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FORM CDV(IEC)2009-01-09 Registered trademark of the International Electrotechnical Commission 81/386/CDVCOMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE(CDV)PROJET DE COMIT POUR VOTE(CDV)Project number 62561-2 Ed.1.0 Numro de projet IEC/TC or SC:81 CEI/CE ou SC:Secretariat/Secrtariat Italy Submitted for parallel voting in CENELEC Soumis au vote parallle au CENELEC Date of circulation Date de diffusion 2010-12-03 Closing date for voting(Voting mandatory for P-members)Date de clture du vote(Vote obligatoire pour les membres(P)2011-05-06 Also of interest to the following committees Intresse galement les comits suivants SC 37A,TC 64,TC 77 Supersedes document Remplace le document 81/289/CD-81/300/CC Proposed horizontal standard Norme horizontale suggre Other TC/SCs are requested to indicate their interest,if any,in this CDV to the TC/SC secretary Les autres CE/SC sont requis dindiquer leur intrt,si ncessaire,dans ce CDV lintention du secrtaire du CE/SC Functions concerned Fonctions concernes Safety Scurit EMC CEM Environment Environnement Quality assurance Assurance qualit CE DOCUMENT EST TOUJOURS LTUDE ET SUSCEPTIBLE DE MODIFICATION.IL NE PEUT SERVIR DE RFRENCE.LES RCIPIENDAIRES DU PRSENT DOCUMENT SONT INVITS PRSENTER,AVEC LEURS OBSERVATIONS,LA NOTIFICATION DES DROITS DE PROPRIT DONT ILS AURAIENT VENTUELLEMENT CONNAISSANCE ET FOURNIR UNE DOCUMENTATION EXPLICATIVE.THIS DOCUMENT IS STILL UNDER STUDY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.IT SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.RECIPIENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT,WITH THEIR COMMENTS,NOTIFICATION OF ANY RELEVANT PATENT RIGHTS OF WHICH THEY ARE AWARE AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.Titre:Title:Lightning Protection System Components(LPSC)-Part 2:Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes Note dintroduction Introductory note ATTENTION VOTE PARALLLE CEI CENELEC Lattention des Comits nationaux de la CEI,membres du CENELEC,est attire sur le fait que ce projet de comit pour vote(CDV)de Norme internationale est soumis au vote parallle.Les membres du CENELEC sont invits voter via le systme de vote en ligne du CENELEC.ATTENTION IEC CENELEC PARALLEL VOTING The attention of IEC National Committees,members of CENELEC,is drawn to the fact that this Committee Draft for Vote(CDV)for an International Standard is submitted for parallel voting.The CENELEC members are invited to vote through the CENELEC online voting system.Copyright 2010 International Electrotechnical Commission,IEC.All rights reserved.It is permitted to download this electronic file,to make a copy and to print out the content for the sole purpose of preparing National Committee positions.You may not copy or mirror the file or printed version of the document,or any part of it,for any other purpose without permission in writing from IEC.62561-2 IEC:2010 2 81/386/CDV IEC 62561:Lightning Protection System Components(LPSC)Part 2:Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes (The content of this document is taken from the European Standard EN 50164-2)62561-2 IEC:2010 3 81/386/CDV Contents 1 Scope.5 2 Normative references.5 3 Terms and definitions.5 4 Requirements.7 4.1 Documentation.7 4.2 Air termination conductors,air termination rods and down conductors.7 4.3 Earth electrodes.9 4.4 Marking.10 5 Tests.13 5.1 General conditions for tests.13 5.2 Conductors,air termination rods and earth lead-in rods.13 5.3 Earth rods.15 5.4 Joints for earth rods.18 6 Electromagnetic compatibility(EMC).20 7 Structure and content of the test report.20 Table 1-Material,configuration and cross sectional area of air termination conductors,air termination rods,earth lead-in rods and down conductors.8 Table 2-Mechanical and electrical characteristics of air termination conductors,air termination rods,earth lead-in rods and down conductors.9 Table 3-Material,configuration and cross sectional area of earth electrodes.11 Table 4 Mechanical and electrical characteristics of earth electrodes.12 62561-2 IEC:2010 4 81/386/CDV INTRODUCTION This part of IEC 62561 deals with the requirements and tests for lightning protection system components(LPSC)used for the installation of a lightning protection system(LPS)designed and implemented according to IEC 62305 series of standards.IEC 62561 consists of the following parts,under the general title Lightning protection system components(LPSC):IEC 62561-1:Requirements for connection components IEC 62561-2:Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes IEC 62561-3:Requirements for isolating spark gaps(ISG)IEC 62561-4:Requirements for fasteners IEC 62561-5:Requirements for earth electrode inspection housings and earth electrode seals IEC 62561-6:Requirements for lightning strike counters(LSC)IEC 62561-7:Requirements for earth enhancing compounds 62561-2 IEC:2010 5 81/386/CDV 1 Scope This International Standard specifies the requirements and tests for-metallic conductors(other than“natural”conductors)that form part of the air termination system and down conductors,-metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth t