EN 50289-4-1:2001
(Main)Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-1: Environmental test methods - General requirements
Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-1: Environmental test methods - General requirements
The series of part 4 of the European Standard EN 50289 specifies the environmental test methods for cables used in analogue and digital communication systems. Part 4 of EN 50289 consists of the following documents: - Part 4-1 Environmental test methods - General requirements - Part 4-2 Environmental test methods - Water penetration - Part 4-3 Environmental test methods - Moisture permeation - Part 4-4 Environmental test methods - Resistance to solvents and contaminating fluids - Part 4-5 Environmental test methods - Climatic sequence - Part 4-6 Environmental test methods - Temperature cycling - Part 4-7 Environmental test methods - Damp heat steady state - Part 4-8 Environmental test methods - Nuclear radiation - Part 4-9 Environmental test methods - Pneumatic resistance - Part 4-10 Environmental test methods - Ageing - Part 4-11 Environmental test methods - A horizontal integrated fire test method - Part 4-12 Environmental test methods - Acid gas evolution - Part 4-13 Environmental test methods - Smoke generation - Part 4-14 Environmental test methods - Lightning - Part 4-15 Environmental test methods - Toxic gas emission - Part 4-16 Environmental test methods - Fire resistance Further test details (e.g. temperature, duration) and/or test requirements are given in the relevant cable standard.
Kommunikationskabel - Spezifikationen für Prüfverfahren - Teil 4-1: Umweltprüfverfahren - Allgemeine Anforderungen
Câbles de communication - Spécifications des méthodes d'essai - Partie 4-1: Méthodes d'essais d'environnement - Prescriptions générales
Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-1: Environmental test methods - General requirements
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 08-Oct-2001
- Withdrawal Date
- 31-Mar-2004
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 46X - Communication cables
- Drafting Committee
- IEC/TC 46 - IEC_TC_46
- Parallel Committee
- IEC/TC 46 - IEC_TC_46
- Current Stage
- 9093 - Decision to confirm - Review Enquiry
- Start Date
- 26-May-2021
- Completion Date
- 10-Feb-2026
Relations
- Effective Date
- 03-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 03-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 03-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 03-Feb-2026
Overview
EN 50289-4-1:2001 (CLC) defines the general requirements for environmental test methods applied to communication cables used in analogue and digital systems. It is the introductory document for Part 4 of EN 50289, which groups a comprehensive set of environmental tests (water penetration, moisture permeation, temperature cycling, fire-related tests, radiation, ageing, lightning, toxic gas emission, etc.). EN 50289-4-1 sets out sampling, pre‑conditioning, test conditions, equipment calibration and test report rules that apply across the Part 4 series. Further test details and pass/fail criteria are given in the relevant cable standard.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Scope and structure: Part 4 is split into subparts (4-1 through 4-16) covering specific environmental stress tests such as water penetration, damp heat, temperature cycling, fire resistance, smoke generation, acid gas evolution and more.
- Sampling (Clause 4): Cable Under Test (CUT) length must be chosen to suit the dynamic range of measuring equipment; where stated, length shall be measured with an accuracy better than 1%.
- Pre-conditioning (Clause 4.2): CUTs must be pre‑conditioned at a constant ambient temperature long enough for specimen temperature stabilization in accordance with the ambient temperature clause.
- Test conditions (Clause 6): Standard ambient testing temperature range is 15 °C to 35 °C unless otherwise specified; temperature tolerance is ±2 °C unless a specific method requires different limits.
- Equipment calibration (Clause 7): Calibration is mandatory as part of the laboratory quality system; calibration records and procedures must be maintained.
- Test report (Clause 8): Reports must include measuring conditions, tolerances, results and measurement accuracy-ensuring traceable, comparable test data.
- Definitions and normative references: Uses definitions from EN 50290-1-2.
Applications and users
EN 50289-4-1 is used by:
- Cable manufacturers - for establishing consistent environmental test practices across product families.
- Independent test laboratories - to ensure repeatable conditioning, measurement accuracy and reporting for environmental tests.
- Specifiers and procurement teams - to reference required environmental tests when selecting cables for telecom, data, broadcast or industrial installations.
- Regulatory and compliance teams - to verify test methodology and document conformity to CENELEC standards.
Practical uses include verifying cable durability under moisture, thermal cycling, ageing, fire and mechanical stresses; supporting product development, qualification campaigns, and contract/acceptance testing.
Related standards
- EN 50289-4-2 through EN 50289-4-16 (specific environmental test methods: water penetration, moisture permeation, temperature cycling, fire tests, smoke, acid gas, lightning, toxic gas, etc.)
- EN 50290-1-2 (definitions for communication cables)
Keywords: EN 50289-4-1:2001, communication cables, environmental test methods, cable testing, CENELEC, test conditions, calibration, sampling, fire resistance, moisture, temperature cycling.
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN 50289-4-1:2001 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-1: Environmental test methods - General requirements". This standard covers: The series of part 4 of the European Standard EN 50289 specifies the environmental test methods for cables used in analogue and digital communication systems. Part 4 of EN 50289 consists of the following documents: - Part 4-1 Environmental test methods - General requirements - Part 4-2 Environmental test methods - Water penetration - Part 4-3 Environmental test methods - Moisture permeation - Part 4-4 Environmental test methods - Resistance to solvents and contaminating fluids - Part 4-5 Environmental test methods - Climatic sequence - Part 4-6 Environmental test methods - Temperature cycling - Part 4-7 Environmental test methods - Damp heat steady state - Part 4-8 Environmental test methods - Nuclear radiation - Part 4-9 Environmental test methods - Pneumatic resistance - Part 4-10 Environmental test methods - Ageing - Part 4-11 Environmental test methods - A horizontal integrated fire test method - Part 4-12 Environmental test methods - Acid gas evolution - Part 4-13 Environmental test methods - Smoke generation - Part 4-14 Environmental test methods - Lightning - Part 4-15 Environmental test methods - Toxic gas emission - Part 4-16 Environmental test methods - Fire resistance Further test details (e.g. temperature, duration) and/or test requirements are given in the relevant cable standard.
The series of part 4 of the European Standard EN 50289 specifies the environmental test methods for cables used in analogue and digital communication systems. Part 4 of EN 50289 consists of the following documents: - Part 4-1 Environmental test methods - General requirements - Part 4-2 Environmental test methods - Water penetration - Part 4-3 Environmental test methods - Moisture permeation - Part 4-4 Environmental test methods - Resistance to solvents and contaminating fluids - Part 4-5 Environmental test methods - Climatic sequence - Part 4-6 Environmental test methods - Temperature cycling - Part 4-7 Environmental test methods - Damp heat steady state - Part 4-8 Environmental test methods - Nuclear radiation - Part 4-9 Environmental test methods - Pneumatic resistance - Part 4-10 Environmental test methods - Ageing - Part 4-11 Environmental test methods - A horizontal integrated fire test method - Part 4-12 Environmental test methods - Acid gas evolution - Part 4-13 Environmental test methods - Smoke generation - Part 4-14 Environmental test methods - Lightning - Part 4-15 Environmental test methods - Toxic gas emission - Part 4-16 Environmental test methods - Fire resistance Further test details (e.g. temperature, duration) and/or test requirements are given in the relevant cable standard.
EN 50289-4-1:2001 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.120.10 - Coaxial cables. Waveguides. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 50289-4-1:2001 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 50290-4-1:2014, EN 50289-4-7:2008, EN 50289-4-5:2008, EN 50289-4-4:2008. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 50289-4-1:2001 is associated with the following European legislation: Standardization Mandates: M/212. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2002
Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-1: Environmental
test methods - General requirements
Communication cables - Specifications for test methods -- Part 4-1: Environmental test
methods - General requirements
Kommunikationskabel - Spezifikationen für Prüfverfahren -- Teil 4-1:
Umweltprüfverfahren - Allgemeine Anforderungen
Câbles de communication - Spécifications des méthodes d'essai -- Partie 4-1: Méthodes
d'essais d'environnement - Prescriptions générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50289-4-1:2001
ICS:
33.120.10 Koaksialni kabli. Valovodi Coaxial cables. Waveguides
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50289-4-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2001
ICS 33.120.10
English version
Communication cables –
Specifications for test methods
Part 4-1: Environmental test methods –
General requirements
Câbles de communication – Kommunikationskabel –
Spécifications des méthodes d'essai Spezifikationen für Prüfverfahren
Partie 4-1: Méthodes d'essais Teil 4-1: Umweltprüfverfahren -
d'environnement – Allgemeine Anforderungen
Prescriptions générales
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2001-05-01. 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels
© 2001 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 50289-4-1:2001 E
Foreword
This European Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 46X, Communication
cables.
The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 50289-4-1
on 2001-05-01.
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) 2002-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2004-04-01
This European Standard has been prepared under the European Mandate M/212 given to CENELEC by
the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
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Contents
1 Scope.4
2 Normative references .4
3 Definitions .4
4 Sampling.5
4.1 Cable Under Test (CUT) .5
4.2 Pre-conditioning.5
5 Tests
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