IEC 60269-3:2010/AMD1:2013

IEC 60269-3 ®
Edition 4.0 2013-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Low-voltage fuses –
Part 3: Supplementary requirements for fuses for use by unskilled persons
(fuses mainly for household and similar applications) – Examples of
standardized systems of fuses A to F

Fusibles basse tension –
Partie 3: Exigences supplémentaires pour les fusibles destinés à être utilisés
par des personnes non qualifiées (fusibles pour usages essentiellement
domestiques et analogues) – Exemples de systèmes de fusibles normalisés
A à F
IEC 60269-3:2010/A1:2013
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IEC 60269-3 ®
Edition 4.0 2013-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Low-voltage fuses –
Part 3: Supplementary requirements for fuses for use by unskilled persons

(fuses mainly for household and similar applications) – Examples of

standardized systems of fuses A to F

Fusibles basse tension –
Partie 3: Exigences supplémentaires pour les fusibles destinés à être utilisés

par des personnes non qualifiées (fusibles pour usages essentiellement

domestiques et analogues) – Exemples de systèmes de fusibles normalisés

A à F
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX J
ICS 29.120.50 ISBN 978-2-83220-601-0

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 32B: Low-voltage fuses, of IEC
technical committee 32: Fuses.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
32B/594/CDV 32B/602A/RVC
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 stability 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• withdrawn,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.
The contents of the corrigendum of March 2013 and June 2013 have been included in this
copy.
_____________
INTRODUCTION
Delete the introduction.
1 General scope
Replace, in the second paragraph, "divided into six fuse systems" by "divided into four fuse
systems".
Delete, in the list, fuse systems D and E.

60269-3 Amend. 1 © IEC:2013 – 3 –
Table 101 – Maximum values of power dissipation
Add, between the values 25 and 35, the following new line in the table:
32  4,0   5,2
Delete, in NOTE a, “32 A and”
Table 108 – I t values for the discrimination with circuit breakers
The correction concerning the title of the table applies to the French text only.
Add, between the values 25 and 35, the following new line in the table:
32  1 860  1 290
8.11.1.2 Mechanical strength of the fuse-carrier
Replace the last existing sentence by the following:
After this test, the test-dummy shown in Figure 126 shall be retained in the fuse-carrier when
it is turned upside down.
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Figure 101 – Time-current zone for "gG" fuse-links
Replace the existing Figure 101 by the following new figure:
2 A 6 A 16 A 25 A 50 A 80 A
–1
0 1 2 3
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2
10 10 10 10
I  (A)
P IEC  183/13
t  (s)
60269-3 Amend. 1 © IEC:2013 – 5 –
Figure 102 – Time-current zone for "gG" fuse-links
Replace the existing Figure 102 by the following new figure:
4 A 10 A 20 A 35 A 63 A 100 A
–1
1 2 3
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2
10 10 10
I  (A)
P
IEC  184/13
t  (s)
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Figure 103 – Time-current zone for "gG" fuse-links 13 A
Replace the existing Figure 103 and figure title by the following new figure and new figure
title:
10 13 A 32 A
–1
0 2
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