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AS/NZS 3760:2022
[Current]In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment and RCDs
AS/NZS 3760:2022 was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee EL 036 – In-service testing of electrical equipment to supersede AS/NZS 3760:2010 and its Amendment No. 1 (2011) and Amendment No. 2 (2012) on the 24th June 2023.This edition has undergone a complete revision.
Published: 24/06/2022
Pages: 43
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Foreword
Referenced documents
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.2 General
1.2.1 New equipment
1.2.1.1
1.2.1.2
1.2.2 In-service equipment
1.2.3 Fixed or stationary equipment
1.2.4 Hire equipment
1.2.4.1 Responsibility for hire equipment at the commencement of hire
1.2.4.2 Responsibility for hire equipment during hire
1.3 Interpretation
1.3.1
1.4 Definitions
2 Inspection and tests
2.1 General
2.2 Frequency of inspection and tests
2.3 Personnel
2.4 Inspection and testing
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Inspection
2.4.3 Testing
2.4.3.1 Earthing continuity
2.4.3.2 Testing of insulation
2.4.3.3 Testing of portable isolating transformers and power supplies
2.4.3.4 Test for operation of RCDs
2.4.3.5 Polarity of rewireable non-reversible connectors, rewireable plugs and rewireable cord extension sockets
2.4.3.6 Testing of portable generators
2.4.3.7 Testing of arc welders with exposed terminals
2.4.3.8 Testing of portable inverters
2.4.3.9 Testing of Class I equipment that is totally encapsulated
2.5 Action resulting from inspection and testing
2.5.1 Non-compliant equipment
2.5.2 Compliant equipment
2.5.2.1
2.5.2.2
2.6 Documentation
2.6.1
2.6.1.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
Appendix A
A.1 General
A.2 Principles of construction of electrical equipment
A.3 Functional earthing (FE)
A.4 Protective earthing
A.5 Insulation resistance
A.6 Test equipment
A.7 Documentation
Appendix B
B.1 General
B.1.1 Basic electrical principles
B.1.2 Circuit protection
B.1.3 Electrical safety
B.1.4 Inspection and testing to AS/NZS 3760
B.1.5 Applicable to jurisdictional regulations
Appendix C
C.1
C.2
C.3
C.4
C.5
Appendix D
D.1 General
D.2 Instrumentation
D.3 Test conditions
D.3.1
D.3.2
Appendix E
E.1 General
E.2 Instrumentation and method
E.2.1 Leakage current
E.2.1.1
E.2.1.2
E.2.2 Insulation resistance
E.3 Test conditions
E.3.1 Class I equipment – Live parts to accessible earthed parts
E.3.2 Class II equipment – Live parts to accessible metal parts
E.3.3 Cord sets, cord extension sets and EPODs
Appendix F
F.1 General
F.2 Instrumentation
F.3 Test conditions
Appendix G
G.1 General
G.2 Instrumentation
G.3 Test conditions
Appendix H
H.1 General
H.1.1
H.1.2 The following tests are not required by this standard:
H.2 Instrumentation
H.3 TEST CONDITIONS
H.3.1
H.3.2
Appendix J
J.1 General
J.2 Machine construction
Appendix K
K.1 General
K.2 Regulatory authorities
Amendment control sheet
AS/NZS 3760:2022
Amendment No. 1 (2022)
Revised text amendment
Cited references in this standard
Content history
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