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a Date: 20 January 2009 Origin: International Latest date for receipt of comments: 30 April 2009 Project no.: 2008/03761 Responsible committee: GEL/20/17 Low voltage cables Interested committees: Title: Draft BS EN 60811-100 Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 100: General Supersession information: If this document is published as a standard, the UK implementation of it will supersede NONE and partially supersede. NONE If you are aware of a current national standard which may be affected, please notify the secretary (contact details below). WARNING: THIS IS A DRAFT AND MUST NOT BE REGARDED OR USED AS A BRITISH STANDARD. THIS DRAFT IS NOT CURRENT BEYOND 30 April 2009. This draft is issued to allow comments from interested parties; all comments will be given consideration prior to publication. No acknowledgement will normally be sent. See overleaf for information on commenting. 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Licensed Copy: London South Bank University, South Bank University, 02/02/2009 05:40, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI FORM CD (IEC) 2008-08-01 20/1010/CD COMMITTEE DRAFT (CD) IEC/TC or SC: TC 20 Project number IEC 60811-100 Ed. 1.0 Title of TC/SC: Electric cables Date of circulation 2009-01-16 Closing date for comments 2009-03-20* Also of interest to the following committees SC 18A, TC 46, SC 46A, SC 46C, SC 86A Supersedes document 20/998/MCR Proposed horizontal standard Other TC/SCs are requested to indicate their interest, if any, in this CD to the TC/SC secretary Functions concerned: Safety EMC Environment Quality assurance Secretary: H Myland (DE) THIS DOCUMENT IS STILL UNDER STUDY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. IT SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES. RECIPIENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT, WITH THEIR COMMENTS, NOTIFICATION OF ANY RELEVANT PATENT RIGHTS OF WHICH THEY ARE AWARE AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. Title: IEC 60811-100 Ed. 1.0: Electric and optical fibre cables Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 100: General (Titre) : Introductory note This CD has been developed by WG 17 of TC 20. It is circulated in accordance with the decision of TC 20 at its meeting in Rome on 16/17 October 2008 (20/1000/RM minute 9.1) Note that, in conjunction with advice from Central Office, the original (provisional) title has been improved. *NOTE: In accordance with SMB decision 133/16 (Sao Paulo, 2008) the secretary of IEC TC 2O has requested a period for comments of two months for this particular CD. Copyright © 2009 International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC. All rights reserved. It is permitted to download this electronic file, to make a copy and to print out the content for the sole purpose of preparing National Committee positions. You may not copy or “mirror“ the file or printed version of the document, or any part of it, for any other purpose without permission in writing from IEC. Licensed Copy: London South Bank University, South Bank University, 02/02/2009 05:40, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI 60811-100 Ed 1.0/CD © IEC 2 20/1010/CD CONTENTS FOREWORD.2 1 Scope.5 2 Normative references .5 3 Terms and definitions .5 4 Test values.5 5 Applicability6 6 Type tests and other tests 6 7 Test report6 Annex A (informative) Structure and content of IEC 60811.7 Licensed Copy: London South Bank University, South Bank University, 02/02/2009 05:40, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI 60811-100 Ed 1.0/CD © IEC 3 20/1010/CD INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ ELECTRIC AND OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES TEST METHODS FOR NON-METALLIC MATERIALS Part 100: General FOREWORD 1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. 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Use of the referenced publications is indispensable for the correct application of this publication. 9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. International Standard IEC 60811-100 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 20: Electric cables. It does not cancel or replace a specific part or clause in the existing series IEC 60811-1-1 to IEC 60811-5-1 inclusive, but it collects together the general matters that apply to each of the replacement parts. Full details of the replacements are shown in Annexes A and B. This revised series of IEC 60811 is based upon the principle of “one test one part” in addition, one significant technical change is made throughout with respect to the existing series of document, as follows: - A defined minimum scheme for the presentation of test reports is introduced. Licensed Copy: London South Bank University, South Bank University, 02/02/2009 05:40, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI 60811-100 Ed 1.0/CD © IEC 4 20/1010/CD The text of this standard is based on the following documents: FDIS Report on voting XX/XX/FDIS XX/XX/RVD Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on voting indicated in the above table. This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until the maintenance result date1) indicated on the IEC web site under “http:/webstore.iec.ch“ in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be reconfirmed, withdrawn, replaced by a revised edition, or amended. 1) The National Committees are requested to note that for this publication the maintenance result date is Licensed Copy: London South Bank University, South Bank University, 02/02/2009 05:40, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI 60811-100 Ed 1.0/CD © IEC 5 20/1010/CD ELECTRIC AND OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES TEST METHODS FOR NON-METALLIC MATERIALS Part 100: General 1 Scope IEC 60811 (series) specifies the test methods to be used for testing non-metallic materials of electric and optical fibre cables for energy, communication and control applications, including cables for ships and offshore applications. These test methods are intended to be referenced in standards for cable construction and for cable materials. Note: The non-metallic materials are typically used for insulating, sheathing, bedding, filling or taping within cables. This part 100 describes general requirements and considerations that are applicable to all the test methods given in the particular parts, unless otherwise specified. Each test method is contained in a separately numbered part of the standard. These respective parts are identified in Table A.1 of Annex A. The corresponding clauses in the previous edition of this standard are supplied for reference. Table A.2 of Annex A lists the clauses of the previous edition, to facilitate location of the corresponding part in the current edition. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies IEC 60050-461, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary. Part 461: Electric Cables. 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the definitions in IEC 60050-461 apply, together with the following: 3.1 median value when several test results have been obtained and ordered in an increasing (or decreasing) succession, the median value is the middle value if the number of available values is odd, and the mean of the two middle values if the number is even 4 Test values Full test conditions (such as temperatures, durations, etc.) and full test requirements are not specified in the particular parts of IEC 60811. It is intended that they should be specified by the standard dealing with the relevant type of cable. Any test requirements which are given in the particular parts of IEC 60811 may be modified by the relevant cable standard to suit the needs of a particular type of cable. Licensed Copy: London South Bank University, South Bank University, 02/02/2009 05:40, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI 60811-100 Ed 1.0/CD © IEC 6 20/1010/CD 5 Applicability Conditioning values and testing parameters are specified where appropriate for the most common types of insulating and sheathing compounds and of cables, wires and cords. 6 Type tests and other tests The test methods described in the particular parts of IEC 60811 are primarily intended to be used for type tests. In certain tests, where there are essential differences between the conditions for type tests and those for more frequent tests, such as routine tests, these differences are indicated. 7 Test report The test report shall contain the following