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 26-Jul-2019
• Completion Date: 26-Jul-2019
• 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
• Ref Project: SIST EN 61386-1:2008/A1:2019 - Conduit systems for cable management - Part 1: General requirements (IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017)

Relations

• Amends: EN 61386-1:2008 - Conduit systems for cable management - Part 1: General requirements
• Effective Date: 29-Mar-2016

Overview

EN 61386-1:2008/A1:2019 (CENELEC/CENELEC approval of IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017) defines the general requirements for conduit systems for cable management. This amendment (A1) updates EN 61386-1:2008 and provides harmonization with related IEC publications, test methods and marking/classification rules. It includes an informative Annex ZZ describing the standard’s relationship with the EU Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU).

Key topics and requirements

• Scope and status
  • Applies to conduit systems used for electrical and information-carrying cables.
  • EN 61386-1:2008 is superseded by this amendment; national adoption deadlines and withdrawal dates are specified.
• Classification and marking
  • Conduits and smallest supplied packages must carry the classification code (at least first four digits); self-recovering conduits require at least five digits.
  • Flame-propagating conduits must be marked with a specific symbol along their length (preferably every 1 m, never more than 3 m) or on packaging.
  • Marking must be durable and legible; durability is verified by inspection and rubbing tests (water then n‑hexane 95% for defined durations and loads).
• Definitions
  • Introduces and clarifies terms such as self-recovering conduit (pliable conduit that returns close to original shape after short transverse force).
• Testing and performance
  • References updated test standards (e.g., IEC 60529 IP Code, IEC 60695-2-11 glow-wire test).
  • Mechanical tests: impact tests after cold conditioning, with specific conditioning times and permitted timings between conditioning and impact.
  • Electrical tests: high-voltage withstand procedure (increase from ~1 000 V to ~2 000 V a.c., held for specified time) with a 100 mA trip criterion for insulation adequacy.
  • Fire hazard guidance: notes on spread of fire and limitations for flame-propagating conduits (not suitable for building use unless embedded in non-combustible material).
• Referenced parts
  • Points to particular-requirement parts for rigid, pliable, flexible, buried and fixing-device conduits (EN/IEC 61386-21 to -25).

Applications and users

This standard is essential for:

• Manufacturers of conduit systems and fittings (product design, marking, testing, certification)
• Test laboratories and conformity assessment bodies (test procedures, acceptance criteria)
• Electrical installers, specifiers and system integrators (selecting compliant conduit for building and infrastructure projects)
• Regulatory and compliance teams assessing conformity to the Low Voltage Directive (see Annex ZZ)

Related standards

• IEC/EN 60529 (IP Code), IEC/EN 60695-2-11 (glow‑wire), and EN/IEC 61386 series parts 21–25 for particular conduit types.

Keywords: EN 61386-1, conduit systems, cable management, general requirements, conduit marking, fire hazard, mechanical testing, electrical testing, Annex ZZ, Low Voltage Directive.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2019
Sistemi kanalov za električne inštalacije - 1. del: Splošne zahteve - Dopolnilo A1
(IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017)
Conduit systems for cable management - Part 1: General requirements (IEC 61386-
1:2008/A1:2017)
Elektroinstallationsrohrsysteme für elektrische Energie und für Informationen - Teil 1:
Allgemeine Anforderungen (IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017)
Systèmes de conduits pour la gestion du câblage - Partie 1: Exigences générales (IEC
61386-1:2008/A1:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61386-1:2008/A1:2019
ICS:
29.120.10 Inštalacijske cevi za Conduits for electrical
električne namene purposes
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61386-1:2008/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2019
ICS 29.120.10
English Version
Conduit systems for cable management - Part 1: General
requirements
(IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017)
Systèmes de conduits pour la gestion du câblage - Partie 1: Elektroinstallationsrohrsysteme für elektrische Energie und
Exigences générales für Informationen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
(IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017) (IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 61386-1:2008; it was approved by CENELEC on 2017-05-30. 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,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 61386-1:2008/A1:2019 E

European foreword
The text of document 23A/831/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61386-1:2008/A1, prepared by IEC/TC
23A "Cable management systems, of IEC technical committee 23: Electrical accessories" was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2020-01-26
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2022-07-26
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 61386-1:2008.

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 mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61386-1:2008/A1:2017 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 60364-4-42:2010 NOTE Harmonized as HD 60364-4-42:2011 (modified).
IEC 60364-5-52:2009 NOTE Harmonized as HD 60364-5-52:2011 (modified).
IEC 60670 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60670 (series)
IEC 60754-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60754-2.

This Annex ZA replaces the Annex ZA of EN 61386-1:2008.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60417 1973 Graphical symbols for use on equipment. Index, survey and - -
compilation of the single sheets.
IEC 60423 2007 Conduit systems for cable management - Outside diameters of EN 60423 2007
conduits for electrical installations and threads for conduits and
fittings
IEC 60529 1989 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) EN 60529 1991
- - + corrigendum 1993
May
+ A1 1999  + A1 2000
+ A2 2013  + A2 2013
IEC 60695- 2014 Fire hazard testing - Part 2-11: Glowing/hot-wire based test EN 60695-2-11 2014
2-11 methods - Glow-wire flammability test method for end-products
(GWEPT)
IEC 60695- 2003 Fire hazard testing -- Part 11-2: Test flames - 1 kW nominal EN 60695-11-2 2003
11-2 pre-mixed flame - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement
and guidance
IEC 61386- 2002 Conduit systems for cable management -- Part 21: Particular EN 61386-21 2004
21 requirements - Rigid conduit systems
- - + corrigendum 2004
Apr.
- -  + A11 2010
IEC 61386- 2002 Conduit systems for cable management -- Part 22: Particular EN 61386-22 2004
22 requirements - Pliable conduit systems
- - + corrigendum 2004
Apr.
- -  + A11 2010
Dated as no equivalent European Standard exists.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61386- 2002 Conduit systems for cable management -- Part 23: Particular EN 61386-23 2004
23 requirements - Flexible conduit systems
- - + corrigendum 2004
Apr.
- -  + A11 2010
IEC 61386- 2004 Conduit systems for cable management -- Part 24: Particular EN 61386-24 2010
24 requirements - Conduit systems buried underground
IEC 61386- 2011 Conduit systems for cable management -- Part 25: Particular EN 61386-25 2011
25 requirements - Conduit fixing devices

Annex ZZ
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the safety
objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be
covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request relating to
harmonized standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary means
of conforming to safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonization 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
[2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European Standard
and Annex I of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Safety objectives of Clause(s) / sub-clause(s) Remarks / Notes
Directive 2014/35/EU of this EN
(1)(a) Clause 7 Marking and
documentation
(1)(b) Clause 6 Classification
Clause 7 Marking and
documentation
Clause 8 Dimensions
Clause 9 Construction
(1)(c) Clause 1 Scope
Clause 2 Normative references
Clause 3 Terms and definitions
Clause 4 General requirements
Refer to (2)(a) to (2)(d) and
(3)(a) to (3)(c) below
(2)(a) Clause 4 General requirements
Clause 5 General conditions for
tests
Clause 6 Classification
Clause 9 Construction
Clause 10 Mechanical
properties
Clause 11 Electrical properties
Clause 12 Thermal properties
Clause 14 External influences
Safety objectives of Clause(s) / sub-clause(s) Remarks / Notes
Directive 2014/35/EU of this EN
(2)(b) Clause 5 General conditions for
tests
Clause 12 Thermal properties
Clause 13 Fire Hazard
(2)(c) Clause 5 General conditions for
tests
Clause 9 Construction
Clause 10 Mechanical
properties
Clause 12 Thermal properties
Clause 13 Fire Hazard
Clause 14 External influences
(2)(d) Clause 5 General conditions for
tests
Clause 6 Classification
Clause 11 Electrical properties
(3)(a) Clause 5 General conditions for
tests
Clause 6 Classification
Clause 9 Construction
Clause 10 Mechanical
properties
Clause 12 Thermal properties
(3)(b) Clause 5 General conditions for
tests
Clause 6 Classification
Clause 12 Thermal properties
Clause 13 Fire Hazard
Clause 14 External influences
Clause 15 Electromagnetic
compatibility
(3)(c) Risk assessment shows
foreseeable conditions of
overload are not of concern.
WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is mai
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