EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012
(Amendment)Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of semiconductor devices
Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of semiconductor devices
Niederspannungssicherungen - Teil 4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen an Sicherungseinsätze zum Schutz von Halbleiter-Bauelementen
Fusibles basse tension - Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires concernant les éléments de remplacement utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à semiconducteurs
Nizkonapetostne varovalke - 4. del: Dodatne zahteve za taljive vložke za zaščito polprevodniških naprav - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Te dodatne zahteve veljajo za taljive vložke za uporabo v opremi, ki vsebuje polprevodniške naprave za tokokroge nazivnih napetosti do 1000 V izmenične ali 1500 V enosmerne ter tudi za tokokroge višjih nazivnih napetosti, kolikor so te ustrezne.
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 12-Jul-2012
- Withdrawal Date
- 19-Jun-2015
- Technical Committee
- CLC/SR 32B - Low-voltage fuses
- Drafting Committee
- IEC/SC 32B - IEC_SC_32B
- Current Stage
- 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
- Start Date
- 13-Jul-2012
- Completion Date
- 13-Jul-2012
Relations
- Effective Date
- 29-Oct-2024
- Effective Date
- 29-Jan-2023
Overview
EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 is a critical European standard that specifies supplementary requirements for low-voltage fuse-links designed to protect semiconductor devices. Developed under the CLC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), this amendment (A1) updates the initial EN 60269-4:2009 standard to enhance safety, performance, and clarity regarding fuse-links for semiconductor protection. These fuses are essential components in low-voltage electrical systems, safeguarding delicate semiconductor components from overcurrent conditions that can lead to damage or failure.
The standard aligns with the international IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 publication and is mandated to be incorporated into national regulations across CENELEC member countries, ensuring harmonized safety and technical requirements throughout Europe. It also complements the Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC, which governs electrical equipment within specific voltage limits, underscoring its importance in regulatory compliance.
Key Topics
- Supplementary requirements for fuse-links: The standard details specific criteria and testing methods for fuse-links that protect semiconductor devices, addressing their unique vulnerabilities to overcurrent.
- Operating characteristics: It clarifies operating time-current characteristics and distinguishes between categories such as “gR” and “gS” fuse links designed for semiconductor protection.
- Temperature and testing conditions: Adjustments to test conditions, such as operating temperature ranges from 10 °C to 30 °C, ensure reliable performance in varied environments.
- Voltage and current ratings: Provides preferred maximum current ratings and typical voltage ratings for a.c. (alternating current) applications and offers guidance on d.c. and VSI (very short interruption) voltages, with a note to consult manufacturers for non-standard ratings.
- Fuse-link designs: Includes detailed illustrations and dimensional specifications for different fuse-link types (single body, double body, twin body, striker fuse-links, bolted connections, flush end, and cylindrical contact caps) facilitating standardized manufacturing and application.
- Normative references: Updates to related standards including IEC 60269-2 and IEC 60269-3, ensuring compatibility with other fuse protocols for industrial and household applications.
- Integration with other standards: References to IEC 60269-6 for solar photovoltaic energy system protection, highlighting photovoltaic-specific fuse requirements.
Applications
EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 specifically targets the protection of semiconductor devices in low-voltage electrical circuits. Fuse-links complying with this standard are essential in:
- Electronic equipment manufacturing: Protecting power semiconductors such as thyristors, diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits.
- Industrial electrical installations: Providing reliable overcurrent protection in factory automation, motor controllers, and power supplies where semiconductors are integral.
- Renewable energy systems: Through its coordination with IEC 60269-6, it supports fuse applications in solar photovoltaic energy systems, safeguarding sensitive digital and power electronics.
- Consumer electronics and household appliances: Ensuring semiconductor safety without compromising operational efficiency or user safety.
- Automotive and transport: Where low-voltage semiconductor devices require fail-safe protection modules in electrical control systems.
By following this standard, engineers and manufacturers can ensure optimal fuse selection to prevent damage, enhance equipment longevity, and comply with European safety mandates.
Related Standards
- IEC 60269-2: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links used by authorized personnel, primarily industrial applications.
- IEC 60269-3: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links intended for unskilled users, typically for household or similar uses.
- IEC 60269-6: Specific supplementary requirements for protecting solar photovoltaic energy systems.
- IEC/TR 60269-5: Guidance for the application of low-voltage fuses.
- Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC: Ensures safety of electrical equipment within specified voltage limits.
Together, these standards form a comprehensive framework addressing the design, application, and testing of low-voltage fuses, creating a harmonized approach for semiconductor protection across Europe and internationally.
Keywords: EN 60269-4, low-voltage fuses, fuse-links, semiconductor device protection, IEC 60269-4, overcurrent protection, electrical safety standards, CENELEC, photovoltaic fuse-links, fuse operating characteristics, low-voltage fuse testing, fuse ratings, fuse design standards
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 is a amendment published by CLC. Its full title is "Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of semiconductor devices". This standard covers: Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of semiconductor devices
Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of semiconductor devices
EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 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 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN IEC 60269-4:2025, EN 60269-4:2009. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2006/95/EC, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU. 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)
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Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection
of semiconductor devices (IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Niederspannungssicherungen - Teil 4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen an
Sicherungseinsätze zum Schutz von Halbleiter-Bauelementen (IEC 60269-
4:2009/A1:2012)
Fusibles basse tension - Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires concernant les éléments
de remplacement utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à semiconducteurs (CEI
60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60269-4/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.120.50
English version
Low-voltage fuses -
Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of
semiconductor devices
(IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Fusibles basse tension - Niederspannungssicherungen -
Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires Teil 4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen an
concernant les éléments de remplacement Sicherungseinsätze zum Schutz von
utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à Halbleiter-Bauelementen
semiconducteurs (IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
(CEI 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60269-4:2009; it was approved by CENELEC on 2012-
06-20. 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels
© 2012 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 E
Foreword
The text of document 32B/579/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 60269-4:2009/A1, prepared by SC 32B,
"Low-voltage fuses", of IEC TC 32, "Fuses", was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2013-03-20
• 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) 2015-06-20
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment Designed
for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2006/95/EC)
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 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/TR 60269-5 NOTE Harmonized as CLC/TR 60269-5.
IEC 60269-6 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60269-6.
- 3 - EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012
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 When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Replace IEC 60269-2:2006 and IEC 60269-3:2006 by:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60269-2 (mod) 2006 Low-voltage fuses - HD 60269-2 2007
Part 2: Supplementary requirements for fuses
for use by authorized persons (fuses mainly
for industrial application) - Examples of
standardized systems of fuses A to J
IEC 60269-3 - Low-voltage fuses - HD 60269-3 -
Part 3: Supplementary requirements for fuses
for use by unskilled persons (fuses mainly for
household or similar applications) - Examples
of standardized systems of fuses A to F
IEC 60269-4 ®
Edition 5.0 2012-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Low-voltage fuses –
Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of
semiconductor devices
Fusibles basse tension –
Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires concernant les éléments de remplacement
utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à semiconducteurs
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX G
ICS 29.120.50 ISBN 978-2-88912-066-6
– 2 – 60269-4 Amend.1 © IEC:2012
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 32B: Low-voltage fuses, of IEC
techni
...
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2012
Nizkonapetostne varovalke - 4. del: Dodatne zahteve za taljive vložke za zaščito
polprevodniških naprav - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Low-voltage fuses - Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection
of semiconductor devices (IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Niederspannungssicherungen - Teil 4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen an
Sicherungseinsätze zum Schutz von Halbleiter-Bauelementen (IEC 60269-
4:2009/A1:2012)
Fusibles basse tension - Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires concernant les éléments
de remplacement utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à semiconducteurs (CEI
60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012
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 60269-4/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.120.50
English version
Low-voltage fuses -
Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of
semiconductor devices
(IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
Fusibles basse tension - Niederspannungssicherungen -
Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires Teil 4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen an
concernant les éléments de remplacement Sicherungseinsätze zum Schutz von
utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à Halbleiter-Bauelementen
semiconducteurs (IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
(CEI 60269-4:2009/A1:2012)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60269-4:2009; it was approved by CENELEC on 2012-
06-20. 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels
© 2012 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 E
Foreword
The text of document 32B/579/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 60269-4:2009/A1, prepared by SC 32B,
"Low-voltage fuses", of IEC TC 32, "Fuses", was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2013-03-20
• 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) 2015-06-20
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment Designed
for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2006/95/EC)
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60269-4:2009/A1:2012 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/TR 60269-5 NOTE Harmonized as CLC/TR 60269-5.
IEC 60269-6 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60269-6.
- 3 - EN 60269-4:2009/A1:2012
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 When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Replace IEC 60269-2:2006 and IEC 60269-3:2006 by:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60269-2 (mod) 2006 Low-voltage fuses - HD 60269-2 2007
Part 2: Supplementary requirements for fuses
for use by authorized persons (fuses mainly
for industrial application) - Examples of
standardized systems of fuses A to J
IEC 60269-3 - Low-voltage fuses - HD 60269-3 -
Part 3: Supplementary requirements for fuses
for use by unskilled persons (fuses mainly for
household or similar applications) - Examples
of standardized systems of fuses A to F
IEC 60269-4 ®
Edition 5.0 2012-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Low-voltage fuses –
Part 4: Supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of
semiconductor devices
Fusibles basse tension –
Partie 4: Exigences supplémentaires concernant les éléments de remplacement
utilisés pour la protection des dispositifs à semiconducteurs
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX G
ICS 29.120.50 ISBN 978-2-88912-066-6
– 2 – 60269-4 Amend.1 © IEC:2012
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 32B: Low-voltage fuses, of IEC
...
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