IEC SYSTEM FOR CONFIRMITY TESTING
AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT
COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES
TESTING AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT/ALLOWED SUBCONTRACTING
IEC 60730-2-3:2006-10, Edition 2.0
Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use
Part 2-3: Particular requirements for thermal protectors
for ballasts for tubular fluorecent lamps
R = Required by Lab
S = May be subcontracted
3PPS = Three Phase Power Supply required
NA = Not applicable
Clause
3
4
5
6
7
Measurement/testing
General requirements
General notes on tests
Rating
Classification
Information
8
Protection against electric shock
9
Provision of protective earthing
10
Terminals and terminations
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Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
None
None
None
None
None
Test finger (Fig. 2 of IEC 60730-1), force gauge, test pin (Fig. 1 of
IEC 60730-1), milliampmeter, voltmeter, ruler, micrometer
Ammeter, voltmeter, corrosion resistance analysis materials
According to IEC60998, Torque tester, force gauge tester,
screwdriver, micrometer, ruler, flexing tester
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Subcontracting
R
R
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EQUIPMENT
Clause
Measurement/testing
11
Construction requirements
12
Moisture and dust resistance
13
Electric strength and insulation resistance
14
Heating
15
Manufacturing deviation and drift
16
Environmental stress
17
Endurance
18
Mechanical strength
19
Threaded parts and connections
20
Creepage distances, clearances and
distances through solid insulation
May 2009
COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES
Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
Electric strength tester, HV test supply, isolation transformer,
insulation tester, DC voltage supply, flexing tester, voltmeter,
ammeter, freezer chamber, temperature recorder, torque tester, force
R
gauge, time clock, test fingernail, vernier callipers or suitable
measuring instrument, micrometer, pressure gauge
According to IEC60529, electric strength tester, conditioning
R
chambers: heater humidity, leakage current meter
Insulation tester, electric strength tester, leakage current tester
R
Temperature meter/recorder, fine wire thermocouples, winding
resistance measurement system, environmental chambers (heat,
NA
freeze), current loads per ratings, voltmeter, ammeter
Environmental chamber (heat, cold, humidity), voltmeter, ammeter,
temperature meter/recorder, humidity meter, pressure meter,
R
recorders, oscilloscope.
Environmental chambers – heat, freeze, humidity
R
Environmental chambers – heat, freeze, humidity. Voltmeter,
R
ammeter, power analyzer meter, oscilloscope, inductive loads,
3PPS
resistive loads, pilot duty loads, motor loads.
Apparatus in IEC60068-2-75, impact tester (Fig. 4 of IEC 60730-1),
tumbling barrel (Fig. 5 of IEC 60730-1), force tester, torque tester,
R
pull tester.
Screwdrivers, torque tester
R
Measuring ruler, force tester, test finger (Fig. 2 of IEC 60730-1),
impulse voltage tester, electric voltage tester, insulation resistance
R
meter, oscilloscope, electric strength tester, micrometer, vernier
calipers
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EQUIPMENT
Clause
Measurement/testing
21
Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
22
Resistance to corrosion
23
EMC requirements – emission
24
Components
25
26
27
28
Normal operation
EMC requirements – immunity
Abnormal operation
Guide of the use of electronic disconnection
Annex A
Annex B
Annex C
Indelibility of Marking
Measurement Guide
Cotton for Mercury Switch Test
Annex D
Heat, fire, and tracking
(informative)
Annex E
Circuit for measurement leakage current
Annex F
Heat-Fire Resistance Categories
(informative)
May 2009
COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES
Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
Ball pressure test apparatus in accordance with figure 6 of IEC
60730-1, horizontal burning test apparatus (Annex G of IEC 60730-1)
and needle flame apparatus, glow wire test apparatus, environmental
R
chamber or heating cabinet, tracking test apparatus, voltmeter,
ammeter
Humidity chamber, heating cabinet
R
Apparatus in accordance with CISPR14-1. Equipment in accordance
S
with Clause 17 of IEC 60730-1, oscilloscope
Test apparatus in accordance with IEC60742 and other IEC
S
component standards
Refer to Annex H of IEC 60730-1
Refer to Annex H of IEC 60730-1
Voltmeter, ammeter, electric strength tester
R
Refer to Annex H of IEC 60730-1
-
Refer to IEC 60730-1
None
Common as described in Annex C of IEC 60730-1
Arc-tracking resistance apparatus
High voltage-arc resistance apparatus
Aging chambers, tensile tester, electric strength tester, flexural
strength tester, izod impact tester, flame test burner, insulation
resistance measuring apparatus, CTI testing apparatus, apparatus
for tests in Table D2 of IEC 60730-1.
Circuit apparatus according to Figure E1 of IEC 60730-1
None
R
R
R
NA
-
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EQUIPMENT
Clause
Measurement/testing
Annex G
Heat-Fire Resistance Tests
Annex H
H8
H11
H13
H17
H18
H21
H22
H23
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
H26
EMC requirements – immunity
H20
H27
H28
Annex J
Annex K
(informative)
Annex L
Annex M
(informative)
Annex N
May 2009
COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES
Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Needle flame apparatus, glow-wire test apparatus, PTI Test
apparatus
Refer to Annex H, sub-clauses below:
Leakage current meter, capacitance measuring instrument
Ammeter, voltmeter, chart recorder
Same as Clause 13 above
Thermal cycling test apparatus
Refer to Clause 18 above
Refer to Clause 20 above
Subcontracting
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
S
R
Abnormal Operation
Guide on use of electronic disconnection
Requirements for controls using thermistors
Refer to Clause 21 above
Refer to Clause 23 above
Oscilloscope, ammeter, voltmeter
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, programmable logic controllers or similar
equipment.
Voltmeter, ammeter, oscilloscope, temperature meter
None
Same which are used for clauses 8 through 28
Nominal voltages
None
-
Overvoltage categories
None
-
Typical usage
None
-
Pollution degree
None
-
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R
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Clause
Annex P
Annex Q
Measurement/testing
Printed circuit board coating
performance test
Printed circuit board coating
performance test
Annex R
Explanatory notes for surge immunity test
(informative)
Annex S
Guidance for applying Clause 20
(informative)
Annex T
Requirements for SELV and PELV
Requirements for relays when used as
Annex U
controls in IEC 60335 appliances
May 2009
COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES
Testing / measuring equipment / material needed
Subcontracting
Heating chamber, humidity chamber, environmental cycling chamber,
R
electric strength tester.
Freezing chamber, environmental cycling chamber, electric strength
R
tester, freezing chamber
None
-
None
-
None
R
3PPS
Same which are used for clauses 7 through 28
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