SIST EN 61138:2008

Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment

Applies to flexible cables with insulation based on ethylene propylene rubber (EPR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or silicone rubber (SiR) for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment. For this type of cable no rated voltage is given as such cables are exclusively intended for earthing and short-circuiting equipment. The particular types of cable and their code designations are specified in Clause 6 of this standard. The test methods specified in this standard are given in IEC 60227-2, IEC 60245-2, IEC 60811 and IEC 62230. The significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows:  - extension of the scope to cover silicone rubber as an insulation material; - introduction of a new normative annex for clashing test.

Leitungen für ortsveränderliche Erdungs- und Kurzschließ-Einrichtungen

Câbles d'équipements portables de mise à la terre et de court-circuit

S'applique aux câbles souples revêtus de caoutchouc d'éthylène propylène (EPR), de polychlorure de vinyle (PVC) ou de silicone, destinés aux équipements portables de mise à la terre et de court-circuit. Il n'est indiqué aucune valeur de tension assignée pour ce type de câbles puisqu'ils sont prévus exclusivement pour des équipements de mise à la terre et de court-circuit. Les modèles particuliers de câbles et leurs désignations sont spécifiés dans l'Article 6 de la présente norme. Les méthodes d'essai spécifiées dans la présente norme sont données dans la CEI 60227-2, la CEI 60245-2, la CEI 60811 et la CEI 62230. Par rapport à l'édition précédente, les modifications techniques majeures sont les suivantes: - extension du domaine d'application pour couvrir l'utilisation du silicone comme matériau d'isolation; - introduction d'une nouvelle annexe normative pour l'essai de choc (clashing test).

Kabli za prenosno ozemljilno in kratkostično opremo (IEC 61138:2007, spremenjen)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Apr-2008
• ICS: 29.060.20 - Cables
• Technical Committee: IEKA - Electric cables
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 09-Jan-2008
• Due Date: 01-Oct-2008
• Completion Date: 28-Apr-2008
• 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: 73/23/EEC - Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Ref Project: EN 61138:2007 - Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN 61138:1999/A11:2004 - Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment
• Effective Date: 01-May-2010
• Replaces: SIST EN 61138:1999 - Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment
• Effective Date: 01-May-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

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Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment
Leitungen für ortsveränderliche Erdungs- und Kurzschließ-Einrichtungen
Câbles d'équipements portables de mise à la terre et de court-circuit
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61138:2007
ICS:
29.060.20 Kabli Cables
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61138
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2007
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.060.20 Supersedes EN 61138:1997 + A11:2003

English version
Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment
(IEC 61138:2007, modified)
Câbles d'équipements portables  Leitungen für ortsveränderliche
de mise à la terre et de court-circuit Erdungs- und Kurzschließ-Einrichtungen
(CEI 61138:2007, modifiée) (IEC 61138:2007, modifiziert)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-10-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

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Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
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Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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© 2007 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 61138:2007 E
Foreword
The text of document 20/881/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 61138, prepared by IEC TC 20, Electric
cables, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote.
A draft amendment containing common modifications to the future IEC 61138 was prepared by the
Technical Committee CENELEC TC 20, Electric cables, and was submitted to formal vote.
The combined text was approved by CENELEC as EN 61138 on 2007-10-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61138:1997 + A11:2003.
The significant technical changes with respect to EN 61138:1997 are as follows:
– extension of the scope to cover silicone rubber as an insulation material;
– introduction of a new normative annex for clashing test.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2008-10-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-10-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61138:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard with agreed common modifications as given below.
COMMON MODIFICATIONS
1 Scope
In paragraph 4, delete IEC 60227-2 and IEC 60245-2 and add EN 50395 and EN 50396.
2 Normatives references
Delete IEC 60227-1, IEC 60227-2 and IEC 60245-2.
Add the following:
EN 50363-2-1, Insulating, sheathing and covering materials for low voltage energy cables –
Part 2-1: Cross-linked elastomeric sheathing compounds
EN 50363-4-1, Insulating, sheathing and covering materials for low voltage energy cables –
Part 4-1: PVC sheathing compounds
EN 50395, Electrical test methods for low voltage energy cables
EN 50396, Non-electrical test methods for low voltage energy cables
4 General requirements for the construction of cables
In 4.3.4, last paragraph, replace “1.9 of IEC 60227-2 or IEC 60245-2” by “4.1 of EN 50396”.
In 4.3.5, replace the second, third and fourth indents with the following:
– EN 50363-4-1, Table 2, TM 2 as a general purpose PVC compound;
– EN 50363-4-1, Table 2, TM 6 as a cold-resistant PVC compound; in addition cables covered with
this type of compound shall be subjected to a cold impact test at -35 °C;
– EN 50363-2-1, Table 2, EM 9 as a cross-linked silicone rubber compound.
In 4.4.4, replace “1.8 of IEC 60227-2 or IEC 60245-2” by “5.1 of EN 50396”.
5 Tests on completed cables
In 5.2, last paragraph, replace “1.11 of IEC 60227-2 or IEC 60245-2” by “4.4 of EN 50396”.
In 5.3.2, first paragraph, replace “3.2 of IEC 60245-2” by “6.1 of EN 50396”.
In 5.3.2, third paragraph, replace “Figure 2 in IEC 60245-2” by “Figure 3 of EN 50396”.
In 5.3.3, first paragraph, replace "see also IEC 60227-2 or IEC 60245-2” by “see also EN 50396”.

6 Particular specifications
In 6.2, replace the code designation for the following types with the CENELEC code designation
according to HD 361:
PVC/ST 5 – Copper H00V-D
PVC/ST 5 – Aluminium H00V-AD
PVC/ST 11 – Copper H00V3-D
PVC/ST 11 – Aluminium H00V3-AD
SiR – Copper H00S-D
SiR – Aluminium H00S-AD
7 Guide to the use of the cables
Replace the second paragraph by the following.
These cables are suitable for indoor and outdoor use within the following temperature limits:
EPR: –40 °C to + 70 °C
TM 2: –5 °C to + 70 °C
TM 6: –25 °C to + 55 °C
EM 9: –40 °C to + 70 °C
Table 3
Replace the title by:
Table 3 – General data for Type 61138 IEC 60110, and types H00V-D, H003V-D, H00S-D
Table 4
Replace the title by:
Table 4 – General data for Type 61138 IEC 60210, and types H00V-AD, H003V-AD, H00S-AD
Table 5
In the heading of column 4, replace "IEC publication" by "IEC publication or EN where shown".
In column 4, replace the references to IEC 60245-2 in accordance with the following:
Subclause 2.1 EN 50395 5
Subclause 2.2 EN 50395 6
Subclause 1.9 EN 50396 4.1
Subclause 1.11 EN 50396 4.4
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Table 6
Replace the title by:
Table 6 – Tests for types H00V-D, H00V-AD, H00V3-D and H00V3-AD (PVC insulation)
In the heading of column 4, replace "IEC publication" by "IEC publication or EN where shown".
In column 4, replace the references to IEC 60227-2 in accordance with the following:
Subclause 2.1 EN 50395 5
Subclause 2.2 EN 50395 6
Subclause 1.9 EN 50396 4.1
Subclause 1.11 EN 50396 4.4
For reference number 3, replace the complete entry by:
3 Insulation material tests
a
3.1 - TM 2 (cable types H00V-D and H00V-AD) T EN 50363-4-1 Table 2
a
3.2 - TM 6 (cable types H00V3-D and H00V3-AD) T EN 50363-4-1 Table 2

Table 7
Delete the table and insert “Spare”
Table 8
Replace the title by:
Table 8 – Tests for types H00S-D and H00S-AD (SiR insulation)
In the heading of column 4, replace "IEC publication" by "IEC publication or EN where shown".
In column 4, replace the references to IEC 60245-2 in accordance with the following:
Subclause 2.1 EN 50395 5
Subclause 2.2 EN 50395 6
Subclause 1.9 EN 50396 4.1
Subclause 1.11 EN 50396 4.4
For reference number 3, replace the complete entry by:
a
3 Insulation material tests T EN 50363-2-1 Table 2

Table 9
Delete the table.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
2)
– – Insulating, sheathing and covering EN 50363-2-1 2005
materials for low voltage energy cables –
Part 2-1: Cross-linked elastomeric
sheathing compounds
2)
– – Insulating, sheathing and covering EN 50363-4-1 2005
materials for low voltage energy cables –
Part 4-1: PVC sheathing compounds

2)
– – Electrical test methods for low voltage EN 50395 2005
energy cables
2)
– – Non-electrical test methods for low voltage EN 50396 2005
energy cables
1) 2)
IEC 60228 – Conductors of insulated cables EN 60228 2005
+ corr. May 2005
1)
IEC 60502-1 – Power cables with extruded insulation - -
and their accessories for rated voltages
from 1 kV (U = 1,2 kV) up to
m
30 kV (U = 36 kV) –
m
Part 1: Cables for rated voltages of
1 kV (U = 1,2 kV) and 3 kV (U = 3,6 kV)
m m
1) 2)
IEC 60811-1-1 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-1-1 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods -
Part 1-1: General application -
Measurement of thickness and overall
dimensions - Tests for determining the
mechanical properties
1) 2)
IEC 60811-1-2 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-1-2 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods -
Part 1: Methods for general application -
Section 2: Thermal ageing methods

———————
1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
1) 2)
IEC 60811-1-3 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-1-3 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods –
Part 1-3: General application - Methods for
determining the density - Water absorption
tests - Shrinkage test
1) 2)
IEC 60811-1-4 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-1-4 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods -
Part 1: Methods for general application -
Section 4: Tests at low temperature

1) 2)
IEC 60811-2-1 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-2-1 1998
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods –
Part 2-1: Methods specific to elastomeric
compounds - Ozone resistance, hot set
and mineral oil immersion tests

1) 2)
IEC 60811-3-1 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-3-1 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods -
Part 3: Methods specific to PVC
compounds - Section 1: Pressure test at
high temperature - Tests for resistance to
cracking
1) 2)
IEC 60811-3-2 – Insulating and sheathing materials of EN 60811-3-2 1995
electric and optical cables - Common test
methods -
Part 3: Methods specific to PVC
compounds - Section 2: Loss of mass
test - Thermal stability test
1) 2)
IEC 61230 (mod) – Live working - Portable equipment for EN 61230 1995
earthing or earthing and short-circuiting + A11 1999

1) 2)
IEC 62230 – Electric cables - Spark-test method EN 62230 2007

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Cables for portable earthing and
short-circuiting equipment
Câbles d’équipements portables de mise
à la terre et de court-circuit
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4

1 Scope.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 General requirements for the construction of cables .8
4.1 Conductors.8
4.1.1 Material .8
4.1.2 Construction .8
4.1.3 Check of construction .8
4.1.4 Electrical resistance .8
4.2 Separator between conductor and insulation .8
4.3 Insulation .8
4.3.1 Material .8
4.3.2 Colour of insulation.9
4.3.3 Application to the conductor .9
4.3.4 Thickness .9
4.3.5 Mechanical properties before and after ageing .9
4.4 Marking .9
4.4.1 Indication of origin .9
4.4.2 Indication of code designation and cross-sectional area of the
conductor .9
4.4.3 Continuity of marks.10
4.4.4 Durability.
...