IEC 60400:2017

FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirement
5 General conditions for tests
6 Electrical rating
7 Classification
8 Marking
9 Protection against electric shock
10 Terminals
11 Construction
12 Resistance to dust and moisture
13 Insulation resistance and electric strength
14 Endurance
15 Mechanical strength
16 Screws, current-carrying parts and connections
17 Creepage distances and clearances
18 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
19 Resistance to excessive residual stresses (season
   cracking) and to rusting
Annex A (normative) - Examples of lampholders
        covered by IEC 60400
Annex B (normative) - Season cracking/corrosion test
Annex C (informative) - Protection against electric
        shock - Explanatory details for the installation
        of lampholders according to 9.2
Annex D (informative) - Clauses containing new or
        more stringent requirements with respect to the
        previous edition
Bibliography

IEC 60400:2017 states the technical and dimensional requirements for lampholders for tubular fluorescent lamps and for starterholders, and the methods of test to be used in determining the safety and the fit of the lamps in the lampholders and the starters in the starterholders.
This eighth edition cancels and replaces the seventh edition published in 2008, Amendment 1:2011 and Amendment 2:2014. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- alignment with ISO/IEC drafting rules;
- renumbering of clauses, tables and figures.
This bilingual version (2017-12) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2017-06.
The French version of this standard has not been voted upon.