EN 62561-5:2011

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Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 5: Requirements for earth
electrode inspection housings and earth electrode seals
Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 5: Anforderungen an Revisionskästen und
Erderdurchführungen
Composants de système de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 5: Exigences
pour les regards de visite et les joints d'étanchéité des électrodes de terre
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62561-5:2011
ICS:
91.120.40 =DãþLWDSUHGVWUHOR Lightning protection
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62561-5
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 Supersedes EN 50164-5:2009

English version
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) -
Part 5: Requirements for earth electrode inspection housings and earth
electrode seals
(IEC 62561-5:2011, modified)
Composants de système de protection Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) -
contre la foudre (CSPF) - Teil 5: Anforderungen an Revisionskästen
Partie 5: Exigences pour les regards de und Erderdurchführungen
visite et les joints d'étanchéité des (IEC 62561-5:2011, modifiziert)
électrodes de terre
(CEI 62561-5:2011, modifiée)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2011-07-28. 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.

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Ref. No. EN 62561-5:2011 E
Foreword
The text of document 81/391/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62561-5, prepared by IEC TC 81, Lightning
protection, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote.
A draft amendment, prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 81X, Lightning protection, was
submitted to the formal vote.
The combined texts were approved by CENELEC as EN 62561-5:2011 on 2011-07-28.
This European Standard supersedes EN 50164-5:2009.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
(dop) 2012-07-28
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
(dow) 2014-07-28
with the EN have to be withdrawn
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62561-5:2011 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard with agreed common modifications as given below.
COMMON MODIFICATIONS
Whole document
Replace all references to IEC 62305 by references to EN 62305.
Replace all references to IEC 62561 by references to EN 62561.

2 Normative references
Replace the two references by the following
EN 62305 series, Protection against lightning (IEC 62305 series)
EN 62305-3, Protection against lightning – Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard
(IEC 62305-3)
7 Structure and content of the test report
7.1 General
In the first sentence, replace “for laboratory test reports” by "for type test reports issued by the
laboratory”.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 62305 Series Protection against lightning EN 62305 Series

IEC 62305-3 - Protection against lightning - EN 62305-3 -
Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life
hazard
IEC 62561-5 ®
Edition 1.0 2011-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Lightning protection system components (LPSC) –
Part 5: Requirements for earth electrode inspection housings and earth
electrode seals
Composants de système de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) –
Partie 5: Exigences pour les regards de visite et les joints d'étanchéité des
électrodes de terre
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX M
ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 ISBN 978-2-88912-558-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Requirements . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Documentation . 7
4.3 Earth electrode inspection housing . 7
4.4 Earth electrode seal . 7
4.5 Marking . 7
5 Tests . 7
5.1 General test conditions . 7
5.2 Earth electrode inspection housing . 8
5.2.1 General . 8
5.2.2 Load test . 8
5.3 Earth electrode seal test . 9
5.4 Marking . 10
6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) . 10
7 Structure and content of the test report . 11
7.1 General . 11
7.2 Report identification . 11
7.3 Specimen description . 11
7.4 Standards and references . 12
7.5 Test procedure . 12
7.6 Testing equipment, description . 12
7.7 Results and parameters recorded . 12
Bibliography . 13

Figure 1 – Test arrangement for load test . 8
Figure 2 – Test arrangement for sealing test . 10

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LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM COMPONENTS (LPSC) –

Part 5: Requirements for earth electrode inspection housings
and earth electrode seals
FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62561-5 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 81:
Lightning protection.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
81/391/FDIS 81/399/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.
A list of all the parts in the IEC 62561 series, published under the general title Lightning
protection system components (LPSC), can be found on the IEC website.

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