BS EN IEC 62561-2:2018
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Lightning protection system components (LPSC) – Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2018 | 40 |
Part 2 of IEC 62561 specifies the requirements and tests for:
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metallic conductors (other than “natural” conductors) that form part of the air-termination and down-conductor systems,
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metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth-termination system.
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 2 | undefined |
| 8 | English CONTENTS |
| 10 | FOREWORD |
| 12 | INTRODUCTION |
| 13 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
| 15 | 4 Requirements 4.1 General 4.2 Documentation 4.3 Air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down-conductors |
| 16 | Tables Table 1 – Material, configuration and cross-sectional area of air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rodsg and down-conductors |
| 17 | 4.4 Earth electrodes 4.4.1 General 4.4.2 Earth rods 4.4.3 Couplers for earth rods Table 2 – Mechanical and electrical characteristics of air-terminationconductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods,down-conductors and earth electrodes |
| 18 | 4.4.4 Earth conductors and earth plates 4.5 Marking |
| 19 | Table 3 – Material, configuration and cross-sectionalarea of earth electrodes |
| 20 | 5 Tests 5.1 General conditions for tests 5.2 Conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods and earth electrodes (except earth rods) 5.2.1 General |
| 21 | 5.2.2 Test for thickness of coating Figures Figure 1 – Coating measurements around the circumferenceof a round conductor Figure 2 – Coating measurements of a plate conductor |
| 22 | 5.2.3 Bend and adhesion test for coated conductors 5.2.4 Environmental test for coated materials 5.2.5 Electrical resistivity test |
| 23 | 5.2.6 Tensile test 5.3 Earth rods 5.3.1 General 5.3.2 Test for thickness of coating on earth rods 5.3.3 Adhesion test |
| 24 | 5.3.4 Bend test Figure 3 – Typical test arrangement for adhesion test |
| 25 | 5.3.5 Environmental test for coated earth rods 5.3.6 Electrical resistivity test 5.3.7 Tensile strength test |
| 26 | 5.3.8 Test for yield/tensile ratio 5.4 Couplers for earth rods 5.4.1 General 5.4.2 Compression test by mechanical means Figure 4 – Definitions of upper yield strength ReH and tensile strength Rm |
| 27 | Figure 5 – Typical test arrangement for the compression test by mechanical means |
| 28 | 5.4.3 Environmental test 5.4.4 Electrical test 5.4.5 Tensile strength test 5.5 Marking test 5.5.1 General conditions for tests 5.5.2 Acceptance criteria |
| 29 | 6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) 7 Structure and content of the test report 7.1 General 7.2 Report identification 7.3 Specimen description |
| 30 | 7.4 Conductor 7.5 Standards and references 7.6 Test procedure 7.7 Testing equipment, description 7.8 Measuring instruments description 7.9 Results and parameters recorded 7.10 Statement of pass/fail |
| 31 | Annex A (normative)Environmental test for conductors, air-terminationrods and earth lead-in rods A.1 General A.2 Salt mist treatment A.3 Humid sulphurous atmosphere treatment A.4 Ammonia atmosphere treatment |
| 32 | Annex B (normative)Electrical test B.1 General B.2 Acceptance criteria Table B.1 – Lightning impulse current (Iimp)parameters |
| 33 | Annex C (normative)Requirements for conductors Table C.1 – Summary of requirements for various elements testedaccording to Table 1 and Table 2 |
| 34 | Annex D (normative)Requirements for earth electrodes Table D.1 – Summary of requirements for various elementstested according to Table 2 and Table 3 |
| 35 | Annex E (normative)Flow chart of tests for air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods, down-conductors, earth conductors and earth plates, see Figure E.1 Figure E.1 – Flow chart of tests for air-termination conductors, air-termination rods, earth lead-in rods, down-conductors, earth conductors and earth plates |
| 36 | Annex F (normative)Flow chart of tests for earth rods Figure F.1 – Flow chart of tests for earth rods |
| 37 | Annex G (normative)Flow chart of tests of couplers for earth rods Figure G.1 – Flow chart of tests of couplers for earth rods |
| 38 | Bibliography |
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