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(Amendment)Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations - Part 3: Circuit-breakers for DC operation
Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and similar installations - Part 3: Circuit-breakers for DC operation
This part of IEC 60898 applies to DC circuit-breakers, having a DC rated voltage not exceeding 440V, a rated current not exceeding 125 A and a rated short-circuit capacity not exceeding 10 000 A.
Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Leitungsschutzschalter für Hausinstallationen und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 3: Leitungsschutzschalter für Gleichstrom (DC)
Petit appareillage électrique - disjoncteurs pour la protection contre les surintensités pour installations domestiques et analogues - Partie 3: Disjoncteurs pour le fonctionnement en courant continu
Električni pribor - Odklopniki za nadtokovno zaščito za gospodinjske in podobne inštalacije - 3. del: Odklopniki za enosmerni tok - Dopolnilo AA
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN IEC 60898-3:2023/oprAA:2023
01-september-2023
Električni pribor - Odklopniki za nadtokovno zaščito za gospodinjske in podobne
inštalacije - 3. del: Odklopniki za enosmerni tok - Dopolnilo AA
Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and
similar installations - Part 3: Circuit-breakers for DC operation
Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Leitungsschutzschalter für Hausinstallationen und
ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 3: Leitungsschutzschalter für Gleichstrom (DC)
Petit appareillage électrique - disjoncteurs pour la protection contre les surintensités pour
installations domestiques et analogues - Partie 3: Disjoncteurs pour le fonctionnement
en courant continu
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 60898-3:2023/prAA:2023
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
oSIST prEN IEC 60898- en,fr,de
3:2023/oprAA:2023
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN IEC 60898-3:2023
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
July 2023
ICS 29.120.50 -
English Version
Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers for overcurrent
protection for household and similar installations - Part 3: Circuit-
breakers for DC operation
To be completed Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Leitungsschutzschalter
für Hausinstallationen und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 3:
Leitungsschutzschalter für Gleichstrom (DC)
This draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard prEN IEC 60898-3:2023; it is submitted to CENELEC members
for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2023-10-20.
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.
This draft amendment was established by CENELEC 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2023 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Project: 77674 Ref. No. prEN IEC 60898-3:2023/prAA:2023 E
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1 Contents Page
2 European foreword . 3
3 1 Modification to Clause 1 . 4
4 2 Modification to Clause 2, "Normative References" . 4
5 3 Modification to Clause 3 . 4
6 4 Modification to Clause 4 . 5
7 5 Modification to Clause 5 . 5
8 6 Modification in Clause 6 . 5
9 7 Modification to Clause 7 . 8
10 8 Modifications to Clause 8 . 8
11 9 Modifications to Clause 9 . 9
12 10 Modification to Figures . 10
13 11 Modification to Annex B . 10
14 12 Modification to Annex C . 11
15 13 Modification to Annex E . 11
16 14 Modification to Annex F . 11
17 15 Modification to Annex G . 11
18 16 Modification to Annex H . 11
19 17 Modification to Annex I . 11
20 18 Modification to Annex J . 11
21 19 Addition of annexes . 11
22 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their
23 corresponding European publications . 12
24 Annex ZB (normative) Special national conditions. 14
25 Annex ZZ (informative) Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives
26 of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered . 15
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27 European foreword
28 This document (prEN IEC 60898-3:2023/prAA:2023) has been prepared by CLC/TC 23E “Circuit breakers and
29 similar devices for household and similar applications”.
30 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
31 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
32 This document is read in conjunction with prEN IEC 60898-3:2023 and prEN IEC 60898-3:2023/prA1:2023.
33 This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CENELEC by the European
34 Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
35 Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
36 For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of
37 this document.
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38 1 Modifications to Clause 1
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39 Add at the end of the sentence of the 3 paragraph:
40 “and overvoltage category III.”
rd
41 Add after the 3 paragraph the following note:
42 “
43 NOTE 1 Additional requirements are necessary for circuit-breakers used in locations having more severe overvoltage
44 conditions.”
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45 Replace the 5 paragraph with the following:
46 “Circuit-breakers in compliance with this document are suitable for use in TN and TT system. Under specific
47 conditions, circuit-breakers of this document are also suitable for use in IT systems, provided, that the
48 requirements of HD 60364-4-43:2010 are complied with.”
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49 Add after the 11 paragraph the following new paragraph:
50 “Supplementary requirements can be necessary for circuit-breakers of the screw-in types.”
51 Renumber “Note” as “Note 2”
52 Add after new Note 2 the following new Note 3:
53 “
54 NOTE 3 Recommendations for the dimensional coordination between enclosures and circuit breakers for mounting on
55 rails according to EN 60715 or equivalent means are given in the CENELEC report PD CLC/TR 50473.”
56 2 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative References”
57 Add the following references:
58 EN 60051-1:2017, Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories -
59 Part 1: Definitions and general requirements common to all parts
60 HD 60364-4-43:2010, Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 4-43: Protection for safety - Protection against
61 overcurrent
62 HD 60364-5-52:2011, Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 5-52: Selection and erection of electrical
63 equipment - Wiring systems
64 3 Modifications to Clause 3
65 Add at the end of 3.2 the following two new definitions:
66 “
67 3.2.16
68 type test
69 test of one or more devices made to a certain design to show that the design meets certain requirements
70 [SOURCE: IEC 60050-441:1984, 441-53-01, modified]
71 3.2.17
72 routine test
73 test to which each individual device is subjected during or after manufacture to ascertain whether it complies
74 with certain criteria
75 [SOURCE: IEV 411-53-02, modified]
76 ”
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77 Replace the contents of 3.2.10 2 with the following:
78 “
79 3.2.10.2
80 reference calibration temperature
81 calibration temperature on which the time-current characteristics are based”
82 4 Modifications to Clause 4
83 Replace at the end of Note 1 of 4.6.2 “Annex J” with “Annex H”.
84 Replace at the end of Note 2 of 4.6.2 “Annex K” with “Annex I”.
85 Delete in 4.6.2 the text corresponding to the 4th (and last) dash and delete Note 3.
86 Delete Note 2 of 4.7.
87 5 Modifications to Clause 5
88 Replace the content of 5.2.1.3 with the following:
89 “The rated impulse withstand voltage (Uimp) of a circuit-breaker is the value of voltage, assigned by the
90 manufacturer, to which impulse test voltages and clearances are referred. The rated impulse withstand
91 voltage of a circuit-breaker shall be equal to or higher than the standard value of rated impulse withstand
92 voltage given in 5.3.5.
93 NOTE For dimensioning of clearances, for rated impulse withstand voltages higher than the standard value of rated
94 impulse withstand voltage given in 5.3.6, see the EN 60664 series.”
95 Replace the 2nd paragraph of 5.2.2 with the following:
96 “The reference calibration temperature is 30 °C. If a different reference calibration temperature for the
97 circuit-breaker is used, the effect on the overload protection of cables shall be taken into account, since this is
98 also based on an ambient temperature of 30 °C, according to installation rules (see Clause 523 of
99 HD 60364-5-52:2011).”
100 Delete the note of 5.2.2.
101 Add in 5.3.1 after Table 1 the following note:
102 “
103 NOTE Standard values of DC supply voltages are under consideration.”
104 Add in 5.3.1 the following new paragraph after Table 1:
105 “The minimum voltage for which the circuit breaker is designed can be declared by the manufacturer in its
106 documentations.”
107 Delete the Note in 5.3.3.
108 6 Modification in Clause 6
109 After the title of Clause 6, add the following new subtitle 6.1:
110 “6.1 Standard marking”
111 Replace item g) with the following:
112 “g) rated short-circuit capacity for DC in amperes, within a rectangle, without symbol “A””;
113 Replace item i) with:
114 “i) reference calibration temperature, if different from 30 °C”;
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115 Replace the 1 paragraph after item k) with the following:
116 “If, for small devices, the space available does not allow all the above data to be marked, at least the
117 information under e) and f), if required, shall be marked and visible when the circuit-breaker is installed.”
nd
118 Replace the 2 paragraph after items with:
119 “The information under a), b), c), d), g), h) and k) may be marked on the side or on the back of the device and
120 be visible only before the device is installed.”
121 Delete Note 1 and Note 2.
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122 Delete the 8 paragraph starting with “The manufacturer shall declare in his literature…”.
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123 Replace the 9 paragraph with the following:
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124 “The manufacturer shall provide the I t characteristic (see 3.5.14)”
125 Before the last paragraph, add the new following paragraph:
126 “For rail mounting circuit-breakers, appropriate rail(s) shall be indicated in the manufacturer’s documentation.”
127 Add the following new subclauses 6.2 and 6.3:
128 “
129 6.2 Additional marking
130 Additional marking to other standards (EN or IEC or other) is allowed under the following conditions:
131 — the circuit-breaker shall comply with all the requirements of the additional standard;
132 — the relevant standard to which the additional marking refers shall be indicated adjacent to this marking
133 and shall be clearly differentiated or separated from the standard marking according to 6.1.
134 Compliance is checked by inspection and by carrying out all the test sequences required by the relevant
135 standard. Equivalent or less severe test sequences need not be repeated.
136 6.3 Guidance table for marking
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137 Table Z.1 — Guidance table for marking
Marking and other product Markings may be on the MCB itself Product
information information in
catalogue
Each MCB shall be marked in a If, for small This information Alternatively, the Any remaining
durable manner with all or, for small devices the space may be marked information may information not
apparatus, part of the following data: available does not on the side or on be on the inside of marked shall be
allow all the above the back of the any cover which given in the
data to be device and be shall be removed manufacturer's
marked, at least visible only before in order to catalogues.
this information the device is connect the
shall be marked installed. supply wires.
and visible when
the device is
installed.
a) manufacturer's name or
X
trademark
b) type designation, catalogue
X
number or serial number
c) rated voltage, with the symbol
X
d) maximum line-to-line voltage for
X
application in IT systems
e) rated current without symbol “A”
preceded by the symbol of
overcurrent instantaneous X
tripping (B or C), for example B
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f) marking of polarity, if required
X
(e.g. +, -, M)
g) rated short-circuit capacity for
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