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BRITISH STANDARD Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies Ð Part 2: Particular requirements for busbar trunking systems (busways) The European Standard EN 60439-2:2000 has the status of a British Standard ICS 29.130.20 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BS EN 60439-2:2000 IEC 60439-2:2000 BS EN 60439-2:2000 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 60439-2:2000 It is identical with IEC 60439-2:2000 It supersedes BS EN 60439-2:1993 which will be withdrawn on 2003-04-01 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PEL/17, Switchgear controlgear and HV-LV co-ordination, to Subcommittee PEL/17/3, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies, which has the responsibility to: Ð aid enquirers to understand the text; Ð present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary From January 1997, all IEC publications have the number 60000 added to the old number For instance, IEC 27-1 has been renumbered as IEC 60027-1 For a period of time during the change over from one numbering system to the other, publications may contain identifiers from both systems Cross-references Attention is drawn to the fact that CEN and CENELEC Standards normally include an annex which lists normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the ªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 34, an inside back cover and a back cover The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Electrotechnical Sector Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 September 2000 BSI 09-2000 ISBN 580 36401 Amendments issued since publication Amd No Date Comments Page EN 60439-2:2000 Page EN 60439-2:2000 &217(176 3DJH &ODXVH *HQHUDO 'HILQLWLRQV &ODVVLILFDWLRQRI $66(0%/,(6 (OHFWULFDOFKDUDFWHULVWLFVRI $66(0%/,(6 ,QIRUPDWLRQWREHJLYHQUHJDUGLQJWKH $66(0%/,(6 6HUYLFHFRQGLWLRQV 'HVLJQDQGFRQVWUXFWLRQ 7HVWVSHFLILFDWLRQV $QQH[- LQIRUPDWLYH 9ROWDJHGURSRIWKHV\VWHP $QQH[. 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