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AS/NZS 3100:2022
[Current]Approval and test specification — General requirements for electrical equipment
AS/NZS 3100:2022 specifies the general safety requirements for, or with respect to, equipment (including fittings, accessories, appliances and apparatus) of classes and types that are used in, or intended for use in, or in connection with, electrical installations in buildings, structures, and premises. It is not applicable to an appliance within the scope of AS/NZS 60335.1 or a part 2 of this Standard, except where an approval and test specification makes reference to this Standard. Guidelines covering design and testing of electrical equipment to ensure safety and protection against electric shock, including the principles and application of double insulation, are contained in Annex D. Users of this Standard may find it helpful to study Annex D before reading the main body of this Standard.
Published: 24/06/2022
Pages: 100
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope, application and referenced documents
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
2 Definitions
General
3 Design and construction
3.1 General
3.2 Equipment to be suitable for conditions of use
3.3 Selection of materials and parts
3.4 Selection of components
3.5 Workmanship
3.6 Fuses
3.6.1 Accessibility and shrouding
3.6.2 Mounting
3.7 Identification of wiring
3.8 Regulating devices and switches
3.8.1 Fixing and mounting
3.8.2 Visual indications of positions
3.8.3 Voltage and current limitation
3.8.4 Switches for transportable machinery
3.8.5 Switches
3.8.6 Electronic regulating devices and switches
3.9 Socket-outlets
3.10 Equipment intended to be supported by contacts of socket-outlets
3.11 Static charge in equipment
3.12 Control methods
3.13 Stability
3.14 Equipment connected to supply by a plug
3.15 Capacitors
3.16 Varistors
3.17 Incorporated power supplies
3.17.1 General
3.17.2 Single fault conditions
3.17.3 Temperature consideration
3.17.4 Over voltage category
3.17.5 Capacitors bridging reinforced insulation
3.17.6 Determination of ignitibility and combustion propagation
4 Protection against mechanical and electrical failure
4.1 Prevention of short-circuit and arcing
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Segregation of internal wiring
4.1.3 Creepage distances and clearances for appliances
4.1.4 Additional requirements for appliances
4.1.4.1 General
4.1.4.2 Printed circuit boards
4.1.4.3 Distances through insulation
4.1.4.4 Insulation in sheet form
4.1.4.5 Supplementary insulation and reinforced insulation
4.2 Mechanical protection of conductors and cables
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Adjacent material
4.2.3 Passage for conductors
4.2.4 Protection near moving parts
4.2.5 Unprotected conductors with fibrous insulation
4.3 Terminals and connecting facilities for supply conductors
4.3.1 Connecting facilities required
4.3.2 Design and construction of terminals
4.3.3 Location of terminals
4.3.4 Terminal arrangements
4.3.5 Soldered connections
4.3.6 Prevention of slipping or spreading of conductors
4.3.7 Earthing conductors
4.3.8 Conductors and terminals not to be stressed
4.3.9 Temperature at terminals
4.3.10 Access to terminal devices
4.4 Flexible cord and connecting plug
4.4.1 When required
4.4.2 Warning notice
4.5 Supply connection and external flexible cables and cords
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Provision for entry of flexible cord
4.5.3 Cord anchorage
4.5.4 Protection of supply flexible cord
4.5.5 Interconnection cables and cords
4.6 Joints and connections
4.6.1 Joints and insulation
4.6.2 Soldered joints
4.6.3 Limitations of soldered joints
4.6.4 Joints and connections in lighting fittings
4.6.5 Solderless joints
4.6.6 Cascading of adaptors
4.7 Strength of screw threads and fixings
4.8 Space-threaded and thread-cutting screws
4.9 Direct connection to fixed wiring
4.10 Mechanical strength
4.11 Degree of protection (IP classification)
4.12 Equipment incorporating batteries
5 Protection against risk of electric shock
5.1 Guarding of live parts
5.1.1 Class II construction
5.2 Insulation of live parts
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Separation of live parts from non-current-carrying conductive parts
5.2.3 Equipment wiring
5.2.3.1 General requirements
5.2.3.2 Specific requirements – PVC insulation
5.2.3.3 Specific requirements – fibrous insulation
5.2.4 Arrangement of equipment wiring
5.3 Earthing facilities
5.3.1 Exposed metal parts to have means of earthing
5.3.2 Method of making the earth connection
5.3.3 Design and construction of earthing terminal
5.3.4 Resistance of earthing connection
5.3.5 Printed conductors
5.4 Equipment with double insulation
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Supplementary insulation
5.4.3 Basic insulation
5.4.4 Reinforced insulation
5.4.5 External metal parts
5.4.6 Detachable covers
5.4.7 Arrangement of equipment wiring
5.4.8 Insulation of internal wiring
5.4.9 Openings in external metal walls
5.4.10 Radio interference suppression devices
5.5 Extra-low voltage equipment
5.6 Switches in portable heating appliances
5.7 Temperature rises for components and insulating material
5.8 Fault-indicating devices
5.9 Fixing of handles, knobs, or the like
6 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
6.1 General
6.2 Resistance to heat
6.3 Resistance to fire
6.4 Resistance to tracking
7 Marking
7.1 Information to be marked
7.2 Method of marking
7.3 Double marking
7.4 Marking of earth connections
7.5 Marking of class II equipment
7.6 Marking of live supply connections
7.7 Additional marking of multi-rated equipment
7.8 Equipment with type X, type Y and type Z attachments
7.9 Legibility of marking
7.10 Instructions for installation and use
8 Tests
8.1 General
8.2 Void
8.3 Insulation resistance and leakage current
8.3.1 Insulation resistance
8.3.2 Leakage current test
8.4 High voltage (electric strength) test
8.4.1 Between live parts
8.4.2 Equipment with earthing facilities
8.4.3 Equipment with double insulation
8.4.4 Non-conducting external parts
8.4.5 Method of applying test
8.4.6 Number of samples
8.5 Test of earthing connection
8.6 Cord anchorage
8.7 Test for screw threads and fixings (See Clause 4.7)
8.7.1 Threaded fastenings of metal in metal or thermosetting plastic or wood, or the like
8.7.2 Threaded fastenings with any component of thermoplastic material
8.8 Mechanical strength test
8.8.1 General
8.8.2 Procedure
8.8.3 Criteria
8.9 Standard electrodes for electric strength tests
8.10 Standard test finger and protective impedance
8.10.1 General
8.10.2 Design and construction
8.10.3 Method of use
8.10.4 Protective impedance
8.11 Temperature measurements
8.11.1 Methods of measurement
8.11.2 Thermometer method
8.11.3 Thermocouple method
8.11.4 Increase-of-resistance method
8.11.5 Measurement of ambient temperature
8.11.6 Maximum temperature rise
8.12 Temperature and fire risk test
8.13 Test of marking
8.14 Stability test
8.15 Abnormal operation
8.15.1 General
8.15.2 Heating equipment test
8.15.3 Locked-rotor test
8.15.4 Equipment with three-phase motors
8.15.5 Running overload test
8.15.6 Equipment for short-time or intermittent operation
8.15.7 Equipment with series motors
8.15.8 Equipment incorporating electronic components
8.15.9 Equipment incorporating Varistors
8.15.10 Test results
Annex A
SECTION 6 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking and temperature of surfaces to be handled
A6.1 Resistance to fire
A6.1.1 General requirements for compliance of solid insulating materials and non-metallic enclosures
A6.1.2 Materials and tests
A6.1.3 Glow-wire tests on relevant parts
A6.1.4 Glow–wire tests on retaining parts
A6.1.5 Consequential needle flame test
A6.1.6 Needle flame tests on printed circuit boards
A6.1.7 Needle-flame test method
A6.2 Resistance to heat
A6.3 Temperatures of surfaces to be handled
A6.4 Resistance to tracking
Annex B
B.1 Introduction
B.2 Resistance to heat test
B.3 Resistance to fire tests
B.3.1 General
B.3.2 Materials and tests
B.3.3 Glow-wire test
B.3.4 Needle-flame test
B.4 Resistance to tracking test
Annex C
Annex D
D.1 The risk of electric shock
D.2 Protection of live parts
D.3 Earthing of class I equipment
D.4 Monitored earthing connections
D.5 Insulation-encased class II construction
D.6 Metal-encased class II construction
D.6.1 Principles of double insulation
D.6.2 Design of metal-encased Class II equipment
D.6.3 Methods of achieving double insulation
D.6.4 Connection to the power supply
D.7 Classification of the tests involved
D.7.1 General
D.7.2 Type tests
D.7.3 Surveillance tests
D.7.4 Production tests
D.8 Requirements for routine tests
D.8.1 General
D.8.2 Effectiveness of insulation
D.8.3 Continuity of earthing of Class I equipment
D.8.4 Assembly of cord anchorage and terminal connections
D.8.5 Correct position of wiring and components
D.8.6 Correct functioning of the equipment
D.8.7 Selection of tests
D.8.8 Segregation of defective products
D.9 Production test equipment
Annex E
Annex F
F.1 General
F.2 Test specimen
F.3 Test apparatus
F.4 Test method
F.5 Tests results
Annex G
SECTION ONE – GENERAL
1.5 Terms and defintions
1.5.3 This subclause is applicable.
1.5.4 This subclause is applicable.
1.6 Marking
SECTION THREE – ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
3.4 Approval testing
3.4.3.2 Tests
SECTION FOUR – TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES
4.1 Visual examination and check of dimensions
4.2 Electrical tests
4.12 Damp heat, steady-state
4.13 Impulse voltage
4.14 Endurance
4.14.7 Add:
4.17 Passive flammability test
4.18 Active flammability test
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Electric cables — Glass fibre insulated — For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1 (1.2) kV
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