1.1.2 of EN 60950-1:2001 states "requirements additional to those specified in this standard may be necessary for .. equipment intended for use where ingress of water is possible; for guidance on such requirements and on relevant testing, see annex T." Annex T, which refers to IEC 60529, is informative, however.
IEC TC74, WG8, has an ad-hoc group working on requirements for outdoor equipment. I am a member of that group. I have to say that it will be some time before any new document is published. The lack of any specific requirements in the standard does not relieve you from the responsibility of producing a safe product. For our automated teller machines, I use the UL rain test to show that we prevent water ingress causing a hazard, rather than the requirements of IEC 60529, which in my opinion may show that a sealed box is watertight, but are inadequate for enclosures with openings where an extended test (one hour) is necessary to confirm that rain ingress does not cause a problem. Strictly speaking, the answer to your question is : - EN 60950 does not normative reference EN 60529 because EN 60950 is a clone of IEC 60950, which did not normative reference IEC 60529. Regards, John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Discovery Centre, 3 Fulton Road, Dundee, Scotland, DD2 4SW E-Mail :[email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. . -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 March 2002 20:00 To: [email protected] Subject: IP Rating and EN60950 I would like someone to explain to me why EN60950 does not normative reference EN60529. While the latter is referenced in the OJ, the scope of the standard seems to indicate that it is a basic standard to be referenced in product standards. The scope says, "It will remain the reponsibility of the individual Technical Committes to decide on the extent and manner in which the classification is used in their standards and to define 'enclosure' as it applies to their equipment. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
