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International Standard IEC 61058‑1‑1 has been prepared by subcommittee 23J: Switches for appliances, of IEC technical committee 23: Electrical accessories.

The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS	Report on voting
23J/399/FDIS	23J/403/RVD

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

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

A list of all parts in the IEC 61058 series, published under the general title Switches for appliances, can be found on the IEC website.

This part of IEC 61058 is to be used in conjunction with IEC 61058‑1(2016).

This Part 1-1 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in IEC 61058‑1, so as to convert that publication into the IEC standard: Requirements for mechanical switches.

When a particular subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in this Part 1-1, that subclause applies as far as reasonable. Where this standard states “addition”, “modification” or “replacement”, the relevant text of Part 1 is to be adapted accordingly.

In this standard:

1) the following print types are used:
- – requirements proper: in roman type;
- – test specifications: in italic type;
- – notes/explanatory matters: in small roman type.
2) subclauses, notes, figures and tables which are additional to those in Part 1 are numbered starting from 101. Annexes which are additional to those in Part 1 are lettered AA, BB, etc.

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

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• withdrawn,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

BS EN 61058-1-1:2016

Switches for appliances - Requirements for mechanical switches

Current, Under Review

Published:

28 Feb 2019