EN 50290-4-1:2014

Communication cables - Part 4-1: General considerations for the use of cables - Environmental conditions and safety aspects

This European Standard gives the environmental conditions and safety aspects of symmetrical, coaxial and optical cables used for the infrastructure of communication and control networks.

Kommunikationskabel - Teil 4-1: Allgemeine Betrachtungen für die Anwendung der Kabel - Bedingung der Umgebung und Sicherheitsaspekte

Câbles de communication - Partie 4-1 : Considérations générales pour l'utilisation des câbles - Conditions d'environnement et aspects d'installation

Komunikacijski kabli - 4-1. del: Splošno o uporabi kablov - Okoljski pogoji in varnostni vidiki

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 04-Dec-2014
• Withdrawal Date: 15-Sep-2016
• ICS: 33.120.10 - Coaxial cables. Waveguides
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 46X - Communication cables
• Current Stage: 9093 - Decision to confirm - Review Enquiry
• Completion Date: 26-May-2021
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• 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
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Mandate: M/117 - Horizontal complement to the mandates to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for the valuation of construction products and elements in respect of their resistance to fire
• Mandate: M/212 - ICT - metallic and optical cables and cabling systems
• Mandate: M/443 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC concerning the execution of standardisation work for harmonized standards on power, control and communication cables related to the following end uses: 24/33: Supply of electricity, 26/33: Communications, 28/33: Fire detection and alarm
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50290-4-1:2015 - Communication cables - Part 4-1: General considerations for the use of cables - Environmental conditions and safety aspects

Relations

• Replaces: EN 50290-4-1:2001 - Communication cables - Part 4-1: General considerations for the use of cables - Environmental conditions and safety aspects
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 50290-4-1:2015
01-junij-2015
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 50290-4-1:2002
Komunikacijski kabli - 4-1. del: Splošno o uporabi kablov - Okoljski pogoji in
varnostni vidiki
Communication cables - Part 4-1: General considerations for the use of cables -
Environmental conditions and safety aspects
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50290-4-1:2014
ICS:
33.120.10 Koaksialni kabli. Valovodi Coaxial cables. Waveguides
SIST EN 50290-4-1:2015 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50290-4-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2014
ICS 33.120.10 Supersedes EN 50290-4-1:2001
English Version
Communication cables - Part 4-1: General considerations for the
use of cables - Environmental conditions and safety aspects
 Kommunikationskabel - Teil 4-1: Allgemeine Betrachtungen
für die Anwendung der Kabel - Bedingung der Umgebung
und Sicherheitsaspekte
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2013-09-16. 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 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: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2014 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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Contents
Foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Environmental conditions and installation aspects . 4
4.1 General . 4
4.2 Relationship with EC directives . 5
4.2.1 EMC Directive . 5
4.2.2 Low voltage directive . 5
4.2.3 Construction product directive/ Construction Product regulation . 6
4.3 Environmental conditions . 6
4.3.1 Relationship between environmental conditions and severities of testing . 6
4.3.2 Climatic environment and severities for environmental tests . 7
4.3.3 Mechanical environment and severities for environmental tests . 9
4.3.4 Chemical environment . 10
4.3.5 Moisture, water and humidity . 10
4.3.6 Nuclear radiation . 10
Bibliography .
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