BS EN 60695-1-30:2017

What is BS EN 60695-1-30‒Fire hazard preselection testing about? 

BS EN 60695-1-30 is a part of an international standard that covers safety guidelines for fire hazard testing.  

BS EN 60695-1-30 provides guidance for assessing and choosing candidate materials, components, or sub-assemblies for making an end product based upon preselection testing.  

BS EN 60695-1-30 is a safety publication that is intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51. 

Who is BS EN 60695-1-30‒Fire hazard preselection testing for? 

BS EN 60695-1-30 on fire hazard preselection testing is useful for: 

• Firefighting companies 
• Test /service providers for fire hazard testing 
• Firefighting colleges 

Why should you use BS EN 60695-1-30‒Fire hazard preselection testing? 

The risk of fire and the potential hazards associated with fire are essential factors that need to be considered while designing any electrotechnical product. Preselection is an important procedure for assessing and choosing materials, components, or subassemblies for electrotechnical products.  

BS EN 60695-1-30 describes the procedure of preselection that provides you with comparative fire hazard test methods to evaluate the performance of a test specimen. It showcases the uses of preselection such as selection of materials, parts, components, and sub-assemblies during the design stage of an electrotechnical product. 

BS EN 60695-1-30 further describes the standardized test methods that may be used as one part in the decision-making processes directed to minimize the fire hazards from electrotechnical equipment. It takes into account the desired reaction to fire properties of the end product and the possible effects of environmental conditions on the behavior of the end product. 

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN 60695-1-30:2017 supersedes BS EN 60695‑1‑30:2008, which is withdrawn. BS EN 60695-1-30:2017 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:  

• Reference to IEC 60695-1-12, modified Introduction, updated and additional normative references 
• Updated and additional terms and definitions, updated text, with a requirement and normative reference to IEC 60695-1-10, IEC 60695-1-11, and IEC 60695-1-12 
• Clause 5: modified text, Annex A: updated references with additions and deletions 
• Annex B: Examples of materials used in attended appliances replaces the previous example of an ITE product, bibliographic references updated