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New Work Item Proposal - prEN IEC 61138:2026 - Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment

Source:
CENELEC
Committee:
GEL/20/17 - Electric Cables - Low voltage
Categories:
Information management | Standardization. General rules
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Scope

Applies to flexible cables with insulation based on ethylene propylene rubber (EPR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or silicone rubber (SiR) for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment. For this type of cable no rated voltage is given as such cables are exclusively intended for earthing and short-circuiting equipment. The particular types of cable and their code designations are specified in Clause 6 of this standard. The test methods specified in this standard are given in IEC 60227-2, IEC 60245-2, IEC 60811 and IEC 62230. The significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows: - extension of the scope to cover silicone rubber as an insulation material; - introduction of a new normative annex for clashing test

Purpose

TC20_Sec2174_Decisions+Actions_2026_June_17 Decision 7.TC 20 approved common modification for IEC 61138. 4.1

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