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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60670-1:2006
SIST EN 60670-1:2006/A1:2013
SIST EN 60670-1:2006/IS1:2009
Škatle in ohišja za električno opremo za gospodinjstvo in podobne nepremične
električne inštalacije - 1. del: Splošne zahteve
Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household and similar fixed electrical
installations - Part 1: General requirements
Dosen und Gehäuse für Installationsgeräte für Haushalt und ähnliche ortsfeste
elektrische Installationen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
Boîtes et enveloppes pour appareillage électrique pour installations électriques fixes
pour usages domestiques et analogues - Partie 1: Exigences générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60670-1:2021
ICS:
29.120.99 Druga električna dodatna Other electrical accessories
oprema
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60670-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2021
ICS 29.120.10 Supersedes EN 60670-1:2005, EN 60670-
1:2005/IS1:2009 and all of its amendments and corrigenda
(if any)
English Version
Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household
and similar fixed electrical installations - Part 1: General
requirements
(IEC 60670-1:2015)
Boîtes et enveloppes pour appareillage électrique pour Dosen und Gehäuse für Installationsgeräte für Haushalt
installations électriques fixes pour usages domestiques et und ähnliche ortsfeste elektrische Installationen - Teil 1:
analogues - Partie 1: Exigences générales Allgemeine Anforderungen
(IEC 60670-1:2015) (IEC 60670-1:2015)
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Ref. No. EN IEC 60670-1:2021 E
European foreword
This document (EN IEC 60670-1:2021) consists of the text of IEC 60670-1:2015 prepared by SC 23B
"Plugs, socket-outlets and switches" of IEC/TC 23 "Electrical accessories".
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at (dop) 2021-10-16
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) 2023-04-09
the document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60670-1:2005 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
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.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60670-1:2015 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 60670 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60670 (series)
IEC 60670-21 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60670-21
IEC 60670-22 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60670-22
IEC 60670-23 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60670-23
IEC 60670-24 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60670-24
IEC 62444 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62444
ISO 1456 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 1456
ISO 2081 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 2081
IEC 60670-1
Edition 2.0 2015-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household and similar fixed
electrical installations –
Part 1: General requirements
Boîtes et enveloppes pour appareillage électrique pour installations électriques
fixes pour usages domestiques et analogues –
Partie 1: Exigences générales
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 29.120.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-2337-6
– 2 – IEC 60670-1:2015 © IEC 2015
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 General requirements . 11
5 General notes on tests . 11
6 Ratings . 11
7 Classification . 12
8 Marking . 13
9 Dimensions. 14
10 Protection against electric shock . 14
11 Provision for earthing . 15
11.1 Boxes and enclosures with exposed conductive parts . 15
11.2 Boxes and enclosures of insulating material classified according to 7.2.2.2
and 7.2.2.3 . 16
11.3 Boxes or enclosures with removable sides according to 7.1.2 . 17
11.4 Earthing terminal threads . 17
12 Construction . 18
12.1 General . 18
12.2 Lids, covers or cover-plates or parts of them . 18
12.2.1 General . 18
12.2.2 Screw-type fixing . 18
12.2.3 Non-screw-type fixing operable without the use of a tool or a key . 18
12.2.4 Non screw-type fixing operable with the use of a tool or a key . 24
12.3 Drain holes . 25
12.4 Mounting of enclosures . 25
12.5 Boxes and enclosures with inlets for flexible cables . 25
12.6 Boxes and enclosures with inlets for applications other than flexible cables . 25
12.7 Boxes and enclosures with a cable anchorage(s) . 26
12.8 Boxes and enclosures with cable retention means . 27
12.9 Knock-outs intended to be removed by mechanical impact . 28
12.9.1 General . 28
12.9.2 Knock-out retention . 28
12.9.3 Knock-out removal . 28
12.9.4 Flat surfaces surrounding knock-outs . 29
12.10 Screw fixings . 29
12.11 Fixing of boxes and enclosures classified according to 7.2.1 . 30
12.12 Fixing of flush type and semi-flush type boxes and enclosures classified
according to 7.2.2.1 . 33
12.13 Boxes and enclosures classified according to 7.2.2.2 and 7.2.2.3 . 34
12.13.1 General . 34
12.13.2 Boxes intended for mounting on a wood structural member of a wall . 35
12.13.3 Boxes intended for mounting to a wooden structural member of a ceiling . 35
12.13.4 Boxes intended for mounting to a steel-stud structural member of a wall . 35
IEC 60670-1:2015 © IEC 2015 – 3 –
12.13.5 Internal volume of boxes and enclosures classified according to 7.2.2.2
and 7.2.2.3 . 36
12.13.6 Boxes intended for mounting in a finished structure . 37
12.14 Cable gland entry . 37
12.15 Boxes and enclosures with inlets (outlets) or spouts (hubs) for conduits . 38
12.16 Internal volume of boxes and enclosures . 38
13 Resistance to ageing, protection against ingress of solid objects and against
harmful ingress of water . 39
13.1 Resistance to ageing . 39
13.2 Protection against the ingress of solid objects . 41
13.3 Protection against harmful ingress of water . 42
14 Insulation resistance and electric strength . 47
15 Mechanical strength . 49
15.1 General . 49
15.2 Impact test at low temperature . 49
15.3 Compression test . 50
15.4 Impact test for boxes and enclosures . 51
15.5 Compression test for enclosures made of natural or synthetic rubber or a
mixture of both . 56
16 Resistance to heat . 58
16.1 Parts of insulating material necessary to retain current-carrying parts . 58
16.2 Parts of insulating material not necessary to retain current-carrying parts . 59
16.3 Boxes and enclosures of insulating materials classified according to 7.2.2.2
or 7.2.2.3 . 59
16.3.1 Mechanical strength. 59
16.3.2 Parts of insulating material necessary to retain parts of the earthing
circuit . 60
17 Creepage distances, clearances and distances through sealing compound . 60
18 Resistance of insulating material to abnormal heat and fire . 61
19 Resistance to tracking .
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