EN 62561-3:2017

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2017
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Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 3: Requirements for isolating
spark gaps
Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 3: Anforderungen an Trennfunkenstrecken
Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre (CSPF) - Partie 3: Exigences
pour les éclateurs d'isolement
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62561-3:2017
ICS:
29.080.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
izolacijo insulation
91.120.40 =DãþLWDSUHGVWUHOR Lightning protection
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62561-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2017
ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 Supersedes EN 62561-3:2012
English Version
Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 3:
Requirements for isolating spark gaps (ISG)
(IEC 62561-3:2017)
Composants des systèmes de protection contre la foudre Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) - Teil 3: Anforderungen
(CSPF) - Partie 3: Exigences pour les éclateurs d'isolement an Trennfunkenstrecken
(IEC 62561-3:2017) (IEC 62561-3:2017)
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European foreword
The text of document 81/561/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 62561-3, prepared by IEC/TC 81, "Lightning
protection", was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
– latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2018-04-20
implemented at national level
by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting (dow) 2020-07-20
with this document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 62561-3:2012.
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.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62561-3:2017 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 60529 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60529.
IEC 62305-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62305-3.
IEC 62305-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62305-4.
IEC 61643-11 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61643-11.
IEC 62305-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62305-1.

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 60068-2-52 1996 Environmental testing -- Part 2-52: Tests - EN 60068-2-52 1996
Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium chloride
solution)
IEC 60068-2-75 1997 Environmental testing -- Part 2-75: Tests - EN 60068-2-75 1997
Test Eh: Hammer tests
IEC 62561-1 -  Lightning protection system components EN 62561-1 -
(LPSC) – Part 1: Requirements for
connection components
ISO 4892-2 2006 Plastics - Methods of exposure to - -
laboratory light sources - Part-2: Xenon-arc
lamps
ISO 4892-3 2006 Plastics - Methods of exposure to- -
laboratory light sources - Part 3:
Fluorescent UV lamps
ISO 4892-4 -  Plastics - Methods of exposure to - -
laboratory light sources – Part 4: Open-
flame carbon-arc lamps
ISO 6957 -  Copper alloys -- Ammonia test for stress - -
corrosion resistance
ISO 6988 1985 Metallic and other non-organic coatings - EN ISO 6988 1994
Sulfur dioxide test with general
condensation of moisture
IEC 62561-3 ®
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Lightning protection system components (LPSC) –

Part 3: Requirements for isolating spark gaps (ISG)

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Classification . 9
4.1 According to ISGs capability to withstand lightning current . 9
4.2 According to ISGs location installation . 9
5 Requirements . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.2 Environmental requirements . 10
5.3 Installation instructions . 10
5.4 Lightning current carrying capability . 10
5.5 Rated impulse sparkover voltage . 10
5.6 Rated withstand voltage . 10
5.6.1 Rated DC withstand voltage . 10
5.6.2 Rated power frequency withstand voltage . 10
5.7 Isolation resistance . 10
5.8 Marking . 11
5.9 UV (ultraviolet) resistance . 11
6 Tests . 11
6.1 General conditions for tests . 11
6.2 UV (ultraviolet) light test . 12
6.3 Resistance tests to corrosion . 12
6.4 Mechanical tests . 12
6.5 Electrical tests . 14
6.5.1 Isolation resistance . 14
6.5.2 Withstand voltage . 14
6.5.3 Rated impulse sparkover voltage . 15
6.5.4 Lightning current . 15
6.6 Installation instructions . 16
6.6.1 General conditions for tests . 16
6.6.2 Acceptance criteria . 16
6.7 Marking test . 16
6.7.1 General conditions for tests . 16
6.7.2 Acceptance criteria . 16
7 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) . 16
8 Structure and content of the test report . 16
8.1 General . 16
8.2 Report identification . 17
8.3 Specimen description . 17
8.4 Standards and references . 17
8.5 Test procedure . 17
8.6 Testing equipment description . 18
8.7 Measuring instruments description . 18
8.8 Results and parameters recorded . 18

IEC 62561-3:2017 © IEC 2017 – 3 –
8.9 Statement of pass/fail . 18
Annex A (normative) Flow chart of tests . 19
Annex B (normative) Environmental test for isolating spark gaps . 21
B.1 General . 21
B.2 Salt mist treatment . 21
B.3 Humid sulphurous atmosphere treatment . 21
B.4 Ammonia atmosphere treatment. 21
Annex C (normative) Environmental test for outdoor isolating spark gaps –
Resistance to ultraviolet light . 22
C.1 General . 22
C.2 The tests . 22
C.3 First alternative test to C.2 . 22
C.4 Second alternative test to C.2 . 22
Bibliography . 23

Figure 1 – Pendulum hammer test apparatus . 13
Figure A.1 – Flow chart of the sequence of tests for ISGs . 20

Table 1 – Lightning impulse current (I ) parameters . 15
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