PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2 is an international standard and a part of the PD IEC/TR 60695 series that discusses the test methods for summary and relevance for fire hazard testing. A fire hazard is a physical object or condition with a potential for an undesirable consequence from fire.
PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2 presents a summary of published test methods that are relevant to determining heat release for electrotechnical products. It represents the current state of the art of test methods and, where available, includes special observations on their relevance and use.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.
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.
PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2 on fire hazard testing applies to:
A fire hazard is a physical object or condition with a potential for an undesirable consequence from fire. Heat release is thermal energy that is produced in a fire or fire test.
PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2 provides you with the thermal energy which is released in a fire defined as the heat release rate. The heat release rate is important because it helps you in influencing flame spread and the initiation of secondary fires. Effective heat of combustion is heat released from a burning test specimen in a given time interval divided by the mass lost from the test specimen in the same period.
PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2 also provides the safety engineering for the fire which is an application of engineering methods based on scientific principles for the development or assessment of designs in the built environment through the analysis of specific fire scenarios or the quantification of risk for a group of fire scenarios.
With obedience and compliance to PD IEC/TR 60695-8-2, you can efficiently procure the test methods of heat release for fire hazard testing.
IEC TR 60695-8-2:2008