IEC 60079-5:1997

IEC 60079-5:1997

April 1997
International standard Cancelled

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 5: Powder filling "q"

Contains the specific requirements for the construction, testing and marking of electrical apparatus, parts of electrical apparatus and Ex components in the type of protection powder filing "q", intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres of gas, vapour and mist.

Main informations

Collections

International IEC standards

Publication date

April 1997

Number of pages

25 p.

Reference

IEC 60079-5:1997

Print number

2 - 13/06/2005
Sumary
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres - Part 5: Powder filling "q"

Contains the specific requirements for the construction, testing and marking of electrical apparatus, parts of electrical apparatus and Ex components in the type of protection powder filing "q", intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres of gas, vapour and mist.
Replaced standards (1)
IEC 60079-5:1967
January 1967
International standard Cancelled
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres. Part 5: Sand-filled apparatus

Prescribes the constructional requirements to be met by the enclosures of electrical apparatus and filling materials; gives tests, a method of determining the minimum safety height and the marking of enclosures.

Standard replaced by (1)
IEC 60079-5:2007
March 2007
International standard Cancelled
Explosive atmospheres - Part 5: Equipment protection by powder filling "q"

Contains specific requirements for the construction, testing and marking of electrical equipment, parts of electrical equipment and Ex components in the type of protection powder filling "q", intended for use in explosive gas atmospheres. The significant changes with respect to the previous edition are: all requirements for third-party certification removed; requirements for external connections added; all requirements for cable glands deleted as they have been transferred to 60079-0; specific requirements for cells and batteries introduced; added relaxation requirements on required faults for fuse-protected equipment and added requirements for instructions.

Need to identify, monitor and decipher standards?

COBAZ is the simple and effective solution to meet the normative needs related to your activity, in France and abroad.

Available by subscription, CObaz is THE modular solution to compose according to your needs today and tomorrow. Quickly discover CObaz!

Request your free, no-obligation live demo

I discover COBAZ