BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 BSI Standards Publication Switches for appliances Part 2-5: Particular requirements for change-over selectors BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 61058-2-5:2011 It is identical to IEC 61058-2-5:2010 It supersedes BS EN 61058-2-5:1995, which will be withdrawn on January 2014 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee EPL/23, Switches for appliances and electronic equipment A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application © BSI 2011 ISBN 978 580 61446 ICS 29.120.40 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 May 2011 Amendments issued since publication Amd No Date Text affected BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61058-2-5 NORME EUROPÉENNE March 2011 EUROPÄISCHE NORM ICS 29.120.40 Supersedes EN 61058-2-5:1994 + A11:2002 English version Switches for appliances Part 2-5: Particular requirements for change-over selectors (IEC 61058-2-5:2010) Interrupteurs pour appareils Partie 2-5: Règles particulières pour les sélecteurs (CEI 61058-2-5:2010) Geräteschalter Teil 2-5: Besondere Anforderungen an Wahlschalter (IEC 61058-2-5:2010) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2011-01-03 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 Central Secretariat 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 under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels © 2011 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members Ref No EN 61058-2-5:2011 E BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 EN 61058-2-5:2011 -2- Foreword The text of document 23J/327/CDV, future edition of IEC 61058-2-5, prepared by SC 23J, Switches for appliances, of IEC TC 23, Electrical accessories, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61058-2-5 on 2011-01-03 This European Standard supersedes EN 61058-2-5:1994 + A11:2002 The main changes from EN 61058-2-5:1994 + A11:2002 are as follows: – scope; – abnormal operation and fault conditions for electronic switches; – components for electronic switches; – EMC requirements Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights CEN and CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights The following dates were fixed: – latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2011-10-03 – latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2014-01-03 This standard is to be read in conjunction with the EN 61058-1:2002, Switches for appliances – Part 1: General requirements, and its amendment (2008) This Part 2-5 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in EN 61058-1, so as to convert that publication into the EN standard: Particular requirements for change-over selectors When a particular subclause of Part is not mentioned in this Part 2-5, that subclause applies as far as reasonable Where this standard states “addition”, “modification” or “replacement”, the relevant text of Part is to be adapted accordingly In this standard: 1) the following print types are used: - requirements proper: in roman type; - test specifications: in italic type; - notes/explanatory matters: in small roman type 2) subclauses, notes, figures and tables which are additional to those in Part are numbered starting from 101 Annexes which are additional to those in Part are lettered AA, BB, etc -3- BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 EN 61058-2-5:2011 Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 61058-2-5:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 –2– 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 CONTENTS Scope Normative references Definitions General requirements General notes on tests 6 Rating Classification Marking and documentation Protection against electric shock 10 Provision for earthing 11 Terminals and terminations 12 Construction 13 Mechanism 14 Protection against solid foreign objects, ingress of, water, and humid conditions 15 Insulation resistance and dielectric strength 16 Heating 17 Endurance 18 Mechanical strength 19 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections 20 Clearances, creepage distances, solid insulation and coatings of rigid printed board assemblies 21 Resistance to heat and fire 22 Resistance to rusting 23 Abnormal operation and fault conditions for electronic switches 24 Components for electronic switches 25 EMC requirements 10 Table 101 – Change-over selector information BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 –5– SWITCHES FOR APPLIANCES – Part 2-5: Particular requirements for change-over selectors Scope Replacement: 1.1 This International Standard applies to change-over selectors (mechanical or electronic) for appliances actuated by hand, by foot or by other human activity, to operate or control electrical appliances and other equipment for household or similar purposes with a rated voltage not exceeding 480 V and a rated current not exceeding 63 A These change-over selectors are intended to be operated by a person, via an actuating member or by actuating a sensing unit The actuating member or sensing unit can be integral with or arranged separately, either physically or electrically, from the switch and may involve transmission of a signal, for example electrical, optical, acoustic or thermal, between the actuating member or sensing unit and the switch Change-over selectors which incorporate additional control functions governed by the switch function are within the scope of this standard This standard also covers the indirect actuation of the switch when the operation of the actuating member or sensing unit is provided by a remote control or a part of an appliance or equipment such as a door NOTE Electronic change-over selectors may be combined with mechanic al change-over selectors giving full disconnection or micro-disconnection NOTE Electronic change-over selectors without a mechanical switch in the supply circuit provide only electronic disconnection Therefore, the circuit on the load side is always considered to be live NOTE For change-over s electors used in tropical climates, additional requirements may be nec essary NOTE Attention is drawn to the fact that the standards for appliances may contain additional or alternative requirements for change-over selectors NOTE Throughout this standard, the word "appliance" means "applianc e or equipment" 1.2 This standard applies to change-over selectors intended to be incorporated in, on or with an appliance 1.3 This standard also applies to change-over selectors incorporating electronic devices Normative references This clause of Part is applicable Definitions This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: Addition: BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 –6– 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 3.3.101 change-over selector a device designed to carry, but not to make or break, current, used for changing the connections of one or more electric circuits General requirements This clause of Part is applicable General notes on tests This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: 5.5.1 to 5.5.3 are not applicable Addition: 5.5.101 For the tests of Clauses 13 to 18, specimens Nos to are used Rating This clause of Part is applicable Classification This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: 7.1.2 is not applicable Addition: 7.1.4.101 - 50 operating cycles; 7.1.7.101 - locked change-over selector; 7.1.7.102 - unlocked change-over selector; 7.1.7.103 - change-over selector actuated with a tool NOTE 101 Complex actuation of the actuating member (e.g by the subsequent actuation in at least two different directions to c omplete the operation of the switch) is regarded as being a locking means Marking and documentation This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: In Table 3, items Nos 4.5 to 4.7 and 4.16 to 4.17 are not applicable BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 –7– Addition: Table 101 – Change-over selector information M eans of information Characteristic of change-over selector No 101 TYPE OF CHANGE-OVER SELECTOR 101.1 Symbol for change-over s elector 8.3 Subclause Common type reference C.T Ma Unique type reference U.T Do Addition: Symbol for change-over selector, given as a box around the symbol for the number of operating cycles 1E3 Addition: 8.101 The different positions of the actuating member shall be clearly marked Compliance is checked by inspection Protection against electric shock This clause of Part is applicable 10 Provision for earthing This clause of Part is applicable 11 Terminals and terminations This clause of Part is applicable 12 Construction This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: 12.2.1 Addition at the end of Subclause 12.2.1: The locking means for the actuating member shall be fixed in such a way that it cannot be displaced or removed, except by use of a tool Addition: 12.2.101 A change-over selector shall be capable of carrying specified rated currents, and also carrying for a specified time currents under specified abnormal circuit conditions, such as those of short circuit BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 –8– 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 13 Mechanism This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: 13.1 is not applicable to change-over selectors classified according to 7.1.7.101 and 7.1.7.103 14 Protection against solid foreign objects, ingress of, water, and humid conditions This clause of Part is applicable 15 Insulation resistance and dielectric strength This clause of Part is applicable 16 Heating This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: For the test of Subclause 16.2.2 item j), the specimens are not subjected to the 20 operating cycles 17 Endurance This clause of Part is applicable except as follows: 17.2.1 and 17.2.3.4.1 to 17.2.4.9 are not applicable Addition: 17.101 Mechanical endurance tests Change-over selectors classified according to 7.1.4.1 to 7.1.4.6 are submitted to a mechanical endurance test The thermal and mechanical conditions are according to 17.2.2 and 17.2.3 During the test no electrical load is applied to the change-over selectors For change-over selectors with locking means (classified according to 7.1.7.101), the locking mechanism is also submitted to the mechanical endurance test This rest, however, may be made separately, and separate test specimens may be used Change-over selectors classified according to 7.1.4.7, 7.1.4.8 and 7.1.4.101 are submitted to a mechanical endurance test, and following this to a temperature cycling test according to 11.1.1.3.4 After the tests, the switch is deemed to comply if the conditions according to 17.2.5 are satisfied NOTE 101 11.1.1.3.4 For change-over selectors with screwless terminals, this test is carried out during the tests of BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 17.102 –9– Abnormal operation Unlocked change-over selectors (classified according to 7.1.7.102) shall have sufficient switching capacity under abnormal operation For unlocked change-over selectors intended for both a.c and d.c., compliance is checked by subjecting one set of test specimens to 10 cycles of operation at rated load having a cos φ = 0,6, and another set of test specimens to 10 cycles of operation at d.c rated non inductive load Other change-over selectors are tested with the relevant nature of supply The unlocked change-over selectors are actuated by hand at an ambient temperature of 25 °C ± 10 °C After the test, the switch is deemed to comply if – all actions function as declared; – the temperature rise at the terminals does not exceed 55 K when tested in accordance with 16.2, with the exception that the temperature rise test at the terminals is carried out at rated current 18 Mechanical strength This clause of Part is applicable 19 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections This clause of Part is applicable 20 Clearances, creepage distances, solid insulation and coatings of rigid printed board assemblies This clause of Part is applicable 21 Resistance to heat and fire This clause of Part is applicable 22 Resistance to rusting This clause of Part is applicable 23 Abnormal operation and fault conditions for electronic switches This clause of Part is applicable 24 Components for electronic switches This clause of Part is applicable BS EN 61058-2-5:2011 – 10 – 25 EMC requirements This clause of Part is applicable _ 61058-2-5 Ó IEC:2010 This page deliberately left blank NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards Institution (BSI) BSI is the national body responsible for preparing British Standards and other standards-related publications, information and services BSI is incorporated by Royal Charter British Standards and other standardization products are published by BSI Standards Limited About us Revisions We bring together business, industry, government, consumers, innovators and others to shape their combined experience and expertise into standards -based solutions Our British Standards and other publications are updated by amendment or revision The knowledge embodied in our standards has been carefully assembled in a dependable format and refined through our open consultation process Organizations of all sizes and across all sectors choose standards to help them achieve their goals Information on standards We can provide you with the knowledge that your organization needs to succeed Find out more about British Standards by visiting our website at bsigroup.com/standards or contacting our Customer Services team or Knowledge Centre Buying standards You can buy and download PDF versions of BSI publications, including British and adopted European and international standards, through our website at bsigroup.com/shop, where hard copies can also be purchased If you need international and foreign standards from other Standards Development Organizations, hard copies can be ordered from our Customer Services team Subscriptions Our range of subscription services are designed to make using standards easier for you For further information on our subscription products go to bsigroup.com/subscriptions With British Standards Online (BSOL) you’ll have instant access to over 55,000 British and adopted European and international standards from your desktop It’s available 24/7 and is refreshed daily so you’ll always be up to date You can keep in touch with standards developments and receive substantial discounts on the purchase price of standards, both in single copy and subscription format, by becoming a BSI Subscribing Member PLUS is an updating service exclusive to BSI Subscribing Members You will automatically receive the latest hard copy of your standards when they’re revised or replaced To find out more about becoming a BSI Subscribing Member and the benefits of membership, please visit bsigroup.com/shop With a Multi-User Network Licence (MUNL) you are able to host standards publications on your intranet Licences can cover as few or as many users as you wish With updates supplied as soon as they’re available, you can be sure your documentation is current For further information, email bsmusales@bsigroup.com BSI Group Headquarters 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL UK We continually improve the quality of our products and services to benefit your business If you find an inaccuracy or ambiguity within a British Standard or other BSI publication please inform the Knowledge Centre Copyright All the data, software and documentation set out in all British Standards and other BSI publications are the property of and copyrighted by BSI, or some person or entity that owns copyright in the information used (such as the international standardization bodies) and has formally licensed such information to BSI for commercial publication and use Except as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 no extract may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without prior written permission from BSI Details and advice can be obtained from the Copyright & Licensing Department Useful Contacts: Customer Services Tel: +44 845 086 9001 Email (orders): orders@bsigroup.com Email (enquiries): cservices@bsigroup.com Subscriptions Tel: +44 845 086 9001 Email: subscriptions@bsigroup.com Knowledge Centre Tel: +44 20 8996 7004 Email: knowledgecentre@bsigroup.com Copyright & Licensing Tel: +44 20 8996 7070 Email: copyright@bsigroup.com