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BS 5622-2:1979

Superseded

Superseded

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Guide for insulation co-ordination Application guide

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-1979

Superseded date

15-04-1997

Superseded by

BS EN 60071-2:1997

$797.50
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Summarise this standard

National foreword
Cooperating organizations
Section one - Scope and reference to existing IEC
publications
1. Scope
2. Reference to existing IEC publications
Section two - Voltage stresses in service
3. General
4. Power-frequency voltages
5. Temporary overvoltages
6. Switching and lightning overvoltages
7. Determination of expected overvoltage levels
Section three - Insulation withstand
8. General
9. Insulation behaviour at power-frequency voltages
     and temporary overvoltages
10. Probability of disruptive discharge of insulation
     under impulse voltages
11. Apparatus with windings
Section four - Protective devices
12. General
13. Non-linear resistor-type surge arresters
14. Expulsion-type surge arresters
15. Spark gaps
16. Application of different protective devices
Section five - Coordination between stresses and
withstand considerations common to ranges A, B and C
17. Insulation design to power-frequency operating
     voltage and temporary overvoltages. Problems of
     pollution and ageing
18. Pollution
19. Ageing
Section six - Coordination between stresses and
withstand in voltage range A
20. Selection of the rated power-frequency withstand
     voltage
21. Selection of the rated lightning-impulse withstand
     voltage
Section seven - Coordination between stresses and
withstand in voltage range B
22. Selection of the rated power-frequency withstand
     voltage and the rated lightning-impulse withstand
     voltage
Section eight - Coordination between stresses and
withstand in voltage range C
23. Insulation design with respect to power-frequency
     voltage and temporary overvoltages
24. Insulation design with respect to switching and
     lightning overvoltages
25. Block-diagram of the insulation design and
     coordination of an electrical installation
Appendix A - Surge transference through transformers
Appendix B - Validity of the tests in Clauses 52, 53
             and 54 of IEC Publications 71-1
Appendix C - Statistical evaluation of the protective
             effect of spark gaps
Appendix D - Examples of application
Appendix E - Clearances in air between live conductive
             parts and earthed structures to secure a
             specified impulse withstand voltage for
             dry conditions
Tables
Figures

Guidance for national and economical solutions rather than strict rules for insulation coordination. Deals with the selection of the electric strength of equipment, of surge arresters or protective spark gaps, and considers the extent to which control of switching overvoltages may be useful.

Committee
PEL/99
DevelopmentNote
AMD 7533 implements HD 540.2 S1
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
86
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
IEC 60071-2:1976 Identical
UNE-EN 62373:2006 Identical
UNE-EN ISO 7823-2:2003 Identical

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