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GEL/89 - Fire hazard testing

Sector: Construction

Categories: Information technology. | Lightning protection | Electricity. Magnetism. Other | Electrical wires and cables. General | Components. Magnetic | Electroacoustics | Semiconductor devices. Other | Networking | Cables | Television and radio broadcasting | Plugs, socket-outlets, couplers | Laundry appliances | Piezoelectric devices | Electrical apparatus. Explosive atmospheres | Insulating oils | Fire protection. Other | IT applications. Transport and trade | Fire protection equipment | Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Audio systems | Nuclear power plants. Safety | Insulating materials. General | Dishwashers | Conduits | Testing. General | Fire Protection | Quantities and units | Home economics. General | Safety. Domestic | Solar energy engineering | Data link layer | Testing. Electrical and electronic | Industrial process measurement and control | Environment. Health protection. Safety | Electrical engineering | Fire Protection. General | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to IEC/TC89 in the areas of fire hazard assessment, fire safety engineering and terminology as related to electrotechnical products; Measurement of fire effluent (e.g. smoke, corrosivity, toxic gases and abnormal heat), and reviews of the state of the art of current test methods as related to electrotechnical products.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (6)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TS 60695-2-20:2021 Fire hazard testing. - Part 2-20: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Hot wire ignition coil test method - Apparatus, verification, test method and guidance

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Approval begins : 		Approval
PD IEC/TS 60695-2-20 Fire hazard testing. Part 2-20: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Hot wire coil test method - Apparatus, verification, test method and guidance

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 		Approval
PD IEC/TS 60695-2-15 Ed.1.0 Fire hazard testing. - Part 2-15: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Classification based on the results of the Glow-wire flammability test method for end products (GWEPT)

Categories: Unclassified documents

Public comment begins : 		Public comment
PD IEC/TR 60695-2-16 ED1 Fire hazard testing. Part 2-16 : Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Results of the round robin tests for the development of IEC 60695-2-10 Ed.4

Categories: Unclassified documents

Public comment begins : 		Public comment
BS IEC 60695-2-14 Ed.1.0 IEC TS 60695-2-14/Ed1: Fire hazard testing. - Part 2-14: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire ignition temperature test method for end products (GWITEP)

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General | Insulating materials. General

Public comment begins : 2018-10-22 		Public comment
BS EN IEC 60695-2-10 ED4 BS EN 60695-2-10 ED4 Fire hazard testing. Part 2-10: Glowing/Hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire apparatus andcommon test procedure

Categories: Fire Protection. General

Public comment begins : 2024-06-04 		Public comment
Published (36)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TS 60695-1-14:2017 Fire hazard testing. Guidance on the different levels of power and energy related to the probability of ignition and fire in low voltage electrotechnical products

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2018-01-04 		Published standard
PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2:2008 Fire hazard testing. Heat release. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2008-03-12 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 60695-5-2:2021 Fire hazard testing. Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Fire protection. Other | Testing. General | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2021-06-16 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 60695-2-21:2023 Fire hazard testing. Glowing/hot-wire based test methods. Fire containment test on finished units

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products

Published standard begins : 2023-07-05 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 60695-11-40:2021 Fire hazard testing. Test flames. Confirmatory tests. Guidance

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2021-07-09 		Published standard
DD IEC/TS 60695-8-3:2008 Fire hazard testing. Heat release. Heat release of insulating liquids used in electrotechnical products

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2008-07-30 		Published standard
DD IEC/TS 60695-7-51:2002 Fire hazard testing. Toxicity of fire effluent. Estimation of toxic potency. Calculation and interpretation of test results

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2002-09-12 		Published standard
BS EN IEC 60695-9-2:2021 Fire hazard testing. Surface spread of flame. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2021-11-05 		Published standard
BS EN IEC 60695-7-2:2021 Fire hazard testing. Toxicity of fire effluent. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2022-02-09 		Published standard
BS EN IEC 60695-6-2:2018 Fire hazard testing. Smoke obscuration. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Fire protection. Other | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2018-10-04 		Published standard
Withdrawn (53)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TR 60695-1-21:2008 Fire hazard testing. Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products. Ignitability. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2016-11-17 		Withdrawn
PD IEC TR 60695-7-2:2002 Fire hazard testing. Toxicity of fire effluent. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2011-11-01 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-9-2:2005 Fire hazard testing. Surface spread of flame. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Electrical engineering. General | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products

Withdrawn begins : 2014-04-28 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-7-3:2004 Fire hazard testing. Toxicity of fire effluent. Use and interpretation of test results

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2011-11-01 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-6-2:2005 Fire hazard testing. Smoke obscuration. Summary and relevance of test methods

Categories: Fire protection. Other | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2011-11-01 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-2-20:2004 Fire hazard testing. Glowing/hot wire based test methods. Hot-wire coil ignitability. Apparatus, test method and guidance

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2012-06-18 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-11-40:2002 Fire hazard testing. Test flames. Confirmatory tests. Guidance

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-07-09 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-11-4:2004 Fire hazard testing. Test flames. 50 W flame. Apparatus and confirmational test method

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2012-02-03 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-11-3:2004 Fire hazard testing. Test flames. 500 W flames. Apparatus and confirmational test methods

Categories: Electrical engineering. General | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products

Withdrawn begins : 2012-10-30 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 60695-1-20:2008 Fire hazard testing. Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products. Ignitability. General guidance

Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2016-05-18 		Withdrawn