IEC 60695-8-1:2008

March 2008

International standard Cancelled

Fire hazard testing - Part 8-1: Heat release - General guidance

IEC 60695-8-1:2008 provides guidance on the measurement and interpretation of heat release from electrotechnical products and materials from which they are constructed. Heat release data can be used as part of fire hazard assessment and in fire safety engineering, as described in the future IEC 60695-1-10 and the future IEC 60695-1-11. This basic safety publication is intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. Major changes with respect to the first edition are as follows:- editorial changes throughout,- revised terms and definitions,- new text concerning bomb calorimetry,- revised Table 1a,- new clause 5-Parameters used to report heat release data and introduction of intermediate scale fire test.

Main informations

Collections

International IEC standards

Thematics

QSE, Gestion des risques et SST, Sécurité

Publication date

March 2008

Number of pages

50 p.

Reference

IEC 60695-8-1:2008

ICS Codes

13.220.40 Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products

29.020 Electrical engineering in general

Print number

1 - avril 2008

Sumary

Fire hazard testing - Part 8-1: Heat release - General guidance

IEC 60695-8-1:2008 provides guidance on the measurement and interpretation of heat release from electrotechnical products and materials from which they are constructed. Heat release data can be used as part of fire hazard assessment and in fire safety engineering, as described in the future IEC 60695-1-10 and the future IEC 60695-1-11. This basic safety publication is intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. Major changes with respect to the first edition are as follows:
- editorial changes throughout,
- revised terms and definitions,
- new text concerning bomb calorimetry,
- revised Table 1a,
- new clause 5-Parameters used to report heat release data and introduction of intermediate scale fire test.

Replaced standards (1)

IEC 60695-8-1:2001

January 2001

International standard Cancelled

Fire hazard testing - Part 8-1: Heat release - General guidance

Provides guidance in the assessment of heat release from electrotechnical products and materials from which they are constructed. Heat release data can be used as part of fire hazard assessment and in fire safety engineering, as described in IEC 60695-1-1 Has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.

Standard replaced by (1)

IEC 60695-8-1:2016

November 2016

International standard Current

Fire hazard testing - Part 8-1: Heat release - General guidance

IEC 60695-8-1:2016 provides guidance on the measurement and interpretation of heat release from electrotechnical products and materials from which they are constructed. Heat release data can be used as part of fire hazard assessment and in fire safety engineering, as described in IEC 60695-1-11 and IEC 60695-1-12. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2008. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - a modified Introduction; - reference to IEC 60695-1-12; - updated normative references; - revised terms and definitions; - new text in 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 6.1 and 6.4, including several mandatory statements and - mandatory statements in a new Subclause 6.5. This standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60695-8-2. Key words: Fire Hazard, Heat Release, Fire Safety Engineering

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