EN IEC 60695-6-2:2018

Fire hazard testing - Part 6-2: Smoke obscuration - Summary and relevance of test methods

EN IEC 60695-6-2:2018

Name:EN IEC 60695-6-2:2018   Standard name:Fire hazard testing - Part 6-2: Smoke obscuration - Summary and relevance of test methods
Standard number:EN IEC 60695-6-2:2018   language:English language
Release Date:20-Sep-2018   technical committee:CLC/SR 89 - Fire hazard testing
Drafting committee:IEC/TC 89 - IEC_TC_89   ICS number:13.220.99 - Other standards related to protection against fire

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2018
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 60695-6-2:2012
Preskušanje požarne ogroženosti - 6-2. del: Otemnitev dima - Povzetek in
relevantnost preskusnih metod (IEC 60695-6-2:2018)
Fire hazard testing - Part 6-2: Smoke obscuration - Summary and relevance of test
methods (IEC 60695-6-2:2018)
Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr - Teil 6-2: Sichtminderung durch Rauch -
Zusammenfassung und Anwendbarkeit von Prüfverfahren (IEC 60695-6-2:2018)
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu - Partie 6-2: Opacité des fumées - Résumé et
pertinence des méthodes d'essais (IEC 60695-6-2:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60695-6-2:2018
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60695-6-2

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2018
ICS 13.220.99; 29.020 Supersedes EN 60695-6-2:2011
English Version
Fire hazard testing - Part 6-2: Smoke obscuration -
Summary and relevance of test methods
(IEC 60695-6-2:2018)
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu -  Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr -
Partie 6-2: Opacité des fumées - Résumé et pertinence des Teil 6-2: Sichtminderung durch Rauch - Zusammenfassung
méthodes d'essais und Anwendbarkeit von Prüfverfahren
(IEC 60695-6-2:2018) (IEC 60695-6-2:2018)
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European foreword
The text of document 89/1399/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60695-6-2, prepared by IEC/TC 89 "Fire
hazard testing" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2019-04-10
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2021-07-10
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60695-6-2:2011.

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 60695-6-2:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60695-1-10 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60695-1-10.
IEC 60695-1-11 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60695-1-11.
ISO 5659-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 5659-2.
IEC 61034-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61034-1.
IEC 61034-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61034-2.
IEC 60332-3-10 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60332-3-10.
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 60695-6-1 -  Fire hazard testing - Part 6-1: Smoke EN 60695-6-1 -
obscuration - General guidance
ISO/IEC Guide 51 -  Safety aspects - Guidelines for their - -
inclusion in standards
IEC Guide 104 -  The preparation of safety publications and - -
the use of basic safety publications and
group safety publications
ISO 5660-1 2015 Reaction-to-fire tests - Heat release, - -
smoke production and mass loss rate -
Part-1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter
method) and smoke production rate
(dynamic measurement)
ISO 13943 2008 Fire safety - Vocabulary EN ISO 13943 2010
ISO 19706 2011 Guidelines for assessing the fire threat to - -
people
IEC 60695-6-2
Edition 2.0 2018-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION FONDAMENTALE DE SÉCURITÉ

Fire hazard testing –
Part 6-2: Smoke obscuration – Summary and relevance of test methods

Essais relatifs aux risques du feu –

Partie 6-2: Opacité des fumées – Résumé et pertinence des méthodes d'essais

INTERNATIONAL
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ICS 13.220.99; 29.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-5780-7

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Types of of test method . 11
4.1 General . 11
4.2 The physical fire model . 11
4.3 Static test methods . 12
4.4 Dynamic test methods . 12
5 Types of test specimen . 14
6 Published static test methods . 14
6.1 General . 14
6.2 Determination of smoke opacity in a 0,51 m chamber . 14
6.2.1 Standards which use a vertically oriented test specimen . 14
6.2.2 Standard which uses a horizontally oriented test specimen . 16
6.3 Determination of smoke density in a 27 m smoke chamber . 18
6.3.1 Standards . 18
6.3.2 Purpose and principle . 18
6.3.3 Test specimen . 18
6.3.4 Method . 18
6.3.5 Repeatability and reproducibility . 19
6.3.6 Relevance of test data and special observations. 19
7 Published dynamic test methods . 19
7.1 General . 19
7.2 Determination of smoke density generated by electric cables mounted on a
horizontal ladder . 20
7.2.1 Standards . 20
7.2.2 Purpose and principle . 20
7.2.3 Test specimen . 20
7.2.4 Method . 20
7.2.5 Repeatability and reproducibility . 20
7.2.6 Relevance of test data and special observations. 20
7.3 Determination of smoke generated by electrical cables mounted on a vertical

ladder . 20
7.3.1 ASTM and UL standards . 20
7.3.2 European standard . 21
7.4 Determination of smoke using a cone calorimeter . 23
7.4.1 Standards . 23
7.4.2 Purpose and principle . 23
7.4.3 Test specimen . 23
7.4.4 Method . 23
7.4.5 Repeatability and reproducibility . 24
7.4.6 Relevance of test data and special observations. 24
7.5 Determination of smoke generated by discrete (non-continuous) products . 24
7.5.1 Standards . 24

IEC 60695-6-2:2018 © IEC 2018 – 3 –
7.5.2 Purpose and principle . 24
7.5.3 Test specimen . 25
7.5.4 Method . 25
7.5.5 Repeatability and reproducibility . 25
7.5.6 Relevance of test data and special observations. 25
8 Overview of methods and relevance of data . 25
Annex A (informative) Repeatability and reproducibility data – NBS smoke chamber –
Interlaboratory tests from the French standard NF C20-902-1 and NF C20-902-2 . 28
Annex B (informative) Repeatability and reproducibility data – "Three metre cube"
smoke chamber – French interlaboratory tests according to IEC 61034-2 . 29
Annex C (informative) Repeatability and reproducibility data – NFPA 262 . 30
Bibliography . 31

Table 1 – Characteristics of fire stages (ISO 19706:2011) . 13
Table 2 – Overview of smoke test methods . 26
Table A.1 – Measurement of D . 28
m
Table B.1 – Measurement of transmission expressed as a percentage . 29
Table C.1 – Measurements of Peak Optical Density .
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