What is BS EN 61010-1 - Safety requirements for electrical equipment about?
BS EN 61010-1 is the first part of the multi-series standard that is applicable to electrical equipment. It details safety requirements for electrical equipment and reduces the hazards faced by electrical test, measurement, and process-control equipment and accessory operators.
BS EN 61010-1 intended to be used as a product safety standard for the products mentioned in the scope but shall also be used by technical committees in the preparation of their publications for products similar to those mentioned in the scope of this standard, in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and lSO/lEC Guide 51.
BS EN 61010-1 also applies to test equipment integrated into manufacturing processes and intended for testing manufactured devices.
Who is BS EN 61010-1 - Safety requirements for electrical equipment for?
- Electric equipment manufacturers
- Laboratories
- Suppliers of electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use
Why should you use BS EN 61010-1 - Safety requirements for electrical equipment?
BS EN 61010-1 specifies general safety requirements for the following types of equipment and accessories:
- Electrical test and measurement equipment
- Electrical industrial process-control equipment
- Electrical laboratory equipment
BS EN 61010-1 ensures that hazards to the user and surrounding area are reduced to a tolerable level. Particular hazards include:
- Electrical shock or burn
- Mechanical hazards
- Spread of fire from the equipment
- Excessive temperature
- Effects of fluids and fluid pressure
- Effects of radiation, including lasers sources and sonic and ultra-sonic pressure
- Liberated gasses, explosion and implosion
This helps the user to ensure that the design and methods of construction used provide adequate protection for hazards and the surrounding area, to reduce a tolerable level.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 61010-1:2010+A1:2019 supersedes BS EN 61010-1:1993 and BS EN 61010-1:2001, which will be withdrawn
This edition includes the following significant changes from EN 61010-1:2001, as well as numerous other changes.
- The scope of the standard has been expanded to include all locations where these products may be used so that both professional and non-professional versions of these products are within the scope
- The requirements for testing and measuring circuits (in various subclauses and the entirety of Clause 16) have been removed and included in a particular standard EN 61010-2-030
- Insulation requirements (6.7) have been completely rewritten
- Specific requirements have been added for solid insulation and thin-film insulation
- Subclause 6.7 now contains only the insulation requirements for MAINS CIRCUITS of OVERVOLTAGE CATEGORY II up to 300 V, and for secondary circuits
- The insulation requirements for all other circuits have been moved to a new Annex K
- Additional requirements for protection against mechanical HAZARDS (Clause 7) have been included
- Surface temperature limits (Clause 10) have been modified to conform to the limits of EN 563.
- Radiation requirements (Clause 12) have been modified, and take into account a distinction between intended emission and unintended emission
- Requirements for reasonably foreseeable misuse and ergonomic aspects have been added (Clause 16)
- A new clause (Clause 17) has been added to deal with HAZARDS and environments not covered by the standard, along with a new informative annex (Annex J) dealing with RISK assessment.
- A new informative annex (Annex E) addresses methods of reducing the POLLUTION DEGREE of a microenvironment
- Requirements for the qualification of coatings for protection against POLLUTION have been added (Annex H)
- A new informative annex (Annex I) has been added to further explain how to determine the WORKING VOLTAGE of a MAINS CIRCUIT
