SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011

Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of interchangeability and safety - Part 4: Guidelines and general information - Amendment 13

A coding system is in existence that can be used to assign designations to lamp caps and lampholders. Meaningful assignment can be made to the letters, numbers and symbols that make up this designation. The system has gained international acceptance and should be used as much as possible. It is self-evident that there is a relationship between a certain lamp cap and the lampholder to be used with it. This relation is reflected in the relevant designation, part of which is used in common for the two products. As a consequence of this sysem it is possible to compare caps and holders from various manufacturers and, where they are interchangeable, the same designation can be assigned to them. This system is also a powerful instrument for controlling proliferation of designs. Assignment of designations to new types of cap and holder is the prerogative of the experts group EPC of IEC Sub-Committee 34B. It is an objective of this system that each assigned designation shouldbe short and as easily pronounceable as possible to stimulate its use in practice. This system is based on several sub-parts made up of letters, numbers and symbols, each part having its own characteristics. Only one designation shall be assigned to a particular cap and holder. This system does not attempt to identify materials. Parts of a designation are joined directly together with no spaces for other separator marks.

Lampensockel und -fassungen sowie Lehren zur Kontrolle der Austauschbarkeit und Sicherheit - Teil 4: Leitfaden und allgemeine Informationen

Culots de lampes et douilles ainsi que calibres pour le contrôle de l'interchangeabilité et de la sécurité - Partie 4: Guide et information générale - Amendement 13

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Vznožki in okovi žarnic in sijalk skupaj s kalibri za kontrolo medsebojne zamenljivosti in varnosti - 4. del: Smernice in splošne informacije - Dopolnilo 13

Obstaja kodirni sistem, ki se lahko uporabi za dodeljevanje oznak vznožkom in okovom žarnic in sijalk.  Črke, števila in simboli, ki sestavljajo to oznako, se lahko smiselno določijo. Sistem je mednarodno sprejet, zato ga je treba čim bolj uporabljati. Samoumevno je, da obstaja zveza med določenim vznožkom in okovom žarnic in sijalk, ki se uporabi skupaj z njim. Ta zveza se odraža v ustrezni dodelitvi, del katere se uporablja pri obeh proizvodih. Posledično ta sistem omogoča primerjavo vznožkov in okov žarnic in sijalk različnih proizvajalcev, in če so medsebojno zamenljivi, lahko dodeli isto oznako. Ta sistem je prav tako močno orodje za nadzorovanje proliferacije načrtov. Dodeljevanje oznak novim tipom vznožk in okov žarnic in sijalk je naloga pododbora 34B strokovne skupine EPC IEC. Cilj tega sistema je vsaka dodeljena kratka in čim lažje izgovorljiva oznaka za spodbujanje njihove uporabe v praksi. Ta sistem temelji na več poddelih, izdelanih iz črk, številk in simbolov, od katerih ima vsak svoje značilnosti. Samo ena oznaka bo dodeljena za določen vznožek ali okov. Ta sistem ne poskuša določiti materialov. Deli oznake so združeni brez prostora za druge ločevalne oznake.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Oct-2011
• ICS: 29.140.10 - Lamp caps and holders
• Technical Committee: IESV - Lamps and related equipment
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 11-Oct-2011
• Due Date: 16-Dec-2011
• Completion Date: 28-Oct-2011
• 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)
• Ref Project: EN 60061-4:1992/A13:2011 - Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of interchangeability and safety - Part 4: Guidelines and general information

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN 60061-4:1999 - Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of interchangeability and safety -- Part 4: Guidelines and general information
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Revised: SIST EN 60061-4:1999 - Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of interchangeability and safety -- Part 4: Guidelines and general information
• Effective Date: 20-Nov-2009

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011
01-december-2011
Vznožki in okovi žarnic in sijalk skupaj s kalibri za kontrolo medsebojne
zamenljivosti in varnosti - 4. del: Smernice in splošne informacije - Dopolnilo 13
Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of interchangeability and
safety - Part 4: Guidelines and general information - Amendment 13
Lampensockel und -fassungen sowie Lehren zur Kontrolle der Austauschbarkeit und
Sicherheit - Teil 4: Leitfaden und allgemeine Informationen
Culots de lampes et douilles ainsi que calibres pour le contrôle de l'interchangeabilité et
de la sécurité - Partie 4: Guide et information générale - Amendement 13
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60061-4:1992/A13:2011
ICS:
29.140.10 Grla in držala žarnic Lamp caps and holders
SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011

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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60061-4/A13

NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 29.140.10


English version


Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of
interchangeability and safety -
Part 4: Guidelines and general information
(IEC 60061-4:1990/A13:2010)


Culots de lampes et douilles ainsi que Lampensockel und -fassungen sowie
calibres pour le contrôle de Lehren zur Kontrolle der Austauschbarkeit
l'interchangeabilité et de la sécurité - und Sicherheit -
Partie 4: Guide et information générale Teil 4: Leitfaden und allgemeine
(CEI 60061-4:1990/A13:2010) Informationen
(IEC 60061-4:1990/A13:2010)





This amendment A13 modifies the European Standard EN 60061-4:1992; it was approved by CENELEC on
2010-10-05. 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.

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 amendment 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.

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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
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Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels


© 2011 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60061-4:1992/A13:2011 E

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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011
EN 60061-4:1992/A13:2011 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of document 34B/1544/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 60061-4:1990/A13:2010, prepared by
SC 34B, Lamp caps and holders, of IEC TC 34, Lamps and related equipment, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60061-4:1992/A13:2011.

The following dates are fixed:
– latest date by which the document has to be implemented at (dop) 2012-03-09
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2013-10-05
document have to be withdrawn

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.

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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60061-4:1990/A13:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011


NORME CEI




INTERNATIONALE IEC





INTERNATIONAL

60061-4

STANDARD

Première édition


First edition

1990-02




Modifiée selon les Compléments:

Amended in accordance with Supplements:

A(1992), B(1994), C(1994), D(1995), et les amendements/amendments
5(1998), 6(2000), 7(2002), 8(2003), 9(2005), 10(2006) 11(2008), 12(2009)
et/and 13(2010)






Culots de lampes et douilles ainsi que calibres
pour le contrôle de l'interchangeabilité
et de la sécurité –
Quatrième partie:
Guide et information générale

Lamp caps and holders together with
gauges for the control of interchangeability
and safety –
Part 4:
Guidelines and general information


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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011
60061-4 Amend.13 © CEI/IEC:2010 – 3 –




SOMMAIRE CONTENTS



Pages Page

AVANT-PROPOS. 4 FOREWORD. 5

INTRODUCTION. 6 INTRODUCTION. 7





Feuilles Sheet

Désignation internationale des culots de International designation of lamp caps and
lampes et des douilles . 7007-1-6 holders. 7007-1-6
Nouveaux assemblages culot(socle)/ New cap(base)/holder fits; requirements
douille; prescriptions de sécurité améliorée. 7007-4-1 for increased safety. 7007-4-1

Politique sur la prolifération des Non-proliferation policy lamp cap/holder

assemblages culot/douille. 7007-5-1 fits. 7007-5-1
Lignes de fuite et distances dans l'air pour Creepage distances and clearances for
culots sur lampes terminées . 7007-6-3 caps on finished lamps . 7007-6-3
Adaptateurs multiusage . 7007-7-1 Multi-purpose adapters . 7007-7-1
Indications sur le maintien des culots dans Guidelines for the retention of caps
les douilles. 7007-8-1 in holders. 7007-8-1
Douille/connecteur. 7007-9-1 Lampholder/connector . 7007-9-1
Calibres de la Publication 60061 de la CEI . 7007-10-1 Gauges in IEC Publication 60061 . 7007-10-1
Tolérances recommandées pour les Recommended tolerances for gauges in
calibres dans la Publication 60061 de la CEI . 7007-11-2 IEC Publication 60061 . 7007-11-2
Expression "soudure" dans les feuilles de Expression "solder" in lamp cap sheets
normes culots de lampes . 7007-12-1 . 7007-12-1
Essais de conformité pedant la fabrication. 7007-13-1 Conformity testing during manufacture. 7007-13-1
Guide concernant les nouveaux systèmes Guidelines for new fits for general lighting
pour l’éclairage général. 7007-14-1 . 7007-14-1
Systèmes d'assemblage et de sécurité Fit/safety systems for lamps with E27 and
des lampes à culots E27 et E14. 7007-20-1 E14 caps. 7007-20-1
Système d'ajustement E14 E14 fit system
Diamètres nominaux de cols de lampes Lamp neck diameters less than 22 mm
inférieurs à 22 mm. 7007-21-1 nominal. 7007-21-1
Lampes tubulaires à fluorescence munies
de culots G5 et G13 G5 and G13 capped tubular fluorescent lamps
Système de dimensionnement. 7007-22-2 Dimensioning system. 7007-22-2
Concept de douilles combinant lampe/starter Combination style lamp/starter holders for
pour lampes flourescentes. 7007-23-1 fluorescent lamps. 7007-23-1




IEC 60061-4
CEI 60061-4

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60061-4 Amend.13 © CEI/IEC:2010 – 4 –


INSTRUCTIONS POUR L'INSERTION DES INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSERTION OF NEW

NOUVELLES PAGES DANS LA CEI 60061-4 PAGES IN IEC 60061-4







1. Retirer la page de titre existante et la page 3 1 Remove existing title page and existing page 3 and

existante, et insérer la nouvelle page de titre et la insert in their place new title page

nouvelle page 3. and new page 3.

2. Retirer les feuilles existante 2. Remove existing sheets

7007-1-5 (pages 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8 et 7007-1-5 (pages 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8 and

8/8) 8/8)
7007-6-2 (pages 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, 4/12, 5/12, 6/12, 7007-6-2 (pages 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, 4/12, 5/12, 6/12,

7/12, 8/12, 9/12, 10/12, 11/12 et 12/12) 7/12, 8/12, 9/12, 10/12, 11/12 and 12/12)


et les remplacer par les feuilles and insert in their place sheets
7007-1-6 (pages 1/12 to 12/12) 7007-1-6 (pages 1/12 to 12/12)
7007-6-3 (pages 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10, 6/10, 7007-6-3 (pages 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10, 6/10,
7/10, 8/10, 9/10 et 10/10) 7/10, 8/10, 9/10 and 10/10)

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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011
60061-4 Amend.13 © CEI/IEC:2010 – 5 –
AVANT-PROPOS


Le présent amendement a été établi par le sous-comité 34B: Culots et douilles, du comité

d’études 34 de la CEI: Lampes et équipements associés.


Le texte de cet amendement est issu des documents suivants:

FDIS Rapport de vote


34B/1544/FDIS 34B/1558/RVD



Le rapport de vote indiqué dans le tableau ci-dessus donne toute information sur le vote ayant

abouti à l'approbation de cet amendement.


Le comité a décidé que le contenu de cet amendement et de la publication de base ne sera pas

modifié avant la date de stabilité indiquée sur le site web de la CEI sous "http://webstore.iec.ch"
dans les données relatives à la publication recherchée. A cette date, la publication sera
• reconduite;
• supprimée;
• remplacée par une édition révisée, ou
• amendée.

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 34B: Lamp caps and holders, of IEC
technical committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting
34B/1544/FDIS 34B/1558/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication
will be
• reconfirmed;

• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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SIST EN 60061-4:1999/A13:2011
60061-4 Amend. 13 © CEI/IEC:2010


 INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION OF LAMP CAPS



 AND HOLDERS

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1 Introduction


A coding system is in existence that can be used to assign designations to lamp caps and
lampholders. Meaningful assignment can be made to the letters, numbers and symbols that make
up this designation. The system has gained international acceptance and should be used as
much as possible.


It is self-evident that there is a relationship between a certain lamp cap and the lampholder to be
used with it. This relation is reflected in the relevant designation, part of which is used in
common for the two products.
As a consequence of this system it is possible to compare caps and holders from various
manufacturers and, where they are interchangeable, the same designation can be assigned to
them. This system is also a powerful instrument for controlling proliferation of designs.
Assignment of designations to new types of cap and holder is the prerogative of the experts
group EPC of IEC Sub-Committee 34B.
2 Designation system
It is an objective of this system that each assigned designation should be short and as easily
pronounceable as possible to stimulate its use in practice.
This system is based on several sub-parts made up of letters, numbers and symbols, each part
having its own characteristics. Only one designation shall be assigned to a particular cap and
holder. This system does not attempt to identify materials. Parts of a designation are joined
directly together with no spaces or other separator marks.
A completed designation of caps and holders takes the form as follows:
designation of lamp cap: (a)(b)(c)-(d)/(e)x(f)
designation of lampholder: (a)(b)(c)-(d)
NOTE The use of an abbreviated lamp cap designation is permitted unless this might cause misunderstanding.
The section of the designation preceding the oblique stroke refers to information which is
important with regard to interchangeability of lamps fitted with a certain cap in the corresponding
lampholder. That particular section of the designation will be the same for both the cap and its
associated holder. The part of the lamp cap designation following the oblique stroke, if present,
refers to certain important dimensions of the cap which are not a necessary part of the
interchangeability requirements of the lamp in the lampholder. Such dimensions are, however,
important for the mutual interchangeability of lamp caps of different origin on one type of lamp.
NOTE Contrary to North American terminology, the IEC designates as "base" only the contact-making and fixing part
of a capless lamp.
IEC 60061-4
 CEI 60061-4
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3 Primary designation letters


3.1 Part (a)

3.1.1 General


Part (a) of a designation consists of one or more capital letters indicating the type of lamp cap.

Although the following list refers to lamp caps, it has an analogous meaning for the holder.

B - Bayonet cap
BA - Bayonet cap, originally intended for Automobile use
BM - Bayonet cap for pit lamp
C - Printed circuit cap
E - screw cap (Edison)
EXAMPLE E27 - a screw cap
F - cap with one projected contact.
Different forms of the contact are indicated by a small letter after the letter
F, as follows:
a - cylindrical pin
b - fluted pin
c - pin of special shape
EXAMPLE Fa4 - a cap with one cylindrical contact pin
G - two or more projecting contacts, such as pins or posts
H - cap with heat spreader

NOTE A heat spreader is used to spread the heat generated by the LED over a larger
surface area but is not intended as a heat sink. In normal use it would be thermally joined to
a part of the luminaire performing the heat sink function.
The second designation letter can be used as a modifier according to
clause 3.1.2.
EXAMPLE CH14.65d - a printed circuit cap with heat spreader and two contact pads on a
circle of 14,65 mm
K - cap with cable connections
P - Prefocus cap
IEC 60061-4
 CEI 60061-4
7007-1-6

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R - Recessed contact cap


S - Shell cap - without protruding elements to hold the cap in the lampholder


SV - Shell cap with conical end (V-shaped)


T - Telephone lamp cap


W - a base wherein the electrical contact with the lampholder is made directly
through the lead-in wires which lie on the surface of the base, the glass
part (or the part of other insulating material) being essential for the fit in
the holder. This designation also covers a separate cap of insulating
material as a substitute for the integral base and meeting the same
interchangeability requirements.
NOTE Some earlier designs resembled a Wedge in shape; this led to the introduction of the
reference letter "W".
X - if it is not possible to apply a designation by following the rules listed, such
lamp caps will be designated with a capital letter "X" followed by a serial
number.
EXAMPLE X511 - a glass base with two separate metal wings.
3.1.2 Modifier I
If a lamp cap has additional characteristics covered by one of the above capital letters which can
be indicated by further capital letters, the whole combination of letters will be shown, the most
significant letter(s) being placed first.
EXAMPLE PK22s - a prefocus cap with cable connection.
3.1.3 Modifier II
A lamp cap characterized in accordance with the rules in this specification may receive a
designation already reserved for an existing cap. If such caps are not (or not perfectly)
interchangeable with due regard to electrical or mechanical requirements, a capital X, Y, Z or U,
or a combination of two or more of these, is added to the primary designation of the cap. These
modifying letters follow the primary designation.
If mechanically fixed contacts a
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