Table of Contents

FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 General information on tests
6 Rating
7 Classification
8 Marking and documentation
9 Protection against electric shock
10 Provision for earthing
11 Terminals and terminations
12 Construction
13 Mechanism
14 Protection against ingress of 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 Fire hazard
22 Resistance to rusting
23 Abnormal operation and fault conditions for
   switches
24 Components for switches
25 EMC requirements
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications

Abstract

Pertains to mechanical switching devices and shall be used in conjunction with the requirements of IEC 61058-1.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	British Standards Institution
Pages
ISBN
Committee	PEL/23
Supersedes	13/30294870 DC : 0