IEC 60364 Electrical Installations for Buildings

IEC 60364 Electrical Installations for Buildings is the International Electro technical Commission's international standard on electrical installations of buildings. This standard is an attempt to harmonize national wiring standards in an IEC standard. The latest versions of many European wiring regulations (e.g., BS 7671 in the UK) follow the section structure of IEC 60364 very closely, but contain additional language to cater for historic national practice and to simplify field use and determination of compliance by electrical tradesmen and inspectors. National codes and site guides are meant to attain the common objectives of IEC 60364, and provide rules in a form that allows for guidance of persons installing and inspecting electrical systems.

The standard has several parts:

 

Part 1: Fundamental principles, assessment of general characteristics, definitions

Part 4: Protection for safety

Section 41: Protection against electric shock

Section 42: Protection against thermal effects

Section 43: Protection against overcurrent

Section 44: Protection against voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances

Part 5: Selection and erection of electrical equipment

Section 51: Common rules

Section 52: Wiring systems

Section 53: Isolation, switching and control

Section 54: Earthing arrangements, protective conductors and protective bonding conductors

Section 55: Other equipment

Section 56: Safety services

Part 6: Verification

Part 7: Requirements for special installations or locations

Section 701: Electrical installations in bathrooms

Section 702: Swimming pools and other basins

Section 703: Rooms and cabins containing sauna heaters

Section 704: Construction and demolition site installations

Section 705: Electrical installations of agricultural and horticultural premises

Section 706: Restrictive conductive locations

Section 708: Electrical installations in caravan parks and caravans

Section 709: Marinas and pleasure craft

Section 710: Medical locations

Section 712: Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems

Section 713: Furniture

Section 714: External lighting

Section 715: Extra-low-voltage lighting installations

Section 717: Mobile or transportable units

Section 740: Temporary electrical installations for structures, amusement devices and booths at fairgrounds, amusement parks and circuses

 

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