What is BS EN 50069 about?
BS EN 50069 covers the requirements for the design, construction, testing, inspection, and certification of gas-filled enclosures for use specifically in high-voltage switchgear and control gear, or for associated gas-filled equipment.
BS EN 50069 applies to welded composite enclosures and wrought aluminium alloys. These enclosures are pressurized with dry air, inert gases, for example sulphur hexafluoride or nitrogen or a mixture of such gases, used in indoor and outdoor installations of high-voltage switchgear and control-gear with rated voltages above 1kV, where the gas is used principally for its dielectric and/or arc-quenching properties.
BS EN 50069 also covers enclosures of pressurized components such as the centre chamber of live tank switchgear, gas-insulated current transformers, etc.
Who is BS EN 50069 for?
BS EN 50069 on high-voltage switchgear and control gear is useful for:
BS EN 50069:2018 history
2018BS EN 50069:2018 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear. Gas-filled welded composite enclosures of cast and wrought aluminium alloys
1991BS EN 50069:1991+A1:1993 Specification for welded composite enclosures of cast and wrought aluminium alloys for gas-filled high- voltage switchgear and controlgear