EN IEC 60900:2018

Live working - Hand tools for use up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC

EN IEC 60900:2018

Name:EN IEC 60900:2018   Standard name:Live working - Hand tools for use up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC
Standard number:EN IEC 60900:2018   language:English language
Release Date:23-Aug-2018   technical committee:CLC/TC 78 - Equipment and tools for live working
Drafting committee:IEC/TC 78 - IEC_TC_78   ICS number:13.260 - Protection against electric shock. Live working

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Live working - Hand tools for use up to 1 000 V a.c. and 1 500 V d.c
Arbeiten unter Spannung - Handwerkzeuge zum Gebrauch bis AC 1 000 V und DC 1
500 V
Travaux sous tension - Outils à main pour usage jusqu'à 1 000 V en courant alternatif et
1 500 V en courant continu
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60900:2018
ICS:
13.260 9DUVWYRSUHGHOHNWULþQLP Protection against electric
XGDURP'HORSRGQDSHWRVWMR shock. Live working
25.140.01 5RþQDRURGMDQDVSORãQR Hand-held tools in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60900

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2018
ICS 13.260; 29.240.20; 29.260.99 Supersedes EN 60900:2012
English Version
Live working - Hand tools for use up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V
DC
(IEC 60900:2018)
Travaux sous tension - Outils à main pour usage jusqu'à 1 Arbeiten unter Spannung - Handwerkzeuge zum Gebrauch
000 V en courant alternatif et 1 500 V en courant continu bis AC 1 000 V und DC 1 500 V
(IEC 60900:2018) (IEC 60900:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-07-25. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
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Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60900:2018 E
European foreword
The text of document 78/1221/FDIS, future edition 4.0 of IEC 60900, prepared by IEC/TC 78 "Live
working" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2019-04-25
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2021-07-25
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60900:2012
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60900:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60743 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60743

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60060-1 -  High-voltage test techniques - Part 1: EN 60060-1 -
General definitions and test requirements
IEC 60212 -  Standard conditions for use prior to and EN 60212 -
during the testing of solid electrical
insulating materials
IEC 60417 -
Graphical symbols for use on equipment. - -
Index, survey and compilation of the single
sheets.
IEC 61318 -  Live working - Conformity assessment EN 61318 -
applicable to tools, devices and equipment
IEC 61477 -  Live working - Minimum requirements for EN 61477 -
the utilization of tools, devices and
equipment
ISO 1174-1 -  Assembly tools for screws and nuts - - -
Driving squares – Part 1: Driving squares
for hand socket tools
ISO 9654 -  Pliers and nippers for electronics - Single- - -
purpose nippers - Cutting nippers
ISO 9655 -  Pliers and nippers for electronics - Single- - -
purpose nippers - Pliers for gripping and
manipulating
ISO 9656 -  Pliers and nippers for electronics - Test - -
methods
ISO 9657 -  Pliers and nippers for electronics - General - -
technical requirements
IEC 60900
Edition 4.0 2018-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
Live working –
Hand tools for use up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC

Travaux sous tension –
Outils à main pour usage jusqu’à 1 000 V en courant alternatif et 1 500 V

en courant continu
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 13.260; 29.240.20; 29.260.99 ISBN 978-2-8322-5783-8

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Requirements . 9
4.1 General requirements . 9
4.1.1 Safety . 9
4.1.2 Performance under load . 10
4.1.3 Multiple-ended hand tools . 10
4.1.4 Marking . 10
4.1.5 Separating of covers . 11
4.1.6 Instructions for correct adjustment and assembly. 11
4.2 Requirements concerning insulating materials . 11
4.2.1 General . 11
4.2.2 Thermal stability . 12
4.3 Requirement concerning exposed conductive parts of hybrid tools . 12
4.4 Additional requirements . 12
4.4.1 Hand tools capable of being assembled . 12
4.4.2 Screwdrivers . 14
4.4.3 Spanners – un-insulated areas . 15
4.4.4 Adjustable spanners . 16
4.4.5 Pliers, strippers, cable scissors, cable-cutting hand tools . 17
4.4.6 Scissors . 21
4.4.7 Knives . 22
4.4.8 Tweezers . 23
5 Tests . 24
5.1 General . 24
5.2 Visual check . 25
5.3 Dimensional check . 25
5.4 Impact tests . 25
5.4.1 Type test . 25
5.4.2 Alternative methods in cases where hand tools have completed the
production phase . 28
5.5 Dielectric tests . 28
5.5.1 General requirements . 28
5.5.2 Conditioning (for type test only) . 29
5.5.3 Dielectric testing of insulated and hybrid hand tools . 29
5.5.4 Dielectric testing of insulating hand tools . 32
5.6 Indentation test (for insulated hand tools) . 33
5.6.1 Type test . 33
5.6.2 Alternative methods in cases where insulated hand tools have
completed the production phase . 34
5.7 Test for adhesion of the insulating material coating of insulated hand tools . 34
5.7.1 Conditioning . 34
5.7.2 Type test . 35

IEC 60900:2018 © IEC 2018 – 3 –
5.7.3 Alternative methods in cases where insulated hand tools have
completed the production phase . 40
5.8 Test of adhesion of exposed conductive parts at the working head of hybrid
hand tools . 41
5.8.1 Type test . 41
5.8.2 Alternative methods in cases where hybrid hand tools have completed
the production phase . 41
5.9 Mechanical tests . 41
5.9.1 Test of adhesion of insulating covers of conductive adjusting or
switching elements . 41
5.9.2 Insulated hand tools . 42
5.9.3 Insulating and hybrid hand tools . 42
5.9.4 Tweezers . 43
5.9.5 Retaining force test for tools capable of being assembled . 43
5.10 Durability of marking . 46
5.11 Flame retardancy test . 46
5.11.1 Type test . 46
5.11.2 Alternative methods in cases where hand tools have completed the
production phase . 47
6 Conformity assessment of hand tools having completed
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