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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 50164-1/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.120.40
English version
Lightning Protection Components (LPC)
Part 1: Requirements for connection components

Composants de protection contre la Blitzschutzbauteile
foudre (CPF) Teil 1: Anforderungen
Partie 1: Prescriptions an Verbindungsbauteile
pour les composants de connexion

This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 50164-1:1999; it was approved by CENELEC on
2006-03-01. 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

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2006 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 50164-1:1999/A1:2006 E

Foreword
This amendment was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 81X, Lightning
protection.
The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as
amendment A1 to EN 50164-1:1999 on 2006-03-01.
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) 2007-03-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-03-01
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Contents
Add:
7 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Replace “Annex A (informative) Summary of the requirements and corresponding tests” by
“Annex A Void”
2 Normative references
Add after EN ISO 6988 the following new reference:

IEC 61312-1 1995 Protection against lightning electromagnetic impulse - Part 1: General
principles
3 Definitions
Add:
3.10
bonding bar
metal bar on which metal installations, external conductive parts, electric power and
telecommunication lines, and other cables can be connected to an LPS

5 Requirements
5.1 General
Delete the note.
5.8 Marking
nd
Replace in the 2 paragraph “b)” by “b) and c)”.

Delete in the last paragraph "by inspection and".

Add:
5.9 Terminals of bonding bars
Terminals of bonding bars used for lightning protection installations, shall have connection sizes
equal to or greater than 16 mm².

6 Tests
6.1 General
Replace the subclause by:
6.1 General condition on tests

6.1.1 The tests in accordance with this standard are type tests.

6.1.2 Unless otherwise specified, tests are carried out with the specimens assembled and
installed as in normal use according to the manufacturer's or supplier's installation instructions with
the recommended conductor materials, sizes and the tightening torques. If the connection
component is suitable for various conductors materials, then it shall be tested on each material
combination.
6.1.3 All tests are carried out on new specimens.

6.1.4 Unless otherwise specified, three specimens are subjected to the tests and the
requirements are satisfied if all the tests are met.

If only one of the specimens does not satisfy a test due to an assembly or a manufacturing fault,
that test and any preceding one which may have influenced the results of the test shall be
repeated and also the tests which follow shall be carried out in the required sequence on another
full set of specimens, all of which shall comply with the requirements.

NOTE  The applicant, when submitting a set of specimens, may also submit an additional set of specimens wh
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