prEN IEC 62561-2:2024
(Main)Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes
Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 2: Anforderungen an Leiter und Erder
Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 2: Exigences pour les conducteurs et les électrodes de terre
Elementi za zaščito pred strelo (LPSC) - 2. del: Zahteve za vodnike in ozemljila
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2024
Elementi za zaščito pred strelo (LPSC) - 2. del: Zahteve za vodnike in ozemljila
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors
and earth electrodes
Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 2: Anforderungen an Leiter und Erder
Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 2: Exigences
pour les conducteurs et les électrodes de terre
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 62561-2:2024
ICS:
91.120.40 Zaščita pred strelo Lightning protection
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
81/771/CDV
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PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 62561-2 ED3
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2024-08-02 2024-10-25
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
81/754/CD, 81/765A/CC
IEC TC 81 : LIGHTNING PROTECTION
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Italy Mrs Marina Bernardi
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TITLE:
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and
earth electrodes
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1 CONTENTS
2 CONTENTS . 2
3 FOREWORD . 5
4 INTRODUCTION . 7
5 1 Scope . 8
6 2 Normative references . 8
7 3 Terms and definitions . 8
8 4 Requirements . 11
9 4.1 General . 11
10 4.2 Documentation and installation instructions . 11
11 4.3 Air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, catenary wires and down
12 conductors . 11
13 4.4 Earth electrodes . 14
14 4.4.1 General . 14
15 4.4.2 Earth conductors . 14
16 4.4.3 Earth rods. 15
17 4.4.4 Earth plates and equipotential earth grids . 15
18 4.4.5 Couplers for earth rods . 15
19 4.5 Earth lead-in conductors . 16
20 4.6 Marking . 16
21 4.6.1 Content of marking . 16
22 4.6.2 Durability and legibility. 17
23 5 Tests . 19
24 5.1 General test conditions . 19
25 5.2 Air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, catenary wires, down
26 conductors, earth lead-in conductors, earth conductors, earth plates and
27 equipotential earth grids . 19
28 5.2.1 General . 19
29 5.2.2 Test for thickness of coating . 20
30 5.2.3 Resistance test for coated conductors . 22
31 5.2.4 Bending test for coated conductors . 22
32 5.2.5 Environmental test for coated conductors . 22
33 5.2.6 Electrical resistivity test . 23
34 5.2.7 Tensile strength test . 23
35 5.2.8 Material, configuration and cross-sectional area test . 24
36 5.3 Earth rods . 24
37 5.3.1 General . 24
38 5.3.2 Test for thickness of coating on earth rods . 24
39 5.3.3 Adhesion test for copper coated earth rods . 24
40 5.3.4 Electrical resistance test for coated earth rods . 25
41 5.3.5 Bending test for copper coated steel earth rods . 26
42 5.3.6 Environmental test for coated earth rods . 26
43 5.3.7 Electrical resistivity test for earth rods . 26
44 5.3.8 Tensile strength test for earth rods . 27
45 5.3.9 Test for yield/tensile ratio for copper coated steel earth rods . 27
46 5.3.10 Material, configuration and cross-sectional area test for earth rods . 28
47 5.4 Couplers for earth rods . 28
48 5.4.1 General . 28
49 5.4.2 Compression test by mechanical means . 28
50 5.4.3 Environmental test . 30
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51 5.4.4 Lightning current test . 30
52 5.4.5 Tensile strength test for couplers of earth rods . 30
53 5.4.6 Material, configuration and cross-sectional area test for couplers for
54 earth rods . 30
55 5.5 Marking test . 31
56 5.5.1 General test conditions . 31
57 5.5.2 Acceptance criteria . 31
58 5.6 Documentation and installation instructions . 31
59 5.6.1 General test conditions . 31
60 5.6.2 Acceptance criteria . 31
61 6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) . 31
62 7 Structure and content of the test report. 31
63 7.1 General . 31
64 7.2 Report identification . 31
65 7.3 Specimen description . 32
66 7.4 Conductor . 32
67 7.5 Standards and references . 32
68 7.6 Test procedure. 32
69 7.7 Testing equipment description . 32
70 7.8 Measuring instruments description . 32
71 7.9 Results and parameters recorded . 33
72 7.10 Statement of pass or fail . 33
73 Annex A (normative) Environmental test . 34
74 A.1 General . 34
75 A.2 Salt mist treatment . 34
76 A.3 Humid sulphurous atmosphere treatment . 34
77 A.4 Ammonia atmosphere treatment . 34
78 Annex B (normative) Lightning current test . 35
79 B.1 General . 35
80 B.2 Acceptance criteria . 35
81 Annex C (normative) Requirements and tests for air-termination conductors, air-
82 termination rods, catenary wires and down conductors . 36
83 Annex D (normative) Requirements and tests for earth lead-in conductors, earth
84 electrodes, equipotential earth grids and couplers for earth rods . 37
85 Annex E Figure E.1 (normative) Flow chart of tests for air-termination conductors, air-
86 termination rods, catenary wires, earth lead-in conductors, down-conductors,
87 earth conductors and equipotential earth grids see Figure E.1 . 39
88 Annex F (normative) Flow chart of tests for earth rods . 40
89 Annex G (normative) Flow chart of tests of couplers for earth rods . 41
90 Annex H Material, configuration and cross-sectional area test . 42
91 H.1 Acceptance criteria for air-termination conductors, air-termination rods,
92 catenary wires, and down conductors . 42
93 H.2 Acceptance criteria for earth lead-in conductors, earth electrodes,
94 equipotential earth grids earth rods and couplers for earth rods . 42
95 Annex I (normative) Applicability of previous tests . 43
96 Bibliography . 44
97 Figure 1 – Coating measurements around the circumference of a round conductor . 20
98 Figure 2 – Coating measurements of a plate conductor . 21
99 Figure 3 – Typical test arrangement for adhesion test . 25
100 Figure 4 – Definitions of upper yield strength R and tensile strength R . 28
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