EN IEC 63067:2020

Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes - Connecting devices - General requirements and tests

IEC 63067:2020 applies to plugs and receptacles for single or multiple pole connecting devices used for aeronautical ground lighting applications. Additional requirements and usage of connecting devices are given in different parts of IEC 61820 series. Connecting devices complying with this document are suitable for use in environmental class E11 according to IEC 61820-1.

Elektrische Anlagen für Beleuchtung und Befeuerung von Flugplätzen - Steckverbinder - Allgemeine Anforderungen und Prüfungen

Installations électriques pour l'éclairage et le balisage des aérodromes - Dispositifs de connexion - Exigences générales et essais

L'IEC 63067:2020 s'applique aux fiches et embases pour dispositifs de connexion unipolaires ou multipolaires utilisés dans le cadre d'applications de balisage aéronautique au sol. Les exigences complémentaires et l'utilisation des dispositifs de connexion sont définies dans différentes parties de la série IEC 61820. Les dispositifs de connexion conformes au présent document sont adaptés à une utilisation dans des conditions d'environnement de classe E11, conformément à l'IEC 61820-1.

Električne inštalacije za razsvetljavo in radijske javljalnike na letališčih - Povezovalne naprave - Splošne zahteve in preskusi (IEC 63067:2020)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 20-Aug-2020
• ICS: 29.140.50 - Lighting installation systems
• ICS: 93.120 - Construction of airports
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 97 - Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 97 - IEC_TC_97
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 21-Aug-2020
• Completion Date: 21-Aug-2020
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 63067:2020 - Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes - Connecting devices - General requirements and tests (IEC 63067:2020)

Overview

EN IEC 63067:2020 - Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes - specifies general requirements and tests for plugs and receptacles used in aeronautical ground lighting. The standard applies to single- and multiple-pole connecting devices for aerodrome lighting and beaconing and defines construction, testing and marking requirements. Devices designed to this standard are suitable for environmental class E11 as defined in IEC 61820-1.

This standard provides a harmonized basis for manufacturers, specifiers and airport operators to ensure safe, reliable connector performance in demanding outdoor aviation environments.

Key topics and requirements

EN IEC 63067:2020 covers the following technical areas (aligned with the document contents):

• Scope and normative references that place the standard in the aerodrome lighting framework.
• Terms, definitions and general requirements for connecting devices used in aeronautical ground lighting.
• Ratings and classification of plugs/receptacles (interface dimensions and device classes).
• Marking and documentation requirements for traceability and safe use.
• Mechanical and electrical tests, including:
  • Protection against electric shock and ingress of water (IP requirements).
  • Insulation resistance and electrical continuity tests for plugs, receptacles and assemblies.
  • Verification of contact arrangements, voltage drop and withdrawal/engagement forces.
  • Tests for resistance to weathering, corrosion, UV radiation and chemical exposure.
• Cable terminations and screen continuity provisions to ensure EMC and grounding integrity.
• Production testing (dielectric, continuity checks) as normative production controls.

These topics ensure compatibility with related parts of the IEC 61820 series and enable use in environmental class E11 conditions.

Applications and users

Typical practical applications and users include:

• Airport electrical engineers and maintenance teams specifying or installing aerodrome lighting connectors.
• Manufacturers and designers of plugs, receptacles and in-ground coupling assemblies for runway/taxiway lighting.
• Procurement departments creating technical specifications and compliance checklists.
• Test laboratories and certification bodies performing conformity testing against EN IEC 63067:2020.
• Systems integrators and contractors responsible for installation, commissioning and periodic inspection of aeronautical ground lighting.

Using this standard helps reduce connector failures, improve maintainability, and ensure safety and interoperability across aerodrome lighting systems.

Related standards

• IEC 61820 (series) - Aeronautical ground lighting installation requirements (additional parts referenced).
• IEC 61823 - Interface elements for aerodrome lighting plugs and receptacles.
• IEC 60352-2 - Crimped connections (normative reference).
• IEC 60529 (IP Code) - Degrees of protection by enclosures.
• ISO 2859-1 - Sampling procedures for production inspection.

Keywords: EN IEC 63067:2020, connecting devices, aerodrome lighting, plugs and receptacles, IEC 61820, environmental class E11, aeronautical ground lighting, connector tests.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2020
Električne inštalacije za razsvetljavo in radijske javljalnike na letališčih -
Povezovalne naprave - Splošne zahteve in preskusi (IEC 63067:2020)
Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes - Connecting devices -
General requirements and tests (IEC 63067:2020)
Elektrische Anlagen für Beleuchtung und Befeuerung von Flugplätzen - Steckverbinder -
Allgemeine Anforderungen und Prüfungen (IEC 63067:2020)
Installations électriques pour l'éclairage et le balisage des aérodromes - Dispositifs de
connexion - Exigences générales et essais (IEC 63067:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 63067:2020
ICS:
29.140.50 Instalacijski sistemi za Lighting installation systems
razsvetljavo
93.120 Gradnja letališč Construction of airports
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 63067

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2020
ICS 29.140.50; 93.120
English Version
Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes -
Connecting devices - General requirements and tests
(IEC 63067:2020)
Installations électriques pour l'éclairage et le balisage des Elektrische Anlagen für Beleuchtung und Befeuerung von
aérodromes - Dispositifs de connexion - Exigences Flugplätzen - Steckverbinder - Allgemeine Anforderungen
générales et essais und Prüfungen
(IEC 63067:2020) (IEC 63067:2020)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2020-07-29. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard 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 European Standard 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.
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 63067:2020 E
European foreword
The text of document 97/216/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 63067, prepared by IEC/TC 97 "Electrical
installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel
vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 63067:2020.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2021-04-29
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2023-07-29
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.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 63067:2020 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 60445 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60445
IEC 61820 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61820 (series)
IEC 61823 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61823
ISO 9001 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9001

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 60352-2 2006 Solderless connections - Part 2: Crimped EN 60352-2 2006
connections - General requirements, test
methods and practical guidance
IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures - -
(IP Code)
IEC 61820-1 - Electrical installations for aeronautical ground EN IEC 61820-1 -
lighting at aerodromes - Part 1: Fundamental
principles
ISO 2859-1 - Sampling procedures for inspection by - -
attributes; part 1: sampling plans indexed by
acceptable quality level (AQL) for lot-by-lot
inspection
IEC 63067 ®
Edition 1.0 2020-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes – Connecting

devices – General requirements and tests

Installations électriques pour l'éclairage et le balisage des aérodromes –

Dispositifs de connexion – Exigences générales et essais

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.140.50; 93.120 ISBN 978-2-8322-8516-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 General requirements . 8
5 General remarks on tests . 9
6 Ratings . 9
7 Classification . 9
8 Marking and documentation . 10
9 Checking of dimensions . 11
10 Protection against electric shock . 13
11 Provision for continuity of screened cable . 13
12 Terminations of conductors . 14
12.1 General . 14
12.2 Terminations for connecting devices which are attached to conductor(s) on
the field. 14
12.3 Terminals for screen continuity . 14
13 Construction of connecting device and their assemblies . 15
13.1 Housing . 15
13.2 Pins and sockets . 15
13.3 Caps . 15
13.4 Connecting device assemblies . 15
13.4.1 Class A . 15
13.4.2 Class B . 16
14 Protection against ingress of water . 17
15 Insulation resistance and electrical connection of connecting device assembly . 17
15.1 General . 17
15.2 Insulation resistance of plugs and receptacles . 17
15.3 Insulation resistance of connecting device assembly . 18
15.4 Electrical connection of contact assembly . 19
16 Forces necessary to disengage and engage the parts of the connecting devices . 19
17 Cables and their connection . 20
18 Resistance to weathering, corrosion and chemical materials . 21
19 Resistance to UV-radiation . 21
Annex A (normative) Production test . 22
A.1 General . 22
A.2 Production test . 22
A.2.1 Dielectric test . 22
A.2.2 Continuity test . 22
A.2.3 Test results. 22
Bibliography . 23

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Figure 1 – Primary plug (IEC 61823) . 11
Figure 2 – Primary receptacle (IEC 61823) . 11
Figure 3 – Secondary plug . 12
Figure 4 – Secondary receptacle. 12
Figure 5 – Secondary receptacle with moulded frangible coupler . 13
Figure 6 – Example of test arrangement to verify the fixation of pins in the body of the
insertion piece . 17
Figure 7 – Example of voltage drop test arrangement . 19
Figure 8 – Example of apparatus for verification of withdrawal force . 20

Table 1 – Classification of connecting devices . 10
Table 2 – Interface dimensions of primary plug and receptacle . 12
Table 3 – Interface dimensions for secondary plugs and receptacles . 13

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
FOR LIGHTING AND BEACONING OF AERODROMES –
CONNECTING DEVICES – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND TESTS

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 63067 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 97:
Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
97/216/FDIS 97/217/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

IEC 63067:2020 © IEC 2020 – 5 –
In this document, the following print types are used:
– conformity statements: in italic type.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION
This document is based on the Federal Aviation Administration circular AC No. 150/5345-26D,
which is listed in the bibliography for convenience.

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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
FOR LIGHTING AND BEACONING OF AERODROMES –
CONNECTING DEVICES – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND TESTS

1 Scope
This document applies to plugs and receptacles for single or multiple pole connecting devices
used for aeronautical ground lighting applications.
Additional requirements and usage of connecting devices are given in different parts of
IEC 61820 series.
Connecting devices complying with this document are suitable for use in environmental class
E11 according to IEC 61820-1.
2 Normative references
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.
IEC 60352-2:2006, Solderless connections – Part 2: Crimped connections – General
requirements, test methods and practical guidance
IEC 60529, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
IEC 61820-1, Electrical installations for aeronautical ground lighting at aerodromes – Part 1:
Fundamental principles
ISO 2859-1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes – Part 1: Sampling schemes
indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 61820-1, and the
following apply.
NOTE Where the terms "voltage" and "current" are used in this document, they are RMS values, unless otherwise
specified.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
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• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
plug
accessory having pin(s) designed to engage with the socket contact(s) of a receptacle,
incorporating means for the electrical connection and insulated mechanical casting for
retention of cable or wires
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[SOURCE: IEC 60050-442:1998, 442-03-01, modified – "socket-outlet" was replaced by
"receptacle", “mechanical retention” was replaced by “insulated mechanical casting for
retention” and "cords" was replaced by "wires".]
3.2
receptacle
accessory having socket contact(s) designed to engage with the pin(s) of a plug, incorporating
means for the electrical connection and insulated mechanical casting for retention of cables
and wires
3.3
type test
conformity test made on one or more items representative of the production
3.4
production test
test that is carried out for samples of certain lot according to ISO 2859-1
3.5
class A connecting device
accessory that is completed by insulating material moulded around pre-assembled
components that are terminated to cable(s) or wire(s) in factory
3.6
class B connecting device
accessory consisting of a pre-moulded housing and interface contacts that are meant to be
assembled on the field
3.7
primary circuit
electric circuit that transfers energy from a power source to the primary winding of an AGL
transformer
3.8
secondary circuit
electric circuit that transfers energy from the secondary winding of the AGL transformer to a
load
3.9
screen continuity conductor
copper wire used to make a connection to the screen of a cable for the purpose of continuity
or earthing
4 General requirements
Plugs and receptacles shall be so designed and constructed that, in normal use, their
performance is reliable, and safety is achieved by reducing risk to a tolerable level in airfield
environment.
Compliance is checked by meeting all the relevant requirements and tests specified in this
document.
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5 General remarks on tests
5.1 Tests shall be carried out to check compliance with the relevant requirements of this
document.
Tests are as follows:
– type tests shall be made on representative specimens of each type of connecting device;
– production tests shall be made according to Annex A.
Conditions of 5.2 to 5.5 are applicable to type tests.
5.2 Tests shall be carried out at 23 °C ± 3 °C unless otherwise defined.
5.3 Test shall be performed on six pairs (plugs and recepta
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