Miniature fuses - Part 2: Cartridge fuse-links

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Geräteschutzsicherungen - Teil 2: Feinsicherungseinsätze

Coupe-circuit miniatures - Partie 2: Cartouches

Miniaturne varovalke - 2. del: Taljivi vložki varovalke - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
24-Aug-2023
Technical Committee
Drafting Committee
Current Stage
6060 - Document made available - Publishing
Start Date
25-Aug-2023
Completion Date
25-Aug-2023

Relations

Overview

EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 (CENELEC adoption of IEC 60127-2:2014/A1:2020) is the European amendment covering miniature cartridge fuse-links (commonly 5 mm × 20 mm and 6,3 mm × 32 mm). It updates test methods, standard sheets, marking and performance criteria, and adds a normative Annex B that defines additional test methods and requirements for cartridge fuse-links with DC ratings. The amendment was approved by CENELEC in October 2022 and published as EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023.

Key topics and requirements

  • Scope and formats: Applies to miniature cartridge fuse-links (5×20 mm and 6,3×32 mm) used for protection of appliances and electronic equipment.
  • Test fixtures and figures: Revised titles and parameters for test fuse-bases and test circuits (Figures 1–7) including explicit inductance values:
    • Air-cored inductance L = 0.30 mH ±3% for 250 V rated voltage
    • L = 0.60 mH ±3% for 500 V rated voltage
  • Standard sheets: Updated tables for maximum voltage drop and maximum sustained power dissipation by rated current and voltage (various current steps and measurement times specified).
  • Annex B (normative): Introduces DC-specific requirements:
    • Additional type-test sampling (15 samples) and a testing schedule covering multiple prospective currents (e.g., 5×, 10×, 50×, 250× rated current).
    • Breaking capacity and DC recovery voltage requirements (recovery voltage ~1.02–1.05× rated voltage).
    • Time-constant guidance for DC breaking tests (reference values): up to 100 A: <1 ms; 100–500 A: 1–1.7 ms; 500–1500 A: 2–2.5 ms.
    • Post-test insulation resistance: ≥ 0.1 MΩ when measured with DC voltage equal to twice rated voltage but not less than 250 V.
    • Marking: DC rated breaking capacity and DC rated voltage must be shown on the package label.
  • Test board material: Test boards shall use epoxy woven glass fabric copper-clad laminated sheet per IEC 60249-2-7.
  • Pass/fail: No failures are permitted in the additional DC tests; specific failure/acceptance criteria are stated (e.g., no piercing, scorching, or fused contacts).

Applications and users

This standard is essential for:

  • Fuse manufacturers developing or certifying miniature cartridge fuse-links (including DC-rated products).
  • Appliance and electronic equipment designers selecting protective fuses for indoor equipment.
  • Test laboratories and conformity assessors performing type tests, breaking-capacity and insulation tests.
  • Compliance and safety engineers ensuring products meet CENELEC/IEC requirements and preparing CE/LVD documentation.

Keywords: EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023, miniature fuses, cartridge fuse-links, DC ratings, breaking capacity, test circuits, 5×20 mm, 6.3×32 mm, CENELEC, IEC 60127-2.

Related standards

  • IEC 60127-2 (base international standard)
  • IEC 60127-1:2006 (general requirements referenced)
  • IEC 60249-2-7 (test board material specification)

For manufacturers and compliance teams, EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 provides the updated test methods and performance limits required to design, test and label miniature cartridge fuses-especially those intended for DC applications.

Amendment
EN 60127-2:2015/A1:2024
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Frequently Asked Questions

EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 is a amendment published by CLC. Its full title is "Miniature fuses - Part 2: Cartridge fuse-links". This standard covers: NEXT ACTION: HAS CONSULTANT ASSESSMENT BY 2020-01-29 2020-07-06 link to LVD added, asked SR for ZZ and ZA

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EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 29.120.50 - Fuses and other overcurrent protection devices. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 60127-2:2014. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2014/35/EU; Standardization Mandates: M/511. 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-februar-2024
Miniaturne varovalke - 2. del: Taljivi vložki varovalke - Dopolnilo A1
Miniature fuses - Part 2: Cartridge fuse-links
Geräteschutzsicherungen - Teil 2: Feinsicherungseinsätze
Coupe-circuit miniatures - Partie 2: Cartouches
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60127-2:2014/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2023
ICS 29.120.50
English Version
Miniature fuses - Part 2: Cartridge fuse-links
(IEC 60127-2:2014/A1:2020)
Coupe-circuit miniatures - Partie 2: Cartouches Geräteschutzsicherungen - Teil 2: Feinsicherungseinsätze
(IEC 60127-2:2014/A1:2020) (IEC 60127-2:2014/A1:2020)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60127-2:2014; it was approved by CENELEC on 2022-10-19. 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2023 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 60127-2:2014/A1:2023 E

European foreword
The text of document 32C/587/FDIS, future IEC 60127-2/A1, prepared by SC 32C "Miniature fuses" of
IEC/TC 32 "Fuses" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2024-02-25
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2026-08-25
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60127-2:2014/A1:2020 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.

IEC 60127-2 ®
Edition 3.0 2020-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 1
AM ENDEMENT 1
Miniature fuses –
Part 2: Cartridge fuse-links
Coupe-circuit miniatures –
Partie 2: Cartouches
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.120.50 ISBN 978-2-8322-8800-9

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© IEC 2020
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 32C: Miniature fuses, of IEC technical
committee 32: Fuses.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
32C/587/FDIS 32C/591/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
_____________
Figure 1 – Test fuse-base for 5 mm × 20 mm and 6,3 mm × 32 mm fuse-links –
Rated currents up to and including 6,3 A (see 7.3)
Replace the existing title of Figure 1 with the following new title:
Figure 1 – Test fuse-base for 5 mm × 20 mm and 6,3 mm × 32 mm fuse-links –
Rated currents up to and including 6,3 A

Figure 2 – Test fuse-base for 5 mm × 20 mm and 6,3 mm × 32 mm fuse-links –
Rated currents exceeding 6,3 A (see 7.3)
Replace the existing title of Figure 2 with the following new title:
Figure 2 – Test fuse-base for 5 mm × 20 mm and 6,3 mm × 32 mm fuse-links –
Rated currents exceeding 6,3 A

Figure 3 – Test fuse-base for breaking capacity tests (see 7.3)
Replace the existing title of Figure 3 with the following new title:
Figure 3 – Test fuse-base for breaking capacity tests

IEC 60127-2:2014/AMD1:2020 – 3 –
© IEC 2020
Figure 5 – Alignment gauge (see 8.4)
Replace the existing title of Figure 5 with the following new title:
Figure 5 – Alignment gauge
Replace the existing explanatory text below Figure 5 with the following new Note:
NOTE The dimensions of the gauge and the corresponding tolerances are specified in the Standard sheets.

Figure 6 – Typical test circuit for breaking-capacity tests for high-breaking capacity
fuse-links (see 9.3)
Replace the existing title of Figure 6 with the following new title:
Figure 6 – Typical test circuit for breaking-capacity tests
for high-breaking capacity fuse-links
Replace the existing content of L in the Key for Figure 6 with the following new content:
L Air-cored inductance: 0,30 mH ± 3 % for fuse-links with 250 V rated voltage
0,60 mH ± 3 % for fuse-links with 500 V rated voltage

Figure 7 – Typical test circuit for breaking-capacity tests for low- and enhanced-
breaking capacity fuse-links (see 9.3)
Replace the existing title of Figure 7 with the following new title:
Figure 7 – Typical test circuit for breaking-capacity tests
for low- and enhanced-breaking capacity fuse-links
Replace the existing content of L in the Key for Figure 7 with the following new content:
L Air-cored inductance: 0,30 mH ± 3 % for fuse-links with 250 V rated voltage
± 3 % for fuse-links with 500 V rated voltage
0,60 mH
10 Standard sheets
Standard sheet 1
Replace existing footnote a to the table on page 1 of Standard sheet 1 with the following new
footnote:
a
Intermediate values shall be chosen from the R 20 or R 40 series according to ISO 3.

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© IEC 2020
Standard sheet 2
Replace the existing table on page 1 of Standard sheet 2 with the following new table:
a
Rated voltage Maximum Maximum sustained
Rated current
voltage drop power dissipation
b
V mV
W
32 mA 10 000
40 mA 8 000
50 mA 7 000
63 mA 5 000
80 mA 4 000
100 mA 3 500
125 mA 2 000
160 mA 2 000
200 mA 1 700
250 mA 1 400
1,6
315 mA 1 300
...

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