National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN IEC 60598‑2‑1:2021. It is identical to IEC 60598‑2‑1:2020. It supersedes BS 4533‑102.1:1990, which will be withdrawn on 7 May 2024.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CPL/34/4, Luminaires.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

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This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

This publication has been prepared under a mandate given to the European Standards Organizations by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association and is intended to support essential requirements of the EU legislation detailed in the European foreword. Annex ZA/ZZ describes how the publication relates to the legislation.

For the Great Britain market (England, Scotland and Wales), if the UK Government has designated this publication for conformity with UKCA marking legislation and has not amended the essential requirements of that legislation, Annex ZA/ZZ and any references to EU law in the publication should be read in accordance with the designation as applying to UK legislation in the same way as to EU law. Further information on designated standards can be found at www.bsigroup.com/standardsandregulation.

For the Northern Ireland market, UK law will continue to implement relevant EU law subject to periodic confirmation. References to EU legislation are therefore still valid.

More information on legislation can be found at www.gov.uk.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 May 2021.

FOREWORD

1)	The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications, Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by agreement between the two organizations.
2)	The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all interested IEC National Committees.
3)	IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any misinterpretation by any end user.
4)	In order to promote international uniformity, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC Publications transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in the latter.
5)	IEC itself does not provide any attestation of conformity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity assessment services and, in some areas, access to IEC marks of conformity. IEC is not responsible for any services carried out by independent certification bodies.
6)	All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.
7)	No liability shall attach to IEC or its directors, employees, servants or agents including individual experts and members of its technical committees and IEC National Committees for any personal injury, property damage or other damage of any nature whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, or for costs (including legal fees) and expenses arising out of the publication, use of, or reliance upon, this IEC Publication or any other IEC Publications.
8)	Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9)	Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

International Standard IEC 60598‑2‑1 has been prepared by subcommittee 34D: Luminaires, of IEC technical committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1979 and Amendment 1:1987. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following technical changes with respect to the previous edition (there are no major technical changes, see Annex A):

the scope has been modified to be in line with Part 1 to include all electric light sources,
references to Part 1 have been updated.

The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the report on voting indicated in the above table.

This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

A list of all parts in the IEC 60598 series, published under the general title Luminaires can be found on the IEC website.

This Part 2-1 is to be used in conjunction with the latest edition of IEC 60598‑1 and its amendment(s). It was established on the basis of the eighth edition (2014) and Amendment 1 (2017) of that standard.

NOTE 1 When “Part 1” is mentioned in this document, it refers to IEC 60598‑1.

NOTE 2 In this document, the following print type is used:

compliance statements: in italic type

The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific document. At this date, the document will be

reconfirmed,
withdrawn,
replaced by a revised edition, or
amended.

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2020-03-03. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European foreword

The text of document 34D/1511/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60598‑2‑1, prepared by SC 34D "Luminaires" of IEC/TC 34 "Lighting" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60598‑2‑1:2021.

The following dates are fixed:

This document supersedes EN 60598‑2‑1:1989 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this document.

Endorsement notice

The text of the International Standard IEC 60598‑2‑1:2020 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification.

1.1 Scope

This part of IEC 60598 specifies requirements for fixed general purpose luminaires for use with electric light sources on supply voltages not exceeding 1 000 V.

1.2 Normative references

1.3 Terms and definitions

1.4 General test requirements

1.5 Classification of luminaires

1.6 Marking

1.7 Const ruction

1.8 Creepage distances and clearances

1.9 Provision for earthing

1.10 Terminals

1.11 External and internal wiring

1.12 Protection against electric shock

1.13 Endurance tests and thermal tests

1.14 Resistance to dust, solid objects and moisture

1.15 Insulation resistance and electric strength, touch current and protective conductor current

1.16 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking

BS EN IEC 60598-2-1:2021

Luminaires - Particular requirements. Fixed general purpose luminaires

Current

Published:

31 May 2021