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Appliance couplers for household and similar general purposes - Part 1: General requirements
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STANDARD published on 27.7.2021
Designation standards: IEC 60320-1-ed.4.0-CMV
Publication date standards: 27.7.2021
SKU: NS-1098956
The number of pages: 75
Approximate weight : 225 g (0.50 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEC
IEC 60320-1:2021 CMV contains both the official standard and its commented version. The commented version provides you with a quick and easy way to compare all the changes between IEC 60320-1:2021 CMV edition 4.0 and the previous IEC 60320-1:2015+AMD1:2018 CSV edition 3.1. Futhermore, comments from IEC SC 23G experts are provided to explain the reasons of the most relevant changes. IEC 60320-1:2021 sets the general requirements for appliance couplers for two poles and two poles with earth contact and for the connection of electrical devices for household and similar onto the mains supply. This document is also valid for appliance inlets/appliance outlets integrated or incorporated in appliances. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2015 and Amendment 1:2018. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: introduction of necessary tolerances throughout this document; the heating test from edition 2 is reintroduced in 18.2; temperature rise added for plug connectors in Clause 21; change for better readability in 23.3; updated lateral pull test in 23.6 for connectors/plug connectors with separate front parts; revision of 24.1 for ball pressure test; Clause 27 for glow wire test is updated; revision of Annex C for test sequences; additional Annex E for additional tests and requirements for appliance couplers intended to be used in ambient temperatures above +35 °C.
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