SIST EN 61010-031:2015/oprA1:2018

Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - Part 031: Safety requirements for hand-held and hand-manipulated probe assemblies for electrical test and measurement

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General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Jul-2017
• ICS: 19.080 - Electrical and electronic testing
• ICS: 71.040.10 - Chemical laboratories. Laboratory equipment
• Technical Committee: MOV - Measuring equipment for electromagnetic quantities
• Current Stage: 5020 - Formal vote (FV) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 16-Mar-2018
• Due Date: 04-May-2018
• Completion Date: 01-Jun-2018
• 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
• Ref Project: EN 61010-031:2015/FprA1:2018 - Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - Part 031: Safety requirements for hand-held and hand-manipulated probe assemblies for electrical test and measurement

RELATIONS

• Amends: SIST EN 61010-031:2015 - Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use -- Part 031: Safety requirements for hand-held probe assemblies for electrical measurement and test (IEC 61010-031:2015)
• Effective Date: 11-Apr-2017
• Amended By: SIST EN 61010-031:2015/oprAA:2020 - Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - Part 031: Safety requirements for hand-held probe assemblies for electrical measurement and test
• Effective Date: 30-Jul-2019

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 61010-031:2015/oprA1:2017
01-julij-2017

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Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory

use - Part 031: Safety requirements for hand-held and hand-manipulated probe
assemblies for electrical test and measurement
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61010-031:2015/prA1:2017
ICS:
19.080 (OHNWULþQRLQHOHNWURQVNR Electrical and electronic
SUHVNXãDQMH testing
71.040.10 Kemijski laboratoriji. Chemical laboratories.
Laboratorijska oprema Laboratory equipment
SIST EN 61010-031:2015/oprA1:2017 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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66/632/CDV
COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)
PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 61010-031/AMD1 ED2
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2017-05-19 2017-08-11
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
IEC TC 66 : SAFETY OF MEASURING, CONTROL AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
SECRETARIAT: SECRETARY:
United Kingdom Mr David Hyde
OF INTEREST TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: PROPOSED HORIZONTAL STANDARD:
GROUP SAFETY FUNCTION
TC 78,TC 85
Other TC/SCs are requested to indicate their interest, if
any, in this CDV to the secretary.
FUNCTIONS CONCERNED:
EMC ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAFETY

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TITLE:

Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use – Part

031: Safety requirements for hand-held and hand-manipulated probe assemblies for electrical

test and measurement.
NOTE FROM TC/SC OFFICERS:

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download this electronic file, to make a copy and to print out the content for the sole purpose of preparing

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1 FOREWORD

2 This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 66: Safety of measuring,

3 control and laboratory equipment.
4 The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
66/XX/FDIS 66/XX/RVD

6 Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on

7 voting indicated in the above table.

8 The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until

9 the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data

10 related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
11  reconfirmed,
12  withdrawn,
13  replaced by a revised edition, or
14  amended.

16 The National Committees are requested to note that for this publication the stability date

17 is 2021.

18 THIS TEXT IS INCLUDED FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND WILL BE DELETED

19 AT THE PUBLICATION STAGE.
21 Change the sub-title to read:
23 Part 031: Safety requirements for hand-held and hand-manipulated probe
24 assemblies for electrical test and measurement
26 1 Scope and object
27 1.1.1 Probe assemblies included in Scope
28 Figure 4, Key 3
29 Deletion
30 Delete the words “or clamp”
31 2 Normative references
32 3 Terms and definitions
33 3.1.1
34 TERMINAL
35 Note 1 to entry
36 Deletion
37 Delete the word “connectors”
38 3.1.5
39 CONNECTOR
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40 Deletion
41 Delete the word “connector” so the sentence will read:
42 “…to connect to a TERMINAL of the equipment or to another probe assembly”
43 3.4.11
44 MEASUREMENT CATEGORY
45 Replacement
46 Replace the text with the following:

47 classification of testing and measuring circuits according to the types of mains to which they

48 are intended to be connected
49 4 Tests
50 4.3.9 Duty cycle
51 Replacement
52 Replace the title with the following:
53 4.3.9 Short-term or intermittent operation
54 4.4.4.2 Temperature
55 Replacement
56 Replace the second paragraph with the following:

57 This temperature is determined by measuring the temperature rise of the surface or part and

58 adding it to the ambient temperature of 40 °C, or to the maximum RATED ambient temperature

59 if higher.
60 4.5.2 Fuses
61 Replacement
62 Replace the fourth sentence of the second paragraph with the following:

63 With respect to prospective short circuit currents associated with mains installations, the fuse

64 shall be RATED according to 12.2 and no additional testing related to the interrupt current

65 RATING is necessary.
66 5 Marking and documentation
67 5.1.5 RATING
68 Replacement
69 Replace the second paragraph by the following:

70 a) Probe assemblies which do not have a RATING for MEASUREMENT CATEGORIES II, III or IV

71 (see 6.5.2) shall be marked with the RATED voltage to earth and with symbol 7 of Table 1

72 (see also 5.4.3 k)).
73 6 Protection against electric shock
74 6.2.2 Examination
75 Replacement
76 Replace figures 6c and 6d by the following figures
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78 Connecting parts are partially mated so as just to make electrical contact while allowing maximum access to the

79 test finger. Note the two possible positions of the testfinger.
80 Figure 6c – Partially mated probe assemblies (see 6.2 and 6.4.2 b))
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82 Key
83 F rigid test finger (see Figure B.1)
84 H potentially HAZARDOUS LIVE part
85 Note the two possible positions of the testfinger
86 Figure 6d – Unmated parts of a probe assembly (see 6.2 and 6.4.2 c))
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87 6.3.4.1 General
88 Figure 8
89 Replacement
90 Replace the list with the following:
91 a) the probe body;
92 b) hand-held or hand-manipulated parts of each CONNECTOR;

93 c) 150 mm  20 mm of the PROBE WIRE or the maximum length of the cable whichever is

94 shorter;
95 d) other hand-held or hand-manipulated parts.
97 Deletion
98 Delete in the key 2c) the following:
99 (see 12.3.2)
100
101 6.3.4.2 Probe assemblies with floating outer connection
102 Figure 10
103 Deletion
104 Delete in the key 2c) the following:
105 (see 12.3.2)
106 6.4.1 General
107 Replacement
108 Replace the list in the fourth paragraph by the following:

109 a) DOUBLE INSULATION, consisting of BASIC INSULATION plus SUPPLEMENTARY INSULATION (see

110 6.4.6)
111 b) BASIC INSULATION plus impedance (see 6.4.4)
112 c) REINFORCED INSULATION (see 6.4.6)
113 d) PROTECTIVE IMPEDANCE (see 6.4.5)
114 6.4.3.2 Protection by a PROTECTIVE FINGERGUARD
115 Replacement
116 Replace the third paragraph by the following:

117 The height of the protective FINGERGUARD from the side where the fingers are intended to be

118 applied shall be at least 2 mm.
119 6.4.3.4 Protection by tactile indicator
120 Replacement
121 Replace the first paragraph by the following:

122 SPRING-LOADED CLIPS RATED for MEASUREMENT CATEGORY II or without MEASUREMENT CATEGORY

123 for maximum 300 V which require finger pressure at about 90° to the axis of the clip are

124 acceptable without a PROTECTIVE FINGERGUARD, provided that there is a tactile indicator to

125 indicate the limit of safe access for the OPERATOR.
126 6.4.3.5 Probe tips used as connectors
127 Replacement
128 Replace the text with the following text:
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129 PROBE TIPS which can be used as CONNECTORS and are intended to be connected to specified

130 accessories (for example to a SPRING-LOADED CLIP) shall, in combination with those

131 accessories, also meet the requirements for CONNECTORS in fully-mated position and partially-

132 mated position (see 6.4.2 a) and b)).
133 6.5.1.2.4 Solid insulation
134 6.5.1.2.4.1 General
135 Replacement
136 Replace the text and the Table 4 by the following:

137 Solid insulation shall withstand the electrical and mechanical stresses that may occur in

138 NORMAL USE, in all RATED environmental conditions (see 1.4), during the intended life of the

139 equipment.

140 The manufacturer should take the expected life of the equipment into account when selecting

141 insulating materials.

142 Conformity is checked by both of the following tests for probe assemblies RATED for use in

143 MEASUREMENT CATEGORIES II, III or IV:

144 a) the a.c. voltage test of 6.6.5.1 with a duration of at least 5 s or the impulse voltage test of

145 6.6.5.3 or, using the applicable test voltage of Table 4 or Table 4a;

146 b) the a.c. voltage test of 6.6.5.1 with a duration of at least 1 min or, for measuring circuits

147 stressed only b
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