IEC 61010-1:1990

Applicable to electrical and electrically-operated measuring instruments such as direct-acting indicating instruments, direct-acting recording instruments, indirect-acting instruments and certain accessories used with these instruments. Applicable also to indicating and recording instruments containing electronic devices. Requirements intended to ensure reasonable personal protection and protection against damage to the surrounding area. Tests for the verification of compliance with these requirements. Special definitions.

Specifies general safety requirements for electrical equipment intended for professional, industrial process, and educational use. It applies to 4 main groups of equipment: (a) Electrical test and measurement equipment such as signal generators, measurement standards, power supplies, transducers, transmitters, etc. (b) Electrical control equipment to control specific values by manual setting, programming or by input variables. (c) Electrical laboratory equipment to measure, indicate, monitor or analyse substances, including in vitro diagnostic (IVD) equipment. (d) Accessories for use with the above (for example, sample handling equipment). It has the status of a group safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104. The contents of the corrigenda of May 2002 and April 2003 have been included in this copy.