IEC 60598-2-3:2002/AMD1:2011

IEC 60598-2-3 ®
Edition 3.0 2011-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Luminaires –
Part 2-3: Particular requirements – Luminaires for road and street lighting

Luminaires –
Partie 2-3: Règles particulières – Luminaires d'éclairage public

IEC 60598-2-3:2002/A1:2011
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IEC 60598-2-3 ®
Edition 3.0 2011-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Luminaires –
Part 2-3: Particular requirements – Luminaires for road and street lighting

Luminaires –
Partie 2-3: Règles particulières – Luminaires d'éclairage public

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE PRICE CODE
D
CODE PRIX
ICS 29.140.40; 93.080.30 ISBN 978-2-88912-457-2

– 2 – 60598-2-3 Amend. 1  IEC:2011
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 34D: Luminaires, of IEC technical
committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
34D/989/FDIS 34D/1003/RVD
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• withdrawn,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.
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3.1.1 Normative references
Add the following new publication to the existing list:
IEC 62262: 2002, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures for electrical equipment
against external mechanical impacts (IK code)
3.5 Marking
Add the following new item i) to the existing list:
i) maximum mounting height relevant to the selected method for protection against the
falling of glass particles.
3.6.5
Replace the existing Subclause 3.6.5 with the following:
3.6.5 In order to reduce the risk of injury caused by breaking glass, the following
requirements, in relation to the intended mounting height of the luminaire, are applicable.
When luminaires are installed below 5 m, no additional requirements are requested on glass
covers.
For tunnel luminaries, the requirements of 3.6.5.1 apply without exception.

60598-2-3 Amend. 1  IEC:2011 – 3 –
When luminaires are installed above 5 m, glass covers shall be:
a) constituted with a glass that fractures into small pieces, or
b) constituted with a glass having a high impact shock resistance, or
c) protected by any means to retain glass fragments in case of breakage (e.g. guard, film
coating).
Compliance is checked:
– for a) by test and inspection according to 3.6.5.1;
– for b) by test and inspection according to 3.6.5.2;
– for c) by inspection.
The luminaire manufacturer shall declare to the testing laboratory the method of protection
used.
3.6.5.1 Protection by the use of glass that fractures into small pieces
Preconditioning of the luminaire and glass cover before testing is not required.
For flat glass, the glass component is supported over the whole area to ensure that particles
will not be scattered upon fragmentation and that movement of the particles is prevented.
Shatter the glass with a centre punch at a point 30 mm from the mid-point of one of the longer
edges of glass towards the centre.
NOTE 1 A centre punch is a tool made of steel with a sharp point.
For formed glass, the glass component part shall be supported on all the surfaces (example
of testing method could be the use of material like sand or a mould). The thickness of the
material used as a support surface shall be more than 30 mm. The face of the glass shall be
completely covered with an adhesive film in order to avoid any move of the broken particles.
Shatter the glass (from the inside or the outside) with a centre punch in the middle of the
glass cover.
Within 5 min of fracture, count the particles in a 50 mm square, located approximately at the
centre of the area of the coarsest fracture but always within the confines of the glass.
Compliance: A glass is deemed to have passed the test if the number of particles in the
50 mm square is more than 40; glass splinters and pieces less than the full thickness of the
glass being excluded from the count. For glass of smaller size where a 50 mm × 50 mm area
is not possible, the number of pieces necessary in the count is proportionately reduced. The
size of the particles shall be less than 50 mm for all the dimensions.
In the count of the total number of particles in the 50 mm square, the particles in the centre of
the square plus those at the edge shall be taken into account. In order to count particles at
the edge of the square, it is recommended that all pieces intersected by two adjacent sides be
included and al
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