prEN IEC 61540:2025/prAA:2025
(Amendment)Portable residual current devices (PRCDs) without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar use
Portable residual current devices (PRCDs) without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar use
This document applies to portable residual current devices (PRCDs) for household and similar uses, consisting of a plug, a residual current device (RCD) and one or more socket-outlets or a provision for connection. They do not incorporate overcurrent protection. They are intended for single- and two-phase systems for rated currents not exceeding 16 A for rated voltages not exceeding 250 V AC. They are intended to provide protection against shock hazard in case of direct contact, in addition to the protection provided by the fixed installations for the circuit downstream. PRCDs have a rated residual operating current not exceeding 0,03 A. The plug and socket-outlet parts of a PRCD are covered by the national standard of the country where the PRCD is placed on the market. This document applies to portable devices performing simultaneously the functions of detection of the residual current, of comparison of the value of this current with the residual operating value and of opening of the protected circuit when the residual current exceeds this value. PRCDs providing an additional function of detecting faults on the supply side with a defined behaviour in case of supply failures or miswiring (PRCD-S) are also covered by this document. PRCDs are not intended to be used as parts of fixed installations. Their connecting means can be plugs, socket-outlets, terminals or cords. NOTE 1 The requirements for PRCDs are in compliance with the general requirements of IEC 60755. PRCDs are essentially intended to be operated by ordinary persons and designed not to require maintenance. NOTE 2 An integral fuse is used, if necessary, for the relevant plug and socket-outlet system. The switching contacts of the PRCDs are not intended to provide isolation, as isolation can be ensured by disconnecting the plug. The requirements of this document apply for environmental conditions as defined in 7.1. Additional requirements can be necessary for PRCDs used in locations having more severe environmental conditions. PRCDs including batteries are not covered by this document. This document does not contain additional requirements for PRCDs without earthing contacts for which specific requirements can apply. This document can, however, be used as a guide for such devices which are intended to be used with Class II appliances only.
Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Ortsveränderliche Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtungen (PRCDs) ohne eingebauten Überstromschutz für Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche Anwendungen
Dispositifs différentiels portables à courant résiduel (PCDM) sans protection incorporée contre les surintensités pour usages domestiques et analogues
L'IEC 61540:2023 s'applique aux dispositifs différentiels portables à courant résiduel (PCDM) pour usages domestiques et analogues, qui comportent une fiche de prise de courant, un dispositif à courant différentiel résiduel (DDR), ainsi qu'un ou plusieurs socles de prises de courant ou un moyen de connexion. Ces dispositifs n'incorporent pas de protection contre les surintensités. Ils sont destinés à des systèmes monophasés et diphasés pour des courants assignés inférieurs à 16 A à des tensions assignées ne dépassant pas 250 V en courant alternatif, ou pour des courants assignés inférieurs à 32 A à des tensions assignées ne dépassant pas 130 V en courant alternatif à la terre. Ils sont destinés à procurer une protection contre le danger de choc électrique en cas de contact direct en complément à la protection procurée par les installations fixes situées en aval du circuit. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 1997 et son Amendement 1:1998. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) le contenu du présent document a été révisé et aligné sur l'IEC 60755 (publication groupée de sécurité relative aux dispositifs à courant différentiel résiduel) et sur la bibliothèque de normes "blocs et modules"; b) la classification "4.3 Selon le comportement après ouverture automatique en cas de défaillance de la tension d'alimentation" a été ajoutée; c) de nouvelles exigences et de nouveaux essais ont été ajoutés afin de couvrir la fonction de protection contre le danger de choc électrique mise en œuvre: - vérification du fonctionnement correct en cas d'absence du conducteur de protection; - vérification du fonctionnement correct en cas de conducteur de protection actif et donc dangereux; - vérification du fonctionnement correct en cas de perte du conducteur de protection; - vérification du comportement en cas de courant de défaut externe dans le conducteur de protection; d) les distances d'isolement dans l'air et les lignes de fuite ont été révisées et alignées sur l'IEC 62752 (IC-CPD); e) les valeurs des tensions minimales de fonctionnement ont été révisées; f) des exigences et un essai ont été ajoutés pour la température de l'air ambiant comprise entre –25 °C et +40 °C; g) l'essai des propriétés diélectriques a été révisé et aligné sur la bibliothèque de normes "blocs et modules"; h) les articles concernés ont été alignés sur l'IEC 62752 (IC-CPD); l'IC-CPD est une norme de produit qui décrit des produits/fonctions analogues; i) toutes les annexes ont été révisées et adaptées au contenu du document principal.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2025
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Portable residual current devices (PRCDs) without integral overcurrent protection for
household and similar use
Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Ortsveränderliche Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtungen
(PRCDs) ohne eingebauten Überstromschutz für Hausinstallationen und für ähnliche
Anwendungen
Dispositifs différentiels portables à courant résiduel (PCDM) sans protection incorporée
contre les surintensités pour usages domestiques et analogues
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 61540:2025/prAA:2025
ICS:
29.120.01 Električna dodatna oprema Electrical accessories in
na splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 61540:2025
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
February 2025
ICS 29.120.01 -
English Version
Portable residual current devices (PRCDs) without integral
overcurrent protection for household and similar use
Dispositifs différentiels portables à courant résiduel (PCDM) Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Ortsveränderliche
sans protection incorporée contre les surintensités pour Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtungen (PRCDs) ohne
usages domestiques et analogues eingebauten Überstromschutz für Hausinstallationen und
für ähnliche Anwendungen
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard prEN IEC 61540:2025; it is submitted to CENELEC members
for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2025-05-02.
It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 23E.
If this draft becomes an amendment, 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.
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Contents Page
1 European foreword . 4
2 1 Modifications to Clause 1, “Scope” . 5
3 2 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references” . 5
4 3 Modifications to Clause 3.1, “Definitions relating to plugs and socket-outlets” . 5
5 4 Modifications to Clause 5.3, “Standard and preferred values” . 5
6 5 Modifications to Clause 5.4, “Coordination with short-circuit protective devices (SCPDs)” . 5
7 6 Modifications to Clause 6, “Marking and other product information” . 5
8 7 Modifications to Clause 8.1.1, “General” . 5
9 8 Modifications to Clause 8.1.2, “Plug part, socket-outlet parts and RCD part(s)” . 5
10 9 Modifications to Clause 8.1.4, “Clearances and creepage distances” . 6
11 10 Modifications to Clause 8.1.6, “Terminals for external conductors for rewireable PRCDs” . 6
12 11 Modifications to Clause 8.1.8, “Current-carrying parts” . 6
13 12 Modifications to Clause 8.2.2, “Requirements relating to plugs and socket-outlets,
14 whether incorporated or not in integral items” . 6
15 13 Modifications to Clause 9.1.1, “Characteristics of PRCDs checked by means of type
16 tests” . 6
17 14 Modifications to Clause 9.2, “Test conditions” . 6
18 15 Modifications to Clause 9.5, “Test of reliability of terminals for external conductors” . 6
19 16 Modifications to Clause 9.6, “Verification of protection against electric shock” . 6
20 17 Modifications to Clause 9.8, “Temperature-rise test . 7
21 18 Modifications to Clause 9.10, “Verification of mechanical and electrical endurance” . 7
22 19 Modifications to Clause 9.11, “Verification of the behaviour of the PRCD under
23 overcurrent conditions” . 7
24 20 Modifications to Clause 9.12, “Verification of resistance to mechanical shock and impact” . 7
25 21 Modifications to Clause 9.13, “Test of resistance to heat” . 8
26 22 Modifications to Clause 9.14, “Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat and to
27 fire” . 8
28 23 Modifications to Clause 9.21, “Verification of reliability” . 8
29 24 Modifications to Clause 9.22, “Verification of ageing” . 8
30 25 Modifications to Clause 9.24, “Test on pins provided with insulating sleeves” . 8
31 26 Modifications to Clause 9.25, “Test of mechanical strength of non-solid pins of plugs and
32 portable socket-outlets” . 8
33 27 Modifications to Clause 9.27, “Checking of the torque exerted by plug-in PRCDs on fixed
34 socket-outlets” . 8
35 28 Modifications to Clause 9.28, “Tests of the cord anchorage” . 8
36 29 Modifications to Clause 9.29, “Flexing test of non-rewireable PRCDs” . 8
37 30 Modifications to Annex A, “Test sequences and number of samples to be submitted for
38 verification of conformity to this document” . 8
39 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their
40 corresponding European publications . 10
41 European foreword
42 This document prEN IEC 61540:2025/prAA:2025 has been prepared by CLC/TC 23E “Circuit breakers and
43 similar devices for household and similar applications”.
44 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
45 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dav + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dav + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dav + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
46 This document is read in conjunction with prEN IEC 61540:2025.
47 This document includes the following significant technical changes with respect to prEN 61540:2025:
48 — Only the essential common changes existing in HD 639 S1 are maintained in this document.
49 1 Modifications to Clause 1, “Scope”
50 Delete in the first paragraph “, or for rated current not exceeding 32 A for rated voltages not exceeding 130 V
51 a.c. to earth”.
52 Delete the last sentence of the third paragraph “If no national requirements exist, IEC 60884-1 is used”.
53 2 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references”
54 Delete the following reference:
55 “IEC 60884-1:2022, Plugs and socket outlets for household and similar purposes – Part 1 General
56 requirements”
57 3 Modifications to Clause 3.1, “Definitions relating to plugs and socket-outlets”
58 Delete note 1 of 3.1.6.
59 4 Modifications to Clause 5.3, “Standard and preferred values”
60 Delete in 5.3.1 "and 120 V".
61 Delete in 5.3.2 the last line of Table 1.
62 Delete in 5.3.3 "0,006 A -".
63 Delete in 5.3.6 "60 Hz and 50/60 Hz".
64 5 Modifications to Clause 5.4, “Coordination with short-circuit protective devices
65 (SCPDs)”
66 Add at the end of the first paragraph of 5.4.2: "This value shall be equal to or higher than 1500 A."
67 Add at the end of the first paragraph of 5.4.3: "This value shall be equal to or higher than 1500 A."
68 6 Modifications to Clause 6, “Marking and other product information”
69 Replace the content of item d) of 6.1, Table 3 with “void” and delete the “X” in the last column.
70 7 Modifications to Clause 8.1.1, “General”
71 Delete in 8.1.1 the last but one paragraph “In all the following cases…”.
72 8 Modifications to Clause 8.1.2, “Plug part, socket-outlet parts and RCD part(s)”
73 Replace the text of 8.1.2.1 with "Compliance is checked by inspections and the tests of the relevant national
74 standard."
75 Replace the text of 8.1.2.4 with "Compliance is checked by the tests of the relevant national standard."
76 Replace the last paragraph of 8.1.2.5.5 with "Compliance is checked by inspection and by the tests of 9.10."
77 Replace the last paragraph of 8.1.2.5.6 with "Compliance is checked by verification of the requirements, if
78 any, of the relevant national standard."
79 Replace the last paragraph of 8.1.2.5.17 with "Compliance is checked by inspection and by the tests of the
80 relevant clauses of EN 60529 or the relevant clauses, if any, of the national standard."
81 Add in 8.1.2.5.18: "Compliance is checked by the test of 9.6."
82 Replace in 8.1.2.5.19 the second paragraph with "Compliance is checked by the tests of 9.8 and 9.27."
83 Delete the note in 8.1.2.5.19
84 Delete in 8.1.2.5.20 the notes 1 and 2 and add “Compliance is checked by the test of 9.6”.
85 Replace in the last paragraph of 8.1.2.6.2, " as applicable" with "or the relevant national standard".
86 Delete in 8.1.2.6.2, in the first column of Table 5 "130/" (3 times).
87 Delete in 8.1.2.6.2, the two last rows of Table 5.
88 9 Modifications to Clause 8.1.4, “Clearances and creepage distances”
89 Replace in the second paragraph of 8.1.4 "IEC 60884-1" with "the relevant national standard".
90 Delete the last but one paragraph of 8.1.4 “For domestic plugs…”.
91 10 Modifications to Clause 8.1.6, “Terminals for external conductors for rewireable
92 PRCDs”
93 Delete in 8.1.6.2, the last two rows and the note of Table 7.
94 11 Modifications to Clause 8.1.8, “Current-carrying parts”
95 Replace in 8.1.8 "26.5 of IEC 60884-1:2022" with "the relevant national standard".
96 12 Modifications to Clause 8.2.2, “Requirements relating to plugs and socket-outlets,
97 whether incorporated or not in integral items”
98 Replace the note of 8.2.2.1 with “Void”.
99 Delete the note of 8.2.2.2
100 Delete the last sentence of the 4th paragraph of 8.2.2.2 “The tolerances of the gauges …”
101 13 Modifications to Clause 9.1.1, “Characteristics of PRCDs checked by means of
102 type tests”
103 Delete in the second paragraph of 9.1.1 “or, if not available, according to IEC 60884-1”.
104 14 Modifications to Clause 9.2, “Test conditions”
105 Delete the last two rows and the note of Table 11.
106 15 Modifications to Clause 9.5, “Test of reliability of terminals for external
107 conductors”
108 Delete in Table 13 the three last lines.
109 16 Modifications to Clause 9.6, “Verification of protection against electric shock”
110 Add the following paragraph at the beginning of 9.6.1 “For plug and socket portions, tests shall be performed
111 in accordance with the relevant national standard. 9.6.1 applies to all other portions of the PRCD.”
112 Delete the text of 9.6.2 and replace with “Void”.
113 Delete the text of 9.6.3 and replace with “Void”.
114 Add the following paragraph at the beginning of 9.6.4 “For plug and socket portions, tests shall be performed
115 in accordance with
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