EN 60400:2017

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2018
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Lampholders for tubular fluorescent lamps and starterholders (IEC 60400:2017)
Lampenfassungen für röhrenförmige Leuchtstofflampen und Starterfassungen (IEC
60400:2017)
Douilles pour lampes tubulaires à fluorescence et douilles pour starters (IEC
60400:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60400:2017
ICS:
29.140.10 Grla in držala žarnic Lamp caps and holders
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60400
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2017
ICS 29.140.10 Supersedes EN 60400:2008
English Version
Lampholders for tubular fluorescent lamps and starterholders
(IEC 60400:2017)
Douilles pour lampes tubulaires à fluorescence et douilles Lampenfassungen für röhrenförmige Leuchtstofflampen und
pour starters Starterfassungen
(IEC 60400:2017) (IEC 60400:2017)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2017-07-20. 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 60400:2017 E
European foreword
The text of document 34B/1900/FDIS, future edition 8 of IEC 60400, prepared by SC 34B “Lamp caps
and holders” of IEC/TC 34 “Lamps and related equipment” was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC
parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60400:2017.

The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2018-04-20
• 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) 2020-07-20
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60400:2008.

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.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60400:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60061-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60061-1.
IEC 60061-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60061-4.
IEC 60068-2-20:2008 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-20:2008.
IEC 60238 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60238.
IEC 60664-1:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60664-1:2007.
IEC 60664-4:2005 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60664-4:2005.
IEC 61199 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61199.
IEC 60838-1:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60838-1:2017.
IEC 60838-1:2016/AMD1:2017 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60838-1:2017/A1:2017.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When 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 60061-2 -  Lamp caps and holders together with - -
gauges for the control of interchangeability
and safety -- Part 2: Lampholders
IEC 60061-3 -  Lamp caps and holders together with EN 60061-3 -
gauges for the control of interchangeability
and safety -- Part 3: Gauges
IEC 60068-2-75 2014 Environmental testing - Part 2-75: Tests - EN 60068-2-75 2014
Test Eh: Hammer tests
IEC 60081 -  Double-capped fluorescent lamps - EN 60081 -
Performance specifications
IEC 60112 2003 Method for the determination of the proof EN 60112 2003
and the comparative tracking indices of
solid insulating materials
+ A1 2009  + A1 2009
IEC 60155 -  Glow-starters for fluorescent lamps EN 60155 -
IEC 60352-1 1997 Solderless connections -- Part 1: Wrapped EN 60352-1 1997
connections - General requirements, test
methods and practical guidance
IEC 60399 -  Barrel thread for lampholders with shade EN 60399 -
holder ring
IEC 60529 1989 Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 1991
enclosures (IP Code)
- -  + corrigendum May 1993
+ A1 1999  + A1 2000
+ A2 2013  + A2 2013
IEC 60598-1 -  Luminaires -- Part 1: General requirements EN 60598-1 -
and tests
IEC 60695-2-11 2000 Fire hazard testing -- Part 2-11: - -
Glowing/hot-wire based test methods -
Glow-wire flammability test method for
end-products
IEC 60695-11-5 2016 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-5: Test flames EN 60695-11-5 2017
- Needle-flame test method - Apparatus,
confirmatory test arrangement and
guidance
ISO 4046-4 2016 Paper, board, pulps and related terms - - -
Vocabulary - Part 4: Paper and board
grades and converted products
Annex ZZ
(informative)
Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered

This European standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardisation request relating to
harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary means
of conforming to safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the
making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
[2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.

Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European standard and Annex I of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]

Safety objectives of Directive Clause(s) / sub-clause(s)
Remarks / Notes
2014/35/EU of this EN
1. General conditions
a) the essential characteristics, Clause 8
the recognition and observance

of which will ensure that
electrical equipment will be used
safely and in applications for

which it was made, shall be
marked on the electrical
equipment, or, if this is not
possible, on an accompanying
document;
b) the electrical equipment, All clauses
together with its component
parts, shall be made in such a

way as to ensure that it can be
safely and properly assembled
and connected;
c) the electrical equipment shall See item 2 and 3 of this table
be so designed and
manufactured as to ensure that
protection against the hazards
set out in points 2 and 3 is
assured, providing that the
equipment is used in
applications for which it was
made and is adequately
maintained.
2. Protection against hazards
arising from the electrical
equipment
Measures of a technical nature
shall be laid down in accordance
with point 1, in order to ensure
that:
a) persons and domestic Clauses 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 16
animals are adequately
protected against the danger of

physical injury or other harm
which might be caused by direct
or indirect contact;
b) temperatures, arcs or Clauses 11, 12, 14, 17 and 18
radiation which would cause a
danger, are not produced;
c) persons, domestic animals Clauses 4, 11, 14, 15 and 19
and property are adequately
protected against non-electrical

dangers caused by the electrical
equipment which are revealed
by experience;
d) the insulation is suitable for Clauses 9, 11, 15, 17 and 18

foreseeable conditions.
3. Protection against hazards
which may be caused by
external influences on the
electrical equipment
Technical measures shall be
laid down in accordance with
point 1, in order to ensure that
the electrical equipment:
a) meets the expected Clauses 8, 11, 15 and 19
mechanical requirements in
such a way that persons,
domestic animals and property
are not endangered;
b) is resistant to non-mechanical Clauses 11, 13, 17 and 18
influences in expected
environmental conditions, in
such a way that persons,
domestic animals and property
are not endangered;
c) does not endanger persons, Clauses 11, 13 and 18
domestic animals and property
in foreseeable conditions of
overload.
WARNING 1: Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2: Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
IEC 60400 ®
Edition 8.0 2017-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 General requirement . 12
5 General conditions for tests . 13
6 Electrical rating . 14
7 Classification . 14
8 Marking . 15
9 Protection against electric shock . 17
10 Terminals . 19
11 Construction . 21
12 Resistance to dust and moisture . 26
13 Insulation resistance and electric strength . 27
14 Endurance . 28
15 Mechanical strength . 29
16 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections . 31
17 Creepage distances and clearances . 33
18 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking . 35
19 Resistance to excessive residual stresses (season cracking) and to rusting . 40
Annex A (normative) Examples of lampholders covered by IEC 60400 . 86
Annex
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