BS EN 60695-2-11:2014

What is BS EN 60695-2-11 – Fire hazard testing about? 

BS EN 60695-2-11 is an international standard that discusses the glow-wire flammability test method for end-products (GWEPT) for fire hazard testing. Glow wire testing is an example of the indirect flame method. Test results from applying these methods provide a way to compare the materials' tendency to resist ignition, self-extinguish flames (should ignition occur), and the ability to not spread or propagate fire via dripping. 

BS EN 60695-2-11 specifies a test method on an end product. It is intended to simulate the effects of thermal stresses produced by an electrically heated source to represent a fire hazard. This BS EN 60695-2-11 is used to check that, under defined test conditions, an end product exposed to an electrically heated source has either a limited ability to ignite or, if it ignites, a limited ability to propagate flame. 

Note: The fire hazard analysis, the flammability aspects and the flame spreading to other products are not covered by the present standard. 

Note: The requirements, test methods or test conditions of this basic safety publication will not apply unless specifically referred to or included in the relevant publications. 

Who is BS EN 60695-2-11 – Fire hazard testing for? 

BS EN 60695-2-11 on glow-wire flammability test methods for end products applies to: 

• Manufacturer of glow wire testing products 
• Quality testing personnel 
• Electrical engineers 

Why should you use BS EN 60695-2-11 – Fire hazard testing? 

Glow wire testing is an example of the indirect flame method. Test results from applying these methods provide a way to compare the materials' tendency to resist ignition, self-extinguish flames (should ignition occur), and the ability to not spread or propagate fire via dripping. 

BS EN 60695-2-11 provides you with a design of the electrotechnical product. As there is a probability of fire and the potential hazards associated with the fire, this product provides the objective within the design of a component, circuit, and product design, as well as the choice of the materials, is to reduce to acceptable levels the potential probability of fire during normal operating conditions, reasonably foreseeable abnormal use, malfunction, and/or failure. 

BS EN 60695-2-11 aims to include the minimization of any flame spread beyond the product’s enclosure and the minimization of harmful effects of fire effluents such as heat, smoke, toxicity and/or corrosivity. 

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