BS EN 50490:2008

BS EN 50490:2008 Electrical installations for lighting and beaconing of aerodromes. Technical requirements for aeronautical ground lighting control and monitoring systems. Units for selective switching and monitoring of individual lamps

BS EN 50490 is intended to give general minimum frame requirements for units that are independent of the technology used for switching and/or monitoring of individual or group of lamps in an AGL series circuit.

BS EN 50490 applies to the units that are directly electrically connected to the primary or secondary side of an

AGL series circuit and are needed to provide the selective switching and/or monitoring of lamps. It does not cover communication protocols and application procedures. It does no cover system aspects that influence the AGL operation.

Contents of BS EN 50490:

• Scope
• Normative references
• Definitions
• General requirements
• Electrical connections
• Enclosure for indoor units
• Enclosure for outdoor units
• Mechanical impact protection
• Earthing
• Service temperature and humidity
• Reliability
• Electrical characteristics
• Marking
• Functional requirements
• Switching
• Monitoring
• Type and routine tests
• General
• Type tests
• Routine tests
• Test descriptions
• Visual inspection
• Mechanical test
• Environmental tests
• Electrical test
• Protection level test
• EMC emission and immunity test
• Functional test
• Operational test
• Ingress protection test
• Annex ZZ (informative) Coverage of Essential Requirements of EC Directives
• Bibliography
• Type and routine tests