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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-maj-2023
Stikalne naprave za sijalke - Varnost - 1. del: Splošne zahteve
Controlgear for electric light sources - Safety - Part 1: General requirements
Geräte für Lampen - Teil 1: Allgemeine und Sicherheitsanforderungen
Appareillages de lampes - Partie 1: Exigences générales et exigences de sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 61347-1:2023
ICS:
29.130.01 Stikalne in krmilne naprave Switchgear and controlgear
na splošno in general
29.140.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
žarnicami lamps
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)
PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 61347-1 ED4
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2023-02-24 2023-05-19
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
34C/1554/CD, 34C/1562A/CC

IEC SC 34C : AUXILIARIES FOR LAMPS
SECRETARIAT: SECRETARY:
United Kingdom Mr Petar Luzajic
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TITLE:
Controlgear for electric light sources – Safety – Part 1: General requirements

PROPOSED STABILITY DATE: 2027

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1 CONTENTS
2
3 FOREWORD. 8
4 INTRODUCTION . 10
5 1 Scope . 11
6 2 Normative references . 11
7 3 Terms and definitions . 13
8 4 General requirements . 23
9 4.1 General . 23
10 4.2 Transformers . 23
11 4.3 Information for controlgear design in light sources standards . 24
12 5 General notes on tests . 24
13 5.1 General . 24
14 5.2 Sample size . 24
15 5.3 Test sequence . 24
16 5.4 DC supplied controlgear . 25
17 5.5 Voltage and current . 25
18 6 Information and marking . 25
19 6.1 Information and marking items . 25
20 6.2 Durability and legibility of marking . 29
21 6.3 Built-in and integral controlgear . 30
22 7 Terminals . 30
23 8 Earthing . 30
24 8.1 General . 30
25 8.2 Protective earthing . 31
26 8.2.1 Constructional requirements . 31
27 8.2.2 Earthing via printed circuit board tracks . 31
28 8.2.3 Earthing via independent controlgear . 31
29 8.2.4 Conditioning and compliance . 32
30 8.3 Functional earthing . 32
31 9 Protection against accidental contact with hazardous live parts . 32
32 9.1 General . 32
33 9.2 Capacitors . 33
34 9.3 ELV limits . 33
35 9.4 SELV and PELV leakage currents . 33
36 9.5 Safety Isolating Controlgear which does not rely upon the luminaire
37 enclosure for protection against electric shock . 34
38 9.5.1 General . 34
39 9.5.2 Touch voltage limits . 34
40 9.5.3 Touch current limits. 35
41 10 Insulation resistance and electric strength . 36
42 10.1 General . 36
43 10.2 Insulation resistance . 36
44 10.2.1 Moisture treatment and testing . 36
45 10.2.2 Compliance . 36
46 10.3 Electric strength . 37

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47 10.3.1 General . 37
48 10.3.2 AC test . 37
49 10.3.3 DC test . 37
50 10.3.4 General test conditions and compliance . 37
51 11 Fault conditions . 38
52 11.1 General . 38
53 11.2 Applicable fault conditions . 38
54 11.2.1 PCB tracks . 38
55 11.2.2 Electronic components . 38
56 11.2.3 Insulation layers . 38
57 11.3 Test power supply requirements . 38
58 11.4 Test procedure and compliance . 40
59 11.4.1 Test procedure . 40
60 11.4.2 Compliance . 41
61 12 Construction . 41
62 12.1 Use of fibrous materials . 41
63 12.2 Insulation between circuits and accessible parts . 42
64 12.2.1 General . 42
65 12.2.2 SELV or PELV circuits . 42
66 12.2.3 FELV circuits . 43
67 12.2.4 Other circuits . 43
68 12.3 Metal core printed circuits boards (MCPCBs) . 43
69 12.4 Interrupted DC output . 43
70 12.5 Control circuits . 43
71 12.6 Bridging of insulation . 44
72 12.6.1 Resistors . 44
73 12.6.2 Capacitors . 44
74 12.7 Built-in controlgear with basic insulation and built-in controlgear with double
75 insulation . 45
76 12.8 Transformers . 45
77 12.8.1 General . 45
78 12.8.2 Components . 45
79 12.8.3 Independent controlgear . 45
80 13 Creepage distances, clearances and distances through insulation . 46
81 13.1 General . 46
82 13.2 Creepage distances . 46
83 13.2.1 General . 46
84 13.2.2 Creepage distances for working frequencies not exceeding 30 kHz . 47
85 13.2.3 Creepage distances for working frequencies above 30 kHz . 48
86 13.2.4 Compliance with the required creepage distances . 49
87 13.3 Clearances . 50
88 13.3.1 General . 50
89 13.3.2 Clearances considering mains supply transient overvoltages . 51
90 13.3.3 Clearances not considering mains supply transient overvoltages . 51
91 13.3.4 Compliance with the required clearances . 55
92 13.4 Distances through insulation (DTI) . 55
93 13.5 Specific requirements for PCB . 55
94 13.5.1 General . 55
95 13.5.2 Reduction of creepage distances . 55

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96 13.5.3 No minimum requirements for creepage distances and clearances . 56
97 13.6 Specific requirements for insulation layers . 56
98 14 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections . 56
99 14.1 General . 56
100 14.2 Electrical connections . 56
101 14.3 Self-tapping and thread-cutting screws . 57
102 14.4 Locking against loosening . 57
103 14.5 Current-carrying parts . 57
104 14.6 Mechanical stress resistance . 58
105 15 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking . 59
106 15.1 Resistance to heat . 59
107 15.2 Resistance to flames and fire . 60
108 15.2.1 General . 60
109 15.2.2 Glow wire test . 60
110 15.2.3 Needle flame test . 60
111 15.2.4 Printed circuit boards . 61
112 15.3 Resistance to tracking . 61
113 16 Thermal requirements for controlgear . 61
114 16.1 General . 61
115 16.1.1 Test specifications . 61
116 16.1.2 Built-in controlgear . 61
117 16.1.3 Integral controlgear . 62
118 16.1.4 Independent controlgear . 62
119 16.2 Normal operation . 62
120 16.3 Abnormal operation . 63
121 Annex A (normative) Test to establish whether a conductive part is a hazardous live
122 part . 67
123 A.1 General . 67
124 A.2 Touch voltage limits . 67
125 A.3 Touch current limits . 67
126 A.4 Compliance . 67
127 Annex B (normative) Temperature declared thermally protected controlgear . 68
128 B.1 General requirements . 68
129 B.2 General notes on tests . 68
130 B.3 Classification . 68
131 B.4 Limitation of heating . 68
132 Annex C (normative) Thermal tests of thermally protected controlgear . 70
133 C.1 General . 70
134 C.2 Test chamber . 70
135 C.3 Test chamber Heating . 70
136 C.4 Controlgear operating temperatures. 70
137 C.5 Controlgear position in the test chamber . 70
138 C.6 Temperature measurements . 71
139 Annex D (normative) Draught-proof test chambers . 72
140 Annex E (normative) Tests . 73
141 E.1 Ambient temperature and test room . 73
142 E.2 Test voltage and test frequency . 73
143 E.3 Magnetic effects . 73

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144 E.4 Instrument characteristics. 73
145 E.5 Test conditions . 74
146 Annex F (informative) Schedule of more onerous requirements . 75
147 Annex G (informative) Conformity testing during manufacture . 76
148 G.1 General . 76
149 G.2 Routine testing . 76
150 G.3 Additional electric strength routine tests for controlgear with protection
151 against pollution using coating or potting material . 76
152 Annex H (normative) Requirements for insulation materials used for double or
153 reinforced insulation . 78
154 H.1 General requirements . 78
155 H.2 Insulating barrier test . 78
156 Annex I (normative) Reduction of creepage distances and clearances for coated or
157 potted controlgear . 79
158 I.1 General . 79
159 I.2 Reduction of creepage distances . 79
160 I.3 Conditioning and compliance . 81
161 Annex J (informative) Example for U calculation . 83
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162 Annex K (informative) Concept of creepage distances and clearances . 84
163 K.1 Basic concept considerations . 84
164 K.2 Why setting up tables? . 85
165 Annex L (informative) Overvoltage category III controlgear . 86
166 L.1 General . 86
167 L.2 Electric strength test voltages . 86
168 L.3 Clearances for controlgear not protected against pollution by coating or
169 potting materials . 86
170 L.4 Clearances for controlgear protected against pollution by coating or potting . 87
171 L.5 Distances through insulation . 87
172 L.6 Bridging by Y capacitors . 87
173 Annex M (informative) Information for luminaire design . 89
174 M.1 Controlgear to be tested together with the luminaire . 89
175 M.2 Earthing of built-in controlgear . 89
176 M.3 Insulation between controlgear circuits and accessible conductive parts of
177 luminaires . 89
178 M.4 Thermally protected controlgear . 89
179 Annex N (normative) Touch current measurements . 92
180 N.1 General conditions . 92
181 N.2 Measuring networks . 93
182 N.3 Setup and test sequence . 94
183 Annex O (informative) Information on document re-organisation . 99
184 O.1 General . 99
185 O.2 Renumbering of Clauses and Annexes. 99
186 O.3 Renumbering of Figures . 101
187 O.4 Renumbering of Tables . 101
188 O.5 Rearrangement of marking and information items . 102
189 Bibliography . 103
190
191 Figure 1 – Test circuit (default) . 39

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192 Figure 2 – test circuit (EL-P, see text) . 39
193 Figure 3 –Determination of creepage distances . 47
194 Figure 4 – Determination of clearances (general) . 50
195 Figure 5 – Determination of clearances (guidance for Table 15 and Table 16) . 51
196 Figure 6 – Screw type examples . 57
197 Figure 7 – Ball-pressure apparatus. 60
198 Figure 8 – Test arrangement for heating test . 62
199 Figure C.1 – Example of a heating test chamber for thermally protected controlgear . 71
200 Figure H.1 – test electrode . 78
201 Figure J.1 – Example for the calculation of U . 83
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202 Figure M.1 – Example of a controlgear insulation . 90
203 Figure N.1 – Measuring network (perception weighted) . 93
204 Figure N.2 – Measuring network (let-go weighted) . 94
205 Figure N.3 – Test configuration for touch currents between accessible parts and earth . 94
206 Figure N.4 – Test configuration for touch currents between different accessible parts . 95
207 Figure N.5 – Test configuration for touch currents between output and earth . 96
208
209 Table 1 – Required rated impulse withstand voltage of equipment . 21
210 Table 2 – marking according to installation type . 25
211 Table 3 – marking according to output isolation classification. 26
212 Table 4 – voltage steps . 28
213 Table 5 – further markings . 29
214 Table 6 – ELV limits . 33
215 Table 7 – Touch current limits . 34
216 Table 8 – SELV touch voltage limits . 35
217 Table 9 – PELV touch voltage limits . 35
218 Table 10 – Electric strength test voltages . 37
219 Table 11 – required number and type of Y capacitors . 44
220 Table 12 – Creepage distances –  working frequencies not exceeding 30 kHz . 48
221 Table 13 – Creepage distances – working frequencies above 30 kHz . 49
222 Table 14 – Clearances considering mains supply transient overvoltages . 51
223 Table 15 –Clearances without considering mains supply transient overvoltages; – bas
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