Miscellaneous lampholders - Part 1: General requirements and tests

This part of IEC 60838 applies to lampholders of miscellaneous types intended for building-in (to be used with general purpose light sources, projection lamps, floodlighting lamps and street-lighting lamps with caps as listed in annex A) and the methods of test to be used in determining the safe use of lamps in lampholders. This part of IEC 60838 also covers lampholders which are integral with a luminaire. It covers the requirements for the lampholder only.

Douilles diverses pour lampes - Partie 1: Prescriptions générales et essais

La présente partie de la CEI 60838 s'applique aux douilles de types divers prévues pour être incorporées (et destinées à être utilisées avec les sources lumineuses à usage général, les lampes de projection, les lampes d'illumination et les lampes pour l'éclairage public dotées du culot et répertoriées à titre d'exemple dans l'Annexe A) ainsi qu'aux méthodes d'essai à appliquer pour démontrer la sécurité d'utilisation des lampes dans les douilles. La présente partie de la CEI 60838 couvre également les douilles intégrées dans un luminaire. Elle couvre seulement les prescriptions de la douille.

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SOMMAIRE
AVANT-PROPOS.4

1 Généralités.8
2 Définitions.12
3 Prescription générale.14
4 Conditions générales des essais .16
5 Classification.18
6 Marques.18
7 Protection contre les chocs électriques.22
8 Bornes.24
9 Moyens de mise à la terre .26
10 Construction.28
11 Résistance à l'humidité, résistance d'isolement et rigidité diélectrique.30
12 Résistance mécanique.32
13 Vis, parties transportant le courant et connexions.36
14 Lignes de fuite et distances dans l'air .36
15 Endurance.42
16 Résistance à la chaleur et au feu.44
17 Résistance aux contraintes résiduelles excessives (fissuration intercristalline)
et à la rouille .50

Annexe A (normative) Exemples de douilles faisant l'objet de la présente norme.54
Annexe B (normative) Exemples de métaux convenables.56
Annexe C (normative) Fissuration intercristalline/essai de corrosion .58
Annexe D (normative) Appareil pendulaire pour l'essai de résistance au choc .62

Figure 1 – Appareil pour l'essai à la bille.44

Tableau 1 – Valeurs minimales de la résistance d'isolement .32
Tableau 2a – Distances minimales pour les tensions sinusoïdales (50 Hz/60 Hz) −
Catégorie de résistance aux chocs II .36
Tableau 2b – Distances minimales pour les tensions sinusoïdales (50 Hz/60 Hz) −
Catégorie de résistance aux chocs III .38
Tableau 3 – Distances minimales pour les tensions d’impulsion non sinusoïdales.40

60838-1  IEC:2004 – 3 –
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5

1 General.9
2 Definitions.13
3 General requirement.15
4 General conditions for tests.17
5 Classification.19
6 Marking.19
7 Protection against electric shock .23
8 Terminals.25
9 Provision for earthing.27
10 Construction.29
11 Moisture resistance, insulation resistance and electric strength.31
12 Mechanical strength.33
13 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections.37
14 Creepage distances and clearances .37
15 Endurance.43
16 Resistance to heat and fire.45
17 Resistance to excessive residual stresses (season cracking) and to rusting .51

Annex A (normative) Examples of lampholders covered by this standard .55
Annex B (normative) Examples of suitable metals.57
Annex C (normative) Season cracking/corrosion test .59
Annex D (normative) Pendulum impact test apparatus .63

Figure 1 – Ball-pressure test apparatus .45

Table 1 – Minimum values of insulation resistance.33
Table 2a – Minimum distances for a.c. (50Hz/60 Hz) sinusoidal voltages − Impulse
withstand category II.37
Table 2b – Minimum distances for a.c. (50 Hz/60 Hz) sinusoidal voltages − Impulse
withstand category III.39
Table 3 – Minimum distances for non-sinusoidal pulse voltages.41

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Part 1: General requirements and tests

Douilles diverses pour lampes –
Partie 1: Prescriptions générales et essais
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3

1 General.5
2 Definitions.6
3 General requirement.8
4 General conditions for tests.8
5 Classification.9
6 Marking.10
7 Protection against electric shock .11
8 Terminals.12
9 Provision for earthing .13
10 Construction.15
11 Moisture resistance, insulation resistance and electric strength.16
12 Mechanical strength.17
13 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections.18
14 Creepage distances and clearances .19
15 Endurance.21
16 Resistance to heat and fire.22
17 Resistance to excessive residual stresses (season cracking) and to rusting .25

Annex A (normative) Examples of lampholders covered by this standard .27
Annex B (normative) Examples of suitable metals.28
Annex C (normative) Season cracking/corrosion test .29
Annex D (normative) Pendulum impact test apparatus .31

Figure 1 – Ball-pressure test apparatus .23
Figure D.1 – Impact test apparatus .31
Figure D.2 – Mounting fixture.31

Table 1 – Minimum values of insulation resistance.17
Table 2a – Minimum distances for a.c. (50Hz/60 Hz) sinusoidal voltages − Impulse
withstand category II.19
Table 2b – Minimum distances for a.c. (50 Hz/60 Hz) sinusoidal voltages − Impulse
withstand category III.20
Table 3 – Minimum distances for non-sinusoidal pulse voltages.20

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International Standard IEC 60838-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 34B: Lamp caps and
holders, of IEC technical committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
This consolidated version of IEC 60838-1 consists of the fourth edition (2004) [documents
34B/1152/FDIS and 34B/1171/RVD] and its amendment 1 (2008) [documents 34B/1384/FDIS
and 34B/1400/RVD].
The technical content is therefore identical to the base edition and its amendment and has
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It also includes additional requirements regarding testing of lampholders for double-ended
R7s/RX7s lamps.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
IEC 60838 consists of the following parts, under the general title Miscellaneous lampholders:
Part 1: General requirements and tests
Part 2-1: Particular requirements – Lampholders S14
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1 General
1.1 Scope
This part of IEC 60838 applies to lampholders of miscellaneous types intended for building-in
(to be used with general purpose light sources, projection lamps, floodlighting lamps and
street-lighting lamps with caps as listed in annex A) and the methods of test to be used in
determining the safe use of lamps in lampholders.
This part of IEC 60838 also covers lampholders which are integral with a luminaire. It covers
the requirements for the lampholder only.
This part of IEC 60838 also covers lampholders integrated in an outer shell and dome similar
to Edison screw lampholders. Such lam
...


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IEC 60838-1 ®
Edition 4.2 2011-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Miscellaneous lampholders –
Part 1: General requirements and tests

Douilles diverses pour lampes –
Partie 1: Prescriptions générales et essais

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX CN
ICS 29.140.10 ISBN 978-2-88912-516-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3

1 General . 5
2 Definitions . 6
3 General requirement . 9
4 General conditions for tests . 9
5 Classification . 10
6 Marking . 11
7 Protection against electric shock . 12
8 Terminals . 13
9 Provision for earthing . 15
10 Construction . 16
11 Moisture resistance, insulation resistance and electric strength . 17
12 Mechanical strength . 18
13 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections . 19
14 Creepage distances and clearances . 20
15 Endurance . 22
16 Resistance to heat and fire . 23
17 Resistance to excessive residual stresses (season cracking) and to rusting . 26

Annex A (normative) Examples of lampholders covered by this standard . 28
Annex B (normative) Examples of suitable metals . 29
Annex C (normative) Season cracking/corrosion test . 30
Annex D (normative) Pendulum impact test apparatus . 32

Figure 1 – Ball-pressure test apparatus . 24
Figure D.1 – Impact test apparatus . 32
Figure D.2 – Mounting fixture . 32

Table 1 – Minimum values of insulation resistance . 18
Table 2a – Minimum distances for a.c. (50Hz/60 Hz) sinusoidal voltages − Impulse
withstand category II . 20
Table 2b – Minimum distances for a.c. (50 Hz/60 Hz) sinusoidal voltages − Impulse
withstand category III . 21
Table 3 – Minimum distances for non-sinusoidal pulse voltages . 21

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MISCELLANEOUS LAMPHOLDERS –
Part 1: General requirements and tests

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60838-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 34B: Lamp caps and
holders, of IEC technical committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
This consolidated version of IEC 60838-1 consists of the fourth edition (2004) [documents
34B/1152/FDIS and 34B/1171/RVD], its amendment 1 (2008) [documents 34B/1384/FDIS and
34B/1400/RVD] and its amendment 2 (2011) [documents 34B/1581/FDIS and 34B/1594/RVD].
The technical content is therefore identical to the base edition and its amendments and has
been prepared for user convenience.
It bears the edition number 4.2.
A vertical line in the margin shows where the base publication has been modified by
amendments 1 and 2.
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In this edition the new requirements for creepage distances and clearances have been
adopted which are currently circulated by SC34D to amend the IEC 60598 family of luminaire
standards.
It also includes additional requirements regarding testing of lampholders for double-ended
R7s/RX7s lamps.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
IEC 60838 consists of the following parts, under the general title Miscellaneous lampholders:
Part 1: General requirements and tests
Part 2-1: Particular requirements – Lampholders S14
The committee has decided that the contents of the base publication and its amendments 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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1 General
1.1 Scope
This part of IEC 60838 applies to lampholders of miscellaneous types intended for building-in
(to be used with general purpose light sources, projection lamps, floodlighting lamps and
street-lighting lamps with caps as listed in annex A) and the methods of test to be used in
determining the saf
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