EN 61242:1997/A12:2006

SLOVENSKI SIST EN 61242:1997/A12:2006

STANDARD
junij 2006
Električni pribor – Kabelski koluti za gospodinjstva in podobne namene
Electrical accessories – Cable reels for household and similar purposes
ICS 29.120.99; 55.060 Referenčna številka
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61242/A12
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.180; 55.060
English version
Electrical accessories -
Cable reels for household and similar purposes

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This amendment A12 modifies the European Standard EN 61242:1997; it was approved by CENELEC on
2005-09-01. 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, 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
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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Ref. No. EN 61242:1997/A12:2006 E

Foreword
This amendment to the European Standard EN 61242:1997 was prepared by the Technical
Committee CENELEC TC 23B, Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations.

The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as
amendment A12 to EN 61242:1997 on 2005-09-01.

The following dates were fixed:

– latest date by which the amendment has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2006-10-01

– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2008-09-01
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1 Scope
Replace by:
This standard applies to cable reels for a.c. only, with a rated voltage above 50 V and not
exceeding 250 V for single-phase cable reels and above 50 V and not exceeding 440 V for all
other cable reels, and a rated current not exceeding 16 A. They are intended for household,
commercial and light industrial and similar purposes, either indoors or outdoors, with particular
reference to safety in normal use.
This standard does not apply to
– cable reeling devices incorporated in appliances or luminaires,
– cable reeling devices associated with appliances or luminaires.
NOTE 1 Requirements for cable reeling devices incorporated in appliances are specified in EN 60335-1 and
EN 60335-2-2.
NOTE 2 Requirements for cable reeling devices incorporated in luminaires are specified in EN 60598-1 and
EN 60598-2-25.
NOTE 3 A cable reeling device associated with an appliance or luminaire is a device designed to supply a specific
appliance or luminaire. It shall be fixed to or delivered with the appliance or luminaire, without being incorporated in it
and having its own enclosure which provides protection against electric shock. An example is a cable reeling device
associated with handlamps according to EN 60598-2-8.
This standard may be used as a guide for cable reeling devices incorporated or associated in
appliances or luminaires as far as it is applicable.
Cable reels
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