This part of IEC 60352 is applicable to solderless crimped connections made with stranded wires of 0,05 mm² to 10 mm² cross-section or solid wires of 0,25 mm to 3,6 mm diameter and appropriately designed uninsulated or pre-insulated crimp barrels for use in telecom-munication equipment and in electronic devices employing similar techniques.

Information on the materials and data from industrial experience is included in addition to the test procedures to provide electrically stable connections under prescribed environmental conditions.

The object of this part of IEC 60352 is to determine the suitability of solderless crimped connections under specified mechanical, electrical and atmospheric conditions and to provide a means of comparing test results when the tools used to make the connections are of different designs or manufacture.