PD IEC/TR 61916 is an international standard that covers general rules for electrical accessories.
PD IEC/TR 61916 is a technical report, that provides guidance on requirements and tests for subjects applicable to electrical accessories that are within the scope of IEC TC 23 and its subcommittees.
PD IEC/TR 61916 gives technical specifications such as general requirements, resistance to heat, screws, current-carrying parts, and connections (electrical and mechanical), resistance to abnormal heat and to fire, the resistance of insulating materials to tracking, resistance to rusting, legibility, durability, and indelibility of marking, mechanical strength, criteria for tests in accessory standards, etc., to harmonize the general rules for electrical accessories.
PD IEC/TR 61916 on general rules for electrical accessories, is useful for:
The components such as switch, holder, socket, plug-top, etc., known as electrical accessories, are used in domestic and industrial electrical wiring.
PD IEC/TR 61916 discusses the provisions to have harmonized general rules for the electrical accessories, in all the standards published by IEC TC 23 and its subcommittees. It helps you to give coordinated indications, to subcommittees while they are developing their standards.
PD IEC/TR 61916 gives you recommendations that can be used as guidelines for the standard designing and manufacturing of electrical accessories. It makes sure that the uniformity in the requirements of the electrical accessories, is maintained throughout all the users so that exact product information and hence the product is delivered.
PD IEC/TR 61916:2017 supersedes PD IEC/TR 61916:2014, which is withdrawn. PD IEC/TR 61916:2017 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
IEC TR 61916:2017