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IEC 61140

Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installations and equipment

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Organization: IEC
Publication Date: 1 January 2016
Status: active
Page Count: 116
ICS Code (Protection against electric shock. Live working): 13.260
ICS Code (Electricity supply systems): 91.140.50
ICS Code (Electrical engineering in general): 29.020
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This International Standard is a basic safety publication primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51.

It is not intended to be used as a stand-alone standard.

According to IEC Guide 104, technical committees, when preparing, amending, or revising their publications, are required to make use of any basic safety publication such as IEC 61140.

This International Standard applies to the protection of persons and livestock against electric shock. The intent is to give fundamental principles and requirements which are common to electrical installations, systems and equipment or necessary for their coordination, without limitations with regard to the magnitude of the voltage or current, or the type of current, and for frequencies up to 1 000 Hz.

Some clauses in this standard refer to low-voltage and high-voltage systems, installations and equipment. For the purposes of this standard, low-voltage is any rated voltage up to and including 1 000 V a.c. or 1 500 V d.c.. High voltage is any rated voltage exceeding 1 000 V a.c. or 1 500 V d.c..

It should be noted that, for an efficient design and selection of protective measures, the type of voltage that may occur and its waveform needs to be considered, i.e. a.c. or d.c. voltage, sinusoidal, transient, phase controlled, superimposed d.c., as well as a possible mixture of these forms. The installations or equipment may influence the waveform of the voltage, e.g. by inverters or converters. The currents flowing under normal operating conditions and under fault conditions depend on the described voltage.

Document History

IEC 61140
January 1, 2016
Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installations and equipment
This International Standard is a basic safety publication primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide...
September 1, 2009
Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installation and equipment
This International Standard applies to the protection of persons and animals against electric shock. It is intended to give fundamental principles and requirements which are common to electrical...
October 1, 2004
Amendment 1 Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installation and equipment
This International Standard applies to the protection of persons and animals against electric shock. It is intended to give fundamental principles and requirements which are common to electrical...
October 1, 2001
Protection Against Electric Shock - Common Aspects for Installation and Equipment
A description is not available for this item.
October 1, 2001
Protection Against Electric Shock - Common Aspects for Installation and Equipment
This International Standard applies to the protection of persons and animals against electric shock. It is intended to give fundamental principles and requirements which are common to electrical...
November 1, 1997
Protection Against Electric Shock - Common Aspects for Installation and Equipment
A description is not available for this item.
January 1, 1992
Protection Against Electric Shock Common Aspects for Installation and Equipment
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