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Abstract

Specifies procedures for electrical and mechanical tests on insulators of ceramic material or glass for use on a.c. overhead power and traction lines with a nominal voltage greater than 100 Hz. This Standard applies to insulator strings and sets. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from IEC 60383-2:1993.
RECONFIRMATION NOTICE
Technical Committee EL-010 has reviewed the content of this publication and in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation, it has been determined that the publication is still valid and does not require change.
Certain documents referenced in the publication may have been amended since the original date of publication. Users are advised to ensure that they are using the latest versions of such documents as appropriate, unless advised otherwise in this Reconfirmation Notice.
Approved for reconfirmation in accordance with Standards Australia procedures for reconfirmation on 18 November 2015.
Approved for reconfirmation in New Zealand on behalf of the Standards Council of New Zealand on 18 May 2016.
The following are represented on Technical Committee EL-010:
Australian Industry Group
Electricity Engineers Association (New Zealand)
Energy Networks Association

Scope

This part of IEC 383 applies to insulator strings and insulator sets comprising string insulator units of ceramic material or glass for use on a.c. overhead power lines with a nominal voltage greater than 1 000 V and a frequency not greater than 100 Hz. This part of IEC 383 also applies to insulator strings and insulator sets for use on d.c. overhead electric traction lines. This part of IEC 383 also applies to insulator strings and insulator sets of similar design when used in substations. It may be regarded as a provisional standard for insulator strings and insulator sets for use on d.c. overhead power lines and for composite insulator sets. The object of this part of IEC 383 is to prescribe standard electrical test procedures and acceptance criteria to verify the defined characteristics of insulator strings and insulator sets falling within the scope of the part of IEC 383. These tests and characteristics are intended to give a common base to designers, users and suppliers of overhead lines, insulators and line equipment when definition, evaluation or verification of the electrical characteristics of such equipment is required.
These tests are not intended to be mandatory tests on insulators whether supplied individually or as strings or as sets.
NOTES
1 Tests on string insulator units are dealt with in IEC 383-1. Tests on composite insulators are dealt with in IEC 1109.
2 This part does not include artificial pollution or radio-interference tests. These subjects and relevant test methods are dealt with in the following IEC reports:
IEC 437: Report û radio interference test on high-voltage insulators.
IEC 507: Report û artificial pollution tests on high-voltage insulators to be used on a.c. systems.
3 Power arc tests are currently under study.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 10/06/2016. This standard has been reconfirmed in Australia in 2016 and remains current in New Zealand. Reconfirmation Notice 10/06/2016
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ISBN
Committee	EL-010
Supersedes	DR 98051 DR 98050