IEC_60898-1-2015.pdf

IEC 60898-1 Edition 2.0 2015-03 INTER NA TIONAL STA NDA R D Elect rical accessories Circuit-break ers for ov ercurrent prot ection for household and similar inst allat ions Part 1:Circuit-breakers for a.c.operat ion IEC 60898-1:2015-03(en)International Electrotechnical Commission THIS PUBLICA TION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2015 IEC,Geneva,Switzerland All rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no par t of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any for m or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and microfilm,without per mission in writing fr om either IEC or IECs member National Committee in the country of the requester.If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional r ights to this publication,please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further infor mation.IEC Centr al Office Tel.:+41 22 919 02 11 3,rue de Varemb Fax:+41 22 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 infoiec.ch Switzerland www.iec.ch About t he IEC The International Electr otechnical Commission(IEC)is the leading global organization that prepar es and publishes Inter national Standards for all electr ical,electronic and related technologies.A bout IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC.Please make sur e that you have the latest edition,a cor rigenda or an amendment might have been published.IEC Cat alogue-webstore.iec.ch/cat alogue The stand-alone application for consulting the entire bibliographical information on IEC International Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical R eports and other documents.A v ailable for PC,Mac OS,A ndroid Tablets and iPad.IEC publications search-w w w.iec.ch/searchpub The adv anced search enables to find IEC publications by a variety of criteria(reference number,text,technical committee,).It also gives information on projec ts,replaced and withdrawn publications.IEC Just Published-webstore.iec.ch/justpublished Stay up to date on all new IEC publications.Just Published details all new publications released.A v ailable online and also once a month by email.Elect ropedia-w w w.elect ropedia.org The worlds leading online dic tionary of elec tronic and electrical terms containing more than 30 000 terms and definitions in English and French,with equiv alent terms in 15 additional languages.Also known as the International Elec trotechnical Vocabulary (IEV)online.IEC Glossar y-st d.iec.ch/glossar y More than 60 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of IEC publications issued since 2002.Some entries hav e been collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37,77,86 and CISPR.IEC Customer Service Cent re-webstore.iec.ch/csc If y ou wish to giv e us y our feedback on this publication or need further assistance,please contact the Customer Serv ice Centre:csciec.ch.International Electrotechnical Commission IEC 60898-1 Edit ion 2.0 2015-03 INTER NA TIONAL STA NDA R D Elect rical accessories Circuit-break ers for ov ercurrent prot ect ion for household and similar installations Part 1:Circuit-breakers for a.c.operat ion INTERNATIONA L ELECTROTECHNICA L COMMISSION ICS 29.120.50 ISBN 978-2-8322-2422-9 R egist er ed tr ademar k of t he Int er national Electr ot echnical Commission W arning!Make sure that y ou obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.International Electrotechnical Commission 2 IEC 60898-1:2015 IEC 2015 CONTENTS FOREWORD.9 1 Scope.11 2 Normative references.12 3 Terms and definitions.13 3.1 Devices.13 3.2 General terms.14 3.3 Constructional elements.16 3.4 Conditions of operation.18 3.5 Characteristic quantities.19 3.6 Definitions related to insulation co-ordination.23 4 Classification.25 4.1 General.25 4.2 According to the number of poles:.25 4.3 According to the protection against external influences:.26 4.4 According to the method of mounting:.26 4.5 According to the methods of connection.26 4.5.1 According to the fixation system:.26 4.5.2 According to the type of terminals:.26 4.6 According to the instantaneous tripping current(see 3.5.17).26 4.7 According to the I2t characteristic.26 5 Characteristics of circuit-breakers.26 5.1 List of characteristics.26 5.2 Rated quantities.27 5.2.1 Rated voltages.27 5.2.2 Rated current(In).27 5.2.3 Rated frequency.27 5.2.4 Rated short-circuit capacity(Icn).28 5.2.5 Rated making and breaking capacity of an individual pole(Icn1).28 5.3 Standard and preferred values.28 5.3.1 Preferred values of rated voltage.28 5.3.2 Preferred values of rated current.29 5.3.3 Standard values of rated frequency.29 5.3.4 Values of rated short-circuit capacity.29 5.3.5 Standard ranges of instantaneous tripping.30 5.3.6 Standard values of rated impulse withstand voltage(Uimp).30 6 Marking and other product information.30 7 Standard conditions for operation in service.32 7.1 General.32 7.2 Ambient air temperature range.32 7.3 Altitude.32 7