BS EN 60127-5:2017

What is BS EN 60127-5‒ Quality assessment of miniature fuses about? 

BS EN 60127-5 is the fifth part of an international multi-series standard that covers guidelines for good quality miniature fuses. 

BS EN 60127-5 gives guidance to carry out tests to verify the quality of miniature fuse-links that are other than type tests, for the case where there is no complete agreement between the user and the manufacturer about which tests should apply. 

BS EN 60127-5 provides guidelines and limits that are usually acceptable for quality control purposes by large-scale users and manufacturers of miniature fuse-links. It gives specifications like terms, definitions, lot-by-lot inspection as well as periodic inspection for miniature fuses. 

Note 1: BS EN 60127-5 has validity for large-scale series with lot sizes of 10000 and more. It is also applicable for smaller lot sizes, if necessary.  

Note 2:  The frequency of periodic in relation to lot-by-lot inspections is not established in BS EN 60127-5. 

Who is BS EN 60127-5‒ Quality assessment of miniature fuses for? 

BS EN 60127-5 on quality assessment of miniature fuses is useful for: 

• Manufacturers and suppliers of miniature fuses  
• Dealers and distributors of miniature fuses 
• Designers of miniature fuses 
• Test/ service providers for miniature fuses 

Why should you use BS EN 60127-5‒ Quality assessment of miniature fuses? 

Miniature fuses are tiny instruments that are relatively small in physical size but have a wide range of diverse applications. As these switches play a key role in the safety of several instruments, it’s essential to perform the quality assessment of miniature fuses, periodically. 

BS EN 60127-5 provides you with effective methods for checking the quality and efficiency of miniature fuses that are used in various applications. It gives you type tests that guide you to verify the performance aspects and thus serves the purpose of quality control of the miniature switches according to the requirements from the global standards. 

The users of BS EN 60127-5 also get recommendations as well as information for documents relating to miniature fuses so that, they have the same publication number in order to facilitate reference to fuses in other specifications, for example, equipment specifications, etc. 

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN 60127-5:2017 supersedes BS EN 60127-5:1991, which is withdrawn. BS EN 60127-5:2017 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous editions: 

• Addition of new tables in 4.3 
• Addition of new tables in Clause 5