EN IEC 60230:2018

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2018
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SIST EN 60230:2002 (HD 48 S1)
Impulzno preskušanje kablov in njihovega pribora (IEC 60230:2018)
Impulse tests on cables and their accessories (IEC 60230:2018)
Stoßspannungsprüfungen an Kabeln und deren Garnituren (IEC 60230:2018)
Essais de choc des câbles et de leurs accessoires (IEC 60230:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60230:2018
ICS:
29.060.20 Kabli Cables
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60230

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2018
ICS 29.060.20 Supersedes EN 60230:2002
English Version
Impulse tests on cables and their accessories
(IEC 60230:2018)
Essais de choc des câbles et de leurs accessoires Stoßspannungsprüfungen an Kabeln und deren Garnituren
(IEC 60230:2018) (IEC 60230:2018)
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Ref. No. EN IEC 60230:2018 E
European foreword
The text of document 20/1769A/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60230, prepared by IEC/TC 20 "Electric
cables" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2018-11-14
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2021-02-14
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60230:2002.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60230:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:

IEC 60060-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60060-2.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60060-1 2010 High-voltage test techniques -- Part 1: EN 60060-1 2010
General definitions and test requirements

IEC 60230 ®
Edition 2.0 2018-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Impulse tests on cables and their accessories

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 29.060.20 ISBN 978-2-8322-5236-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Characteristics of the test object to be subjected to the tests . 5
5 State of the test object to be subjected to the test . 6
6 Lightning impulse voltage . 6
7 Switching impulse voltage . 6
8 Superimposed impulse voltage test . 6
8.1 General . 6
8.2 Test setup . 6
8.3 Time parameters . 7
8.4 Application of the DC voltage . 7
9 Measuring system . 7
10 Application of the impulses . 7
Annex A (informative) Tests above the withstand level . 8
A.1 General . 8
A.2 Procedure for tests above the withstand level . 8
A.2.1 General sequence of lightning-impulse tests . 8
A.2.2 Tests beyond withstand level . 8
A.2.3 Re-calibration of the generator . 8
Annex B (normative) Calibration of impulse generator . 9
B.1 General . 9
B.2 Calibration of impulse generator . 9
B.3 Application of the impulses at the level specified . 9
Annex C (normative) Test circuits for superimposed impulse voltage test . 10
C.1 General . 10
Bibliography . 12

Figure C.1 – Spark gap setup using calibrated composite measuring system capable of
measuring HVDC and impulse . 10
Figure C.2 – Blocking capacitor setup using calibrated composite measuring system
capable of measuring HVDC and impulse . 11

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IMPULSE TESTS ON CABLES AND THEIR ACCESSORIES

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60230 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 20: Electric
cables.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1966. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) the structure of the standard takes into account the current style of IEC standards;
b) this document is no longer a “Recommendation” but an “International Standard”;
c) the test installation is no longer related to gas-pressure and oil-filled cables only;
d) switching-impulse voltage and superimposed impulse voltage tests have been included;
e) for the measuring system the reference to IEC 60060-2 has been added. The reference to
the sphere gap method has been moved to Annex B.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
20/1769A/FDIS 20/1779/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
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related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.

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IMPULSE TESTS ON CABLES AND THEIR ACCESSORIES

1 Scope
This document defines the procedure for carrying out withstand lightning and switching
impulse tests and withstand superimposed impulse test on cables and their accessories.
This document applies solely to the methods of carrying out the tests as such, independently
of the problem of selecting the test levels to be specified. The voltages pertaining to the
system
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