IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification
of Electrotechnical equipment and Components
TESTING AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT/ALLOWED SUBCONTRACTING
IEC 60730-1:2010-03, Edition 4.0
Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use
Part 1: General requirements
R = Required to be at Lab
S = May be subcontracted
W = May be witnessed at MTL
SF = Specialized Facility
3PPS = Three Phase Power Supply required
Clause
Measurement/testing
3
4
5
6
7
8
General requirements
General notes on tests
Rating
Classification
Information
Protection against electric shock
9
Provision of protective earthing
10
Terminals and terminations
11
Construction requirements
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Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
None
None
None
None
None
Test finger (Fig. 2), force gauge, test pin (Fig. 1), milliammeter,
voltmeter, ruler, micrometer
Ammeter, voltmeter
Appropriate material analyzing equipment (e.g. scanning electron
microscope, energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer)
According to IEC 60998, Torque tester, force gauge tester,
screwdriver, micrometer, ruler, flexing tester
Electric strength tester, HV test supply, isolation transformer,
insulation tester, DC voltage supply, flexing tester, voltmeter,
ammeter, freezer chamber, temperature recorder, torque tester, force
gauge, time clock, test fingernail
R
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R
S
R
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of Electrotechnical equipment and Components
Clause
Measurement/testing
12
Moisture and dust resistance
13
14
Electric strength and insulation resistance
Heating
15
Manufacturing deviation and drift
16
17
Environmental stress
Endurance
18
Mechanical strength
19
20
Threaded parts and connections
Creepage distances, clearances and
distances through solid insulation
21
Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
22
Resistance to corrosion
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Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
According to IEC 60529, electric strength tester, conditioning
chambers: heaterhumidity, leakage current meter
Insulation tester, electric strength tester, leakage current tester
Temperature meter/recorder, fine wire thermocouples, winding
resistance measurement system, environmental chambers (heat,
freeze), current loads per ratings, voltmeter, ammeter
Voltmeter, ammeter
Equipment as required by Part 2-x depending on the type of control
such as e.g. environmental chamber (heat, cold, humidity),
temperature meter/recorder, humidity meter/recorder, pressure
meter/recorder, etc.
Remark:
For those types of controls for which the atmospheric pressure is
relevant for the determination of the manufacturer deviation and drift
the atmospheric pressure has to be measured by a pressure meter or
alternatively it is acceptable to get the information about the
atmospheric pressure online via local metrological service.
Environmental chambers – heat, freeze, humidity
Environmental chambers – heat, freeze, humidity. Voltmeter,
ammeter, power analyzer meter, oscilloscope, inductive loads,
resistive loads, pilot duty loads, motor loads. Activation source and
cycling mechanism as required by the Part 2.
Apparatus in IEC 60068-2-75, impact tester (Fig. 4), tumbling barrel
(Fig. 5), force tester, torque tester, pull tester
All as required by Part 2
Screwdrivers, torque tester
Measuring ruler, force tester, test finger (Fig. 2), impulse voltage
tester, electric voltage tester, insulation resistance meter,
oscilloscope, electric strength tester, micrometer
Ball pressure test apparatus, glow wire test apparatus, environmental
chamber or heating cabinet, tracking test apparatus, voltmeter,
ammeter
Humidity chamber, heating cabinet
R
2/4
R
R
R
R
R
3PPS
R
R
R
R
R
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of Electrotechnical equipment and Components
Clause
Measurement/testing
Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
S
Normal operation
EMC requirements – immunity
Abnormal operation
Guide of the use of electronic disconnection
Indelibility of Marking
Measurement Guide
Cotton for Mercury Switch Test
Heat, fire and tracking
Apparatus in accordance with CISPR 14-1. Equipment in accordance
with Clause 17, oscilloscope
Test apparatus in accordance with IEC 60742 and other IEC
component standards
Refer to Annex H
Refer to Annex H
Voltmeter, ammeter, electric strength tester
Refer to Annex H
Petroleum spirit, water, cloth, apparatus described in figure 8
None
Common as described in Annex C
Informative guide – None
R
R
R
-
Circuit for measurement leakage current
Heat-Fire Resistance Categories
Circuit apparatus according to Figure E1
Informative guide – None
R
-
Heat-Fire Resistance Tests
Requirements for Electronic Controls
Protection against electric shock
Constructional requirements
Electric strength and insulation resistance
Endurance
Mechanical Strength
Creepage distance, clearance and distance
through insulation
Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
EMC requirements – emission
Normal Operation
Glow-wire test apparatus, PTI Test apparatus
Refer to Annex H, sub-clauses below:
Leakage current meter
Ammeter, voltmeter, chart recorder
Same as Clause 13 above
Thermal cycling test apparatus
Refer to Clause 18 above
Refer to Clause 20 above
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Refer to Clause 21 above
Refer to Clause 23 above
Oscilloscope, ammeter, voltmeter
R
S
R
23
EMC requirements – emission
24
Components
25
26
27
28
Annex A
Annex B
Annex C
Annex D
S
(informative)
Annex E
Annex F
(informative)
Annex G
Annex H
H8
H11
H13
H17
H18
H20
H21
H22
H23
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Clause
H26
H27
H28
Annex J
Annex K
Measurement/testing
Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
S
Abnormal Operation
Guide on use of electronic disconnection
Requirements for controls using thermistors
Nominal voltages
Environmental chamber, voltage dips and short voltage interruption
apparatus, variable voltage supply, 3-phase auto-transformer, surge
test apparatus, fast transient/burst test apparatus, ring wave surge
test apparatus, conducted radiofrequency test apparatus radiated EM
field test apparatus
Voltmeter, ammeter, oscilloscope, temperature meter
None
Same which are used for clauses 8 through 28
None
R
R
-
Overvoltage categories
Typical usage
None
None
-
Pollution degree
Printed circuit board coating
performance test
Printed circuit board coating
performance test
Explanatory notes for surge immunity test
None
Heating chamber, humidity chamber, environmental cycling chamber,
electric strength tester
Freezing chamber, environmental cycling chamber, electric strength
tester, freezing chamber
None
R
Guidance for applying Clause 20
None
-
Requirements for SELV and PELV
Requirements for relays when used as
controls in IEC 60335 appliances
None
Same which are used for clauses 7 through 28
EMC requirements – immunity
(informative)
Annex L
Annex M
(informative)
Annex N
Annex P
Annex Q
Annex R
R
-
(informative)
Annex S
(informative)
Annex T
Annex U
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