IEC 62561-2:2018/COR1:2019

Corrigendum 1 - Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes

Corrigendum 1 - Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 2: Exigences pour les conducteurs et les électrodes de terre

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Aug-2019
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• ICS: 91.120.40 - Lightning protection
• Technical Committee: TC 81 - Lightning protection
• Drafting Committee: MT 14 - TC 81/MT 14
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 04-Oct-2019
• Completion Date: 29-Aug-2019

Relations

• Corrects: IEC 62561-2:2018 - Lightning protection system components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
COMMISSION ÉLECTROTECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE
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IEC 62561-2 IEC 62561-2
Edition 2.0  2018-01 Édition 2.0  2018-01

LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM COMPOSANTS DES SYSTÈMES DE PROTECTION
COMPONENTS (LPSC) – CONTRE LA FOUDRE (CSPF) –

Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth Partie 2: Exigences pour les conducteurs et les
electrodes électrodes de terre

CO RRI G E NDUM 1
Corrections to the French version appear after the English text.
Les corrections à la version française sont données après le texte anglais.

4 Requirements
4.1 General
In the third paragraph, replace "A summary" with "Summaries".
4.4.4 Earth conductors and earth plates
In the second paragraph, replace "and 5.2.4." with ", 5.2.4, 5.2.5 and 5.2.6.".
5.2 Conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods and earth electrodes (except
earth rods)
Replace the title of 5.2 with the following new title:
5.2 Air termination conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods, earth
conductors and earth plates
5.2.1 General
In the first paragraph, replace "electrodes" with "conductors and earth plates".
After the first paragraph, add the following new paragraph:
Earth electrodes shall be subjected to the tests according to Annex D.
In the last paragraph, replace "Conductors" with "Air-termination conductors" and replace
"and earth electrodes (except earth rods)" with ", earth conductors and earth plates".
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5.2.2 Test for thickness of coating
5.2.2.1 General conditions for tests
In the second and third paragraphs, replace "conductor" with "specimen".
5.2.2.2 Acceptance criteria
At the end of the first sentence, add the following new text: "and Table 3 for earth conductors
and earth plates.".
5.2.4.1 General conditions for tests
In the last paragraph, replace "Clause A.1" with "Clause A.2" and replace "Clause A.2" with
"Clause A.3".
5.2.5.1 General conditions for tests
In the first sentence of the first paragraph and in the second paragraph, delete "of conductor".
In the last paragraph, replace "The dimensions of the conductor" with "The dimensions of the
sample".
5.2.6.1 General conditions for tests
In the second sentence, replace "For the testing of air-termination rods and earth lead-in
rods" with "For the testing of air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in
rods, down conductors, earth-conductors and earth plates".
5.2.6.2 Acceptance criteria
Delete ", for the earth conductors".
5.3.5.1 General conditions for tests
Replace "Clause A.1" with "Clause A.2" and replace "Clause A.2" with "Clause A.3".
5.3.7.1 General conditions for tests
Delete the second sentence beginning with "For the testing".
Annex C
Replace the existing title of Annex C with the following new title:
Requirements and tests for conductors
Table C.1
In the last column, add a reference to Table 2 and 5.5, as follows:

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Table C.1 – Summary of requirements for various elements tested
according to Table 1 and Table 2
Cross-sectional area, mechanical and electrical
Material Configuration
characteristics, tests to be applied
Copper Solid tape
Table 1 / Table 2
Tin plated Solid round
Tests: Footnotes of Table 1, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
copper
Stranded
Aluminium Solid tape
Table 1 / Table 2
Solid round
Tests: Footnotes of Table 1, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Stranded
Copper coated Solid round Table 1 / Table 2
aluminium
Tests: Footnotes of Table 1 and Table 2, 5.2.2 /
alloy
5.2.3 / 5.2.4 / 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Aluminium Solid tape
Table 1 / Table 2
alloy
Solid round
Tests: Footnotes of Table 1, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Stranded
Hot dipped Solid tape
Table 1 / Table 2
galvanized
Solid round
steel Tests: Footnotes of Table 1, 5.2.2 / 5.2.3 / 5.2.4 /
5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Stranded
Copper coated Solid round Table 1 / Table 2
steel
Solid tape Tests: Footnotes of Table 1 and Table 2, 5.2.2 /
5.2.3 / 5.2.4 / 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Stainless steel Solid tape
Table 1 / Table 2
Solid round
Tests: Footnotes of Table 1, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Stranded
Annex D
Replace the existing title of Annex D with the following new title:
Requirements and tests for earth electrodes
Table D.1
In the last column, modify the references and replace the date of IEC 62561-1 with 2017, as
follows:
Table D.1 – Summary of requirements for various elements
tested according to Table 2 and Table 3
Material Configuration Application Dimensions, mechanical electrical
characteristics, tests to be applied
Copper Solid round Earth conductor
Solid round Earth rod
Solid tape Earth conductor
Table 2 / Table 3
Pipe Earth rod
Tests: Footnotes of Table 3, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.3.6 /
5.3.7 / 5.5
Solid plate Earth plate
Lattice plate Earth plate
Stranded Earth conductor
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Galvanized Solid round Earth conductor
steel
Solid tape Earth conductor
Table 2 / Table 3
Solid plate Earth plate
Tests: Footnotes of Table 3, 5.2.2 / 5.2.3 / 5.2.4 /
5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Lattice plate Earth plate
Stranded Earth conductor
Galvanized Solid round Earth rod
Table 2 / Table 3
steel
Pipe Earth rod
Tests: Footnotes of Table 3, 5.3.2 / 5.3.5 / 5.3.6 /
5.3.7 / 5.5
Profile Earth rod
Bare steel Solid round Earth conductor Table 2 / Table 3
Solid tape Earth conductor Tests: Footnotes of Table 3, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Copper coated Solid round Earth rod Table 2 / Table 3
steel
Tests: Footnotes of Table 2 and Table 3, 5.3.2 /
5.3.3 / 5.3.4 / 5.3.5 / 5.3.6 / 5.3.7 / 5.3.8 / 5.5
Copper coated Solid round Earth conductor Table 2 / Table 3
steel
Tests: Footnotes of Table 2 and Table 3, 5.2.2 /
Solid tape Earth conductor
5.2.3 / 5.2.4 / 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.5
Stainless steel Solid round Earth conductor
Table 2 / Table 3
Solid round Earth rod
Tests: Footnotes of Table 3, 5.2.5 / 5.2.6 / 5.3.6 /
5.3.7 / 5.5
Solid tape Earth conductor
Couplers for _____ _____ Tests: Footnotes of Table 3, 5.4.2 / 5.4.3 / 5.4.4 /
earth rods 5.4.5 / 5.5
In addition tests according to IEC 62561-1:2017,
6.3
Annex E
Replace Figure E.1 with the following new Figure E.1:

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Figure E.1 – Flow chart of tests for air-termination conductors, air-termination rods,
earth lead-in rods, down-conductors, earth conductors and earth plates
Annex F
Replace Figure F.1 with the following new Figure F.1:

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Figure F.1 – Flow chart of tests for earth rods

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