EN IEC 62368-1:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-april-2022
Oprema za avdio/video, informacijsko in komunikacijsko tehnologijo - 1. del:
Varnostne zahteve
Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety
requirements
Einrichtungen für Audio/Video-, Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik – Teil 1:
Sicherheitsanforderungen
Équipements des technologies de l'audio/vidéo, de l'information et de la communication -
Partie 1: Exigences de sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 62368-1:2022
ICS:
33.160.01 Avdio, video in avdiovizualni Audio, video and audiovisual
sistemi na splošno systems in general
35.020 Informacijska tehnika in Information technology (IT) in
tehnologija na splošno general
oSIST prEN IEC 62368-1:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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108/767/CDV
COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)
PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 62368-1 ED4
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2022-02-11 2022-05-06
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
108/755/CD, 108/766/CC
IEC TC 108 : SAFETY OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE FIELD OF AUDIO/VIDEO, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SECRETARIAT: SECRETARY:
United States of America Ms Valara Davis
OF INTEREST TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: PROPOSED HORIZONTAL STANDARD:

TC 23,TC 34,TC 61,TC 62,TC 100
Other TC/SCs are requested to indicate their interest, if
any, in this CDV to the secretary.
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TITLE:
Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety
requirements
PROPOSED STABILITY DATE: 2026
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1 CONTENTS
2 CONTENTS . 2
3 FOREWORD . 19
4 INTRODUCTION . 21
5 0 Principles of this product safety standard . 21
6 0.1 Objective . 21
7 0.2 Persons . 21
8 0.2.1 General . 21
9 0.2.2 Ordinary person . 21
10 0.2.3 Instructed person . 21
11 0.2.4 Skilled person . 21
12 0.3 Model for pain and injury . 22
13 0.4 Energy sources . 22
14 0.5 Safeguards . 23
15 0.5.1 General . 23
16 0.5.2 Equipment safeguard . 24
17 0.5.3 Installation safeguard . 24
18 0.5.4 Personal safeguard. 24
19 0.5.5 Behavioural safeguards . 25
20 0.5.6 Safeguards during ordinary or instructed person service conditions . 26
21 0.5.7 Equipment safeguards during skilled person service conditions . 26
22 0.5.8 Examples of safeguard characteristics . 26
23 0.6 Electrically-caused pain or injury (electric shock) . 27
24 0.6.1 Models for electrically-caused pain or injury . 27
25 0.6.2 Models for protection against electrically-caused pain or injury . 28
26 0.7 Electrically-caused fire . 29
27 0.7.1 Models for electrically-caused fire . 29
28 0.7.2 Models for protection against electrically-caused fire . 29
29 0.8 Injury caused by hazardous substances . 30
30 0.9 Mechanically-caused injury . 30
31 0.10 Thermally-caused injury (skin burn) . 31
32 0.10.1 Models for thermally-caused injury . 31
33 0.10.2 Models for protection against thermally-caused pain or injury . 32
34 0.11 Radiation-caused injury . 33
35 1 Scope . 34
36 2 Normative references . 35
37 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 42
38 3.1 Energy source abbreviations . 42
39 3.2 Other abbreviations . 43
40 3.3 Terms and definitions . 44
41 3.3.1 Circuit terms . 47
42 3.3.2 Enclosure terms . 48
43 3.3.3 Equipment terms . 48
44 3.3.4 Flammability terms . 50
45 3.3.5 Electrical insulation. 51
46 3.3.6 Miscellaneous . 52
47 3.3.7 Operating and fault conditions . 55
48 3.3.8 Persons . 56

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49 3.3.9 Potential ignition sources . 56
50 3.3.10 Ratings . 57
51 3.3.11 Safeguards . 57
52 3.3.12 Spacings . 59
53 3.3.13 Temperature controls . 59
54 3.3.14 Voltages and currents . 59
55 3.3.15 Classes of equipment with respect to protection from electric shock . 60
56 3.3.16 Chemical terms . 61
57 3.3.17 Batteries . 61
58 3.3.18 FIW terms . 62
59 3.3.19 Sound exposure . 62
60 4 General requirements . 63
61 4.1 General . 63
62 4.1.1 Application of requirements and acceptance of materials, components
63 and subassemblies . 63
64 4.1.2 Use of components . 64
65 4.1.3 Equipment design and construction . 64
66 4.1.4 Equipment installation . 65
67 4.1.5 Constructions and components not specifically covered . 65
68 4.1.6 Orientation during transport and use . 65
69 4.1.7 Choice of criteria . 65
70 4.1.8 Liquids, refrigerants and liquid filled components (LFC´s) . 65
71 4.1.9 Electrical measuring instruments . 66
72 4.1.10 Temperature measurements . 66
73 4.1.11 Steady state conditions . 66
74 4.1.12 Hierarchy of safeguards . 66
75 4.1.13 Examples mentioned in this document . 66
76 4.1.14 Tests on parts or samples separate from the end-product . 66
77 4.1.15 Markings and instructions . 67
78 4.2 Energy source classifications . 67
79 4.2.1 Class 1 energy source . 67
80 4.2.2 Class 2 energy source . 67
81 4.2.3 Class 3 energy source . 67
82 4.2.4 Energy source classification by declaration . 67
83 4.3 Protection against energy sources . 67
84 4.3.1 General . 67
85 4.3.2 Safeguards for protection of an ordinary person . 67
86 4.3.3 Safeguards for protection of an instructed person . 69
87 4.3.4 Safeguards for protection of a skilled person . 70
88 4.3.5 Safeguards in a restricted access area . 71
89 4.4 Safeguards . 71
90 4.4.1 Equivalent materials or components . 71
91 4.4.2 Composition of a safeguard . 71
92 4.4.3 Safeguard robustness . 71
93 4.4.4 Displacement of a safeguard by an insulating liquid . 74
94 4.4.5 Safety interlocks . 74
95 4.5 Explosion . 74
96 4.5.1 General . 74
97 4.5.2 Requirements . 74
98 4.6 Fixing of conductors and conductive parts. 75

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99 4.6.1 Requirements .
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