IEC 61010-2-010:2003

Applies only to electrically powered laboratory equipment for the heating of materials but excludes equipment for the heating and ventilation of laboratories and sterilizing equipment. Has the status of a group safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.

IEC 61010-2-010:2014 specifies safety requirements for electrically powered laboratory equipment for the heating of materials, where the heating of materials is one of the functions of the equipment. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2003. It constitutes a technical revision and includes the following significant changes from the second edition, as well as numerous other changes: - added a definition for HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM to Clause 3; - added a symbol for FLAMMABLE LIQUID to Table 1 in Clause 5; - added a requirement for instructions pertaining to ventilation in Clause 5; - modified the requirements for humidity preconditioning in Clause 6; - added requirements for equipment containing or using flammable liquids to Clause 9; - added requirements for over-temperature protection devices to Clause 10. It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 104. This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 61010-1:2010.