IEEE 1478-2001
Standard for Environmental Conditions for Transit Rail Car Electronic Equipment

Standard No.

IEEE 1478-2001

Release Date

2001

Published By

IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers@ Inc.

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

IEEE 1478-2003

Latest

IEEE 1478-2013

Scope

This standard specifies baseline environmental conditions under which transit rail car electronic equipment shall both operate and/or survive. Special requirements anticipated for applications that have environmental conditions outside these baseline conditions are neither covered nor intended herein. Environmental conditions include: temperature@ humidity@ atmospheric pressure@ water@ corrosive elements@ and vibration/shock. These conditions depend upon equipment location such as under car@ interior@ truck mounted@ and carbody mounted.

IEEE 1478-2001 history

• 2013 IEEE 1478-2013 IEEE Standard for Environmental Conditions for Transit Railcar Electronic Equipment
• 2003 IEEE 1478-2003 Environmental conditions for transit rail car electronic equipment
• 2001 IEEE 1478-2001 Standard for Environmental Conditions for Transit Rail Car Electronic Equipment