IEC 60695-1-10:2016
Fire hazard testing - Part 1-10: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - General guidelines

Standard No.

IEC 60695-1-10:2016

Release Date

2016

Published By

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Latest

IEC 60695-1-10:2016

Replace

IEC 89/1341/FDIS:2016 IEC 60695-1-10:2009

Scope

This part of IEC 60695-1 provides general guidance with respect to fire hazard testing on how to reduce to a tolerable level the risk of fire and the potential effects of fires involving electrotechnical products. It also serves as a signpost standard to the other guidance publications in the IEC 60695 series. It does not give guidance on the use of fire-resistant compartment boundaries or on the use of detection and suppression systems for the mitigation of fire risk. It describes the relationship between fire risk and the potential effects of fire, and provides guidance to IEC product committees on the applicability of qualitative and quantitative fire tests to the fire hazard assessment of electrotechnical products. Details of the calculation of fire risk are not included in the scope of this document. It emphasises the importance of the scenario approach to fire hazard and risk assessment and discusses criteria intended to ensure the development of technically sound hazard-based fire test methods. It discusses the different types of fire tests, in particular the nature of qualitative and quantitative fire tests. It also describes the circumstances under which it is appropriate for IEC product committees to maintain or develop qualitative fire tests. This standard is intended as guidance to IEC committees, and is to be used with respect to their individual applications. This basic safety publication is intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications. The requirements, test methods or test conditions of this basic safety publication will not apply unless specifically referred to or included in the relevant publications.

IEC 60695-1-10:2016 Referenced Document

• IEC 60079-0:2011 Explosive atmospheres - Part 0: Equipment - General requirements
• IEC 60695-1-11:2014 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-11: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Fire hazard assessment
• IEC 60695-1-12:2015 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-12: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Fire safety engineering
• IEC 60695-1-30:2008 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-30: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Preselection testing process - General guidelines
• IEC 60695-4:2012 Fire hazard testing - Part 4: Terminology concerning fire tests for electrotechnical products
• IEC GUIDE 104:2010 The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic safety publications and group safety publications (Edition 4.0)
• ISO 13943:2008 Fire safety - Vocabulary
• ISO/IEC GUIDE 51:2014 Safety aspects - Guidelines for their inclusion in standards

IEC 60695-1-10:2016 history

• 0000 IEC 60695-1-10:2016 RLV
• 2009 IEC 60695-1-10:2009 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-10: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - General guidelines