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PEL/42 - Testing techniques for high voltages and currents

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Switchgear and controlgear. High voltage | Measurement. Time, velocity, acceleration, angular velocity | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic | Body care equipment | Hospital equipment | Radiation protection | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Measurement. Radiation | Industrial automation systems. General | Testing. Environmental | Pollution, pollution control and conservation | IT applications. Industry | Safety. Domestic | Testing. Electrical and electronic | Small kitchen appliances | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to IEC/TC 42 for standards for high-voltage testing techniques including standards for high-voltage a.c,d.c. and impulse tests and high-current impulse tests.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (13)
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 63579 Ed.1.0 Atmospheric and altitude correction

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-08-01
Drafting
PD IEC/TS 62478 Ed.2.0 High voltage test techniques - Measurement of partial discharges by electromagnetic and acoustic methods

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-07-16
Drafting
BS EN IEC 62475 ED.2 BS EN IEC 62475 ED2 High-current test techniques - Definitions and requirements for test currents and measuring systems

Categories: Testing. Electrical and electronic

Public comment begins : 2021-01-26
Public comment
BS EN 63405 Ed.1.0 High-voltage test techniques - Dielectric loss measurements PROPOSED HORIZONTAL STANDARD

Categories: Switchgear and controlgear. High voltage

Public comment begins : 2025-07-22
Public comment
BS EN 61083-4 Ed.1.0 Instruments and software used for measurements in high-voltage and high-current tests. - Part 4: Requirements for software for tests with alternating and direct currents and voltages "Proposed Horizontal Standard"

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities

Public comment begins : 2023-09-08
Public comment
BS EN 61083-3 Amd.1 Ed.1.0 Amendment 1 - Instruments and software used for measurement in high-voltage and high-current tests. Part 3: Requirements for hardware for tests with alternating and direct voltages and currents

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-09-05
Drafting
BS EN 61083-2 Ed.3.0 Instruments and software used for measurement in high-voltage and high-current tests. Part 2: Requirements for software for tests with impulse voltages and currents

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-11-11
Drafting
BS EN 61083-2 Amd.1 Ed.2.0 Amendment 1 - Instruments and software used for measurement in high-voltage and high-current tests. - Part 2: Requirements for software for tests with impulse voltages and currents - PROPOSED HORIZONTAL STANDARD

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Drafting begins : 2023-03-14
Drafting
BS EN 60270:2025 High-voltage test techniques. Charge-based measurement of partial discharges

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Approval begins : 2025-02-19
Approval
BS EN 60060-3 Ed.2.0 High-voltage test techniques. Part 3: Definitions and requirements for on-site testing

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-11-05
Drafting
Published (12)
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 62478:2016 High voltage test techniques. Measurement of partial discharges by electromagnetic and acoustic methods

Categories: Measurement. Time, velocity, acceleration, angular velocity | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2016-09-07
Published standard
BS EN IEC 61083-3:2021 Instruments and software used for measurement in high-voltage and high-current tests. Requirements for hardware for tests with alternating and direct voltages and currents

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2021-01-22
Published standard
BS EN IEC 60060-2:2025 High-voltage test techniques. Measuring systems

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2025-06-11
Published standard
BS EN IEC 60060-1:2025 High-voltage test techniques. General terminology and test requirements

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2025-06-10
Published standard
BS EN 62475:2010 High-current test techniques. Definitions and requirements for test currents and measuring systems

Categories: Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2010-12-21
Published standard
BS EN 61180:2016 High-voltage test techniques for low-voltage equipment. Definitions, test and procedure requirements, test equipment

Categories: Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2016-11-08
Published standard
BS EN 61083-2:2013 Instruments and software used for measurement in high-voltage and high-current tests. Requirements for software for tests with impulse voltages and currents

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2013-07-17
Published standard
BS EN 61083-1:2001, IEC 61083-1:2001 Digital recorders for measurements in high-voltage impulse tests. Requirements for instruments

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Published standard begins : 2001-09-19
Published standard
BS EN 60761-3:2004 Equipment for continuous monitoring of radioactivity in gaseous. Specific requirements for radioactive noble gas monitors

Categories: Radiation protection | Measurement. Radiation

Published standard begins : 2002-12-05
Published standard
BS EN 60270:2001+A1:2016 High-voltage test techniques. Partial discharge measurements

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2016-04-15
Published standard
Withdrawn (4)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS EN 61083-2:1997 Digital recorders for measurements in high-voltage impulse tests. Evaluation of software used for the determination of the parameters of impulse waveforms

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities

Withdrawn begins : 2013-07-17
Withdrawn
BS EN 60270:2001, IEC 60270:2000 High-voltage test techniques. Partial discharge measurements

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic | Electrical engineering. General

Withdrawn begins : 2016-04-15
Withdrawn
BS EN 60060-2:2011 High-voltage test techniques. Measuring systems

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Withdrawn begins : 2025-06-11
Withdrawn
BS EN 60060-1:2010 High-voltage test techniques. General definitions and test requirements

Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Testing. Electrical and electronic

Withdrawn begins : 2025-06-10
Withdrawn