EN 60947-4-3:2000/A1:2006

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Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear -- Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters - AC
semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads (IEC 60947-4-
3:1999/A1:2006)
Niederspannungsschaltgeräte -- Teil 4-3: Schütze und Motorstarter - Halbleiter-
Steuergeräte und -Schütze für nichtmotorische Lasten für Wechselspannung (IEC 60947
-4-3:1999/A1:2006)
Appareillage a basse tension -- Partie 4-3: Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs -
Gradateurs et contacteurs a semiconducteurs pour charges, autres que des moteurs, a
courant alternatif (IEC 60947-4-3:1999/A1:2006)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60947-4-3:2000/A1:2006
ICS:
29.130.20 Nizkonapetostne stikalne in Low voltage switchgear and
krmilne naprave controlgear
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60947-4-3/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.130.20
English version
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear
Part 4-3: Contactors and motor-starters -
AC semiconductor controllers and contactors for non-motor loads
(IEC 60947-4-3:1999/A1:2006)
Appareillage à basse tension  Niederspannungsschaltgeräte
Partie 4-3: Contacteurs Teil 4-3: Schütze und Motorstarter -
et démarreurs de moteurs - Halbleiter-Steuergeräte und -Schütze
Gradateurs et contacteurs für nichtmotorische Lasten
à semiconducteurs pour charges, für Wechselspannung
autres que des moteurs, (IEC 60947-4-3:1999/A1:2006)
à courant alternatif
(CEI 60947-4-3:1999/A1:2006)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60947-4-3:2000; it was approved by CENELEC on
2006-11-01. 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.

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Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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© 2006 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60947-4-3:2000/A1:2006 E

Foreword
The text of document 17B/1486/FDIS, future amendment 1 to IEC 60947-4-3:1999, prepared by SC 17B,
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear, of IEC TC 17, Switchgear and controlgear, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A1 to EN 60947-4-3:2000
on 2006-11-01.
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) 2007-08-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the amendment have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-11-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of amendment 1:2006 to the International Standard IEC 60947-4-3:1999 was approved by
CENELEC as an amendment to the European Standard without any modification.
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- 3 - EN 60947-4-3:2000/A1:2006
Replace Annex ZA of EN 60947-4-3:2000 by:
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 60050-161 1990 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
A1 1997 (IEV) - -
A2 1998 Chapter 161: Electromagnetic compatibility - -

IEC 60085 2004 Electrical insulation - Thermal classification EN 60085 2004

IEC 60269-1 1998 Low-voltage fuses EN 60269-1 1998
A1 2005 Part 1: General requirements A1 2005

IEC 60410 1973 Sampling plans and procedures for - -
inspection by attributes
IEC 60439-1 1999 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear EN 60439-1 1999
A1 2004 assemblies A1 2004
Part 1: Type-tested and partially type-tested
assemblies
IEC 60664 Series Insulation coordination for equipment within EN 60664-1 Series
low-voltage systems
IEC 60947-1 2004 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear EN 60947-1 2004
Part 1: General rules + corr. November 2004

IEC 60947-4-2 1999 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear EN 60947-4-2 2000
A1 2001 Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters - A1 2002
A2 2006 AC semiconductor motor controllers and A2 2006
starters
IEC/TR 61000-2-1 1990 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - -
Part 2: Environment -
Section 1: Description of the environment -
Electromagnetic environment for low-
frequency conducted disturbances and
signalling in public power supply systems

1)
IEC 61000-3-2 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-3-2 2000
(mod) Part 3-2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current
A1 2001 emissions (equipment input current up to

+ A2 2004 and including 16 A per phase) A2 2005

1)
EN 61000-3-2 is superseded by EN 61000-3-2:2006, which is based on IEC 61000-3-2:2005.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61000-4-2 1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-2 1995
A1 1998 Part 4-2: Testing and measurement A1 1998
A2 2000 techniques - Electrostatic discharge A2 2001
immunity test
2)
IEC 61000-4-3 2002 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-3 2002

A1 2002 Part 4-3: Testing and measurement A1 2002
techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency,
electromagnetic field immunity test

3)
IEC 61000-4-4 1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-4 1995
A1 2000 Part 4-4: Testing and measurement A1 2001

A2 2001 techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst A2 2001
immunity test
4)
IEC 61000-4-5 1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-5 1995

A1 2000 Part 4-5: Testing and measurement A1 2001
techniques - Surge immunity test

IEC 61000-4-6 2003 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - -
A1 2004 Part 4-6: Testing and measurement - -
A2 2006 techniques - Immunity to conducted - -
disturbances, induced by radio-frequency
fields
5)
IEC 61000-4-11 1994 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) EN 61000-4-11 1994
A1 2000 Part 4-11: Testing and measurement A1 2001
techniques - Voltage dips, short interruptions
and voltage variations immunity tests

IEC 61131-2 2003 Programmable controllers EN 61131-2 2003
Part 2: Equipment requirements and tests + corr. August 2003

CISPR 11 (mod) 2003 Industrial scientific and medical (ISM) radio-
6)
+ A1 (mod) 2004 frequency equipment - Electromagnetic EN 55011 200X
disturbance characteristics - Limits and
methods of measurement
7) 6)
CISPR 14-1 - Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements EN 55014-1 200X
for household appliances, electric tools and
similar apparatus
Part 1: Emission
2)
EN 61000-4-3 is superseded by EN 61000-4-3:2006, which is based on IEC 61000-4-3:2006.
3)
EN 61000-4-4 is superseded by EN 61000-4-4:2004, which is based on IEC 61000-4-4:2004.
4)
EN 61000-4-5 is superseded by EN 61000-4-5:2006, which is based on IEC 61000-4-5:2005.
5)
EN 61000-4-11 is superseded by EN 61000-4-11:2004, which is based on IEC 61000-4-11:2004.
6)
To be published.
7)
Undated reference.
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AMENDEMENT 1
AMENDMENT 1
2006-10
Amendement 1
Appareillage à basse tension –
Partie 4-3:
Contacteurs et démarreurs de moteurs –
Gradateurs et contacteurs à semiconducteurs
pour charges, autres que des moteurs,
à courant alternatif
Amendment 1
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear –
Part 4-3:
Contactors and motor-starters –
AC semiconductor controllers and
contactors for non-motor loads
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60947-4-3 Amend. 1 © IEC:2006 – 3 –

FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 17B: Low-voltage switchgear and
controlgear, of IEC technical committee 17: Switchgear and controlgear.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
17B/1486/FDIS 17B/1510/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 maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site 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.
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Page 3
CONTENTS
Modify the title of Clause 3 to read:
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
Insert the following:
3.3 Symbols and abbreviations
Delete the subclause 5.9.
Insert, on page 5, the following:
Annex I (normative) Modified test circuit for short-circuit testing of semiconductor contactors
and controllers
Annex J (informative) Flowchart for constructing bypassed semiconductor controllers tests
Table 17 – Temperature rise limits for insulated coils in air and in oil
Table 18 – Intermittent duty test cycle data

60947-4-3 Amend. 1 © IEC:2006 – 5 –
Page 11
1 Scope and object
Insert, after the third paragraph, the following new paragraph:
This standard characterizes controllers and contactors for use with or without bypass
switching devices.
Replace, in the sixth paragraph, the first dashed item by the following:
− operation of a.c. and d.c. motors;

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2 Normative references
Replace the existing text of first paragraph by the following:
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.
Add, after IEC 60050(161), the following references:
Amendment 1 (1997)
Amendment 2 (1998)
Insert the following new reference:
IEC 60085:2004, Electrical insulation – Thermal classification
Add, after IEC 60269-1, the following reference:
)
Amendment 1 (2005)
Replace the reference to IEC 60439-1:1992 by the following:
IEC 60439-1:1999, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies – Part 1: Type-tested
and partially type-tested assemblies
)
Amendment 1 (2004)
Replace the reference to IEC 60947-1:1999 by the following:
IEC 60947-1:2004, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 1: General rules
———————
)
A consolidated edition 3.1 (2005) exists, that includes edition 3.0 and its amendment.
)
A consolidated edition 4.1 (2004) exists, that includes edition 4.0 and its amendment.

60947-4-3 Amend. 1 © IEC:2006 – 7 –
Replace the reference to IEC 60947-4-2:1995 by the following:
IEC 60947-4-2:1999, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 4-2: Contactors and
motor-starters – AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters
Amendment 1 (2001)
)
Amendment 2
Replace the reference to IEC 61000-3-2:1995 by the following:
IEC 61000-3-2:2000, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 3-2: Limits – Limits for
harmonic current emissions (equipment input current ≤16 A per phase)
Amendment 1 (2001)
Amendment 2 (2004)
Delete the reference to IEC 61000-4 (all parts).
Add, after IEC 61000-4-2, the following references:
Amendment 1 (1998)
)
Amendment 2 (2000)
Replace the reference to IEC 61000-4-3:1995 by the following:
IEC 61000-4-3:2002, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-3: Testing and measure-
ment techniques – Radiated radio-frequency electromagnetic field immunity test
Amendment 1 (2002)
)
Add, after IEC 61000-4-4 , the following references:
Amendment 1 (2000)
Amendment 2 (2001)
Add, after IEC 61000-4-5, the following reference:
Amendment 1 (2000)
Replace the reference to IEC 61000-4-6:1996 by the following:
IEC 61000-4-6:2003, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-6: Testing and measure-
ment techniques – Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields
Amendment 1 (2004)
)
Amendment 2 (2006)
Add, after IEC 61000-4-11, the following reference:
Amendment 1 (2000)
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)
To be published.
)
A consolidated edition 1.2 (2001) exists, that includes edition 1.0 and its amendments 1 and 2.
)
A consolidated edition
...