1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationLightning Protection SystemComponents (LPSC) Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodesBS EN 62561-2:2012National forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementa
2、tion of EN 62561-2:2012. It wasderived from IEC 62561-2:2012. It supersedes BS EN 50164-2:2008,which will be withdrawn on 16 March 2015.The CENELEC common modifications have been implemented at the appropriate places in the text and are indicated by tags (e.g. ).The UK participation in its preparati
3、on was entrusted to Technical CommitteeGEL/81, Protection against lightning.A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of acontract. Users are responsible for its correct a
4、pplication. The British Standards Institution 2012 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2012 ISBN 978 0 580 61126 1 ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and
5、 Strategy Committee on 31 July 2012.Amendments issued since publicationAmd. No. Date Text affectedBRITISH STANDARDBS EN 62561-2:2012EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62561-2 NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM June 2012 CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comit Europen de Normalisation El
6、ectrotechnique Europisches Komitee fr Elektrotechnische Normung Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels 2012 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 62561-2:2012 E ICS 29.020; 91.120.40 Supersedes EN 50164-2
7、:2008English version Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes (IEC 62561-2:2012, modified) Composants des systmes de protectioncontre la foudre (CSPF) -Partie 2: Exigences pour les conducteurset les lectrodes de terre(CEI 62561-2:2012,
8、modifie) Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) -Teil 2: Anforderungen an Leiter und Erder(IEC 62561-2:2012, modifiziert) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2012-03-16. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving th
9、is 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 offic
10、ial 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 electrotechn
11、ical 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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switz
12、erland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 62561-2:2012EN 62561-2:2012 - 2 - Foreword The text of document 81/417/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62561-2, prepared by IEC/TC 81, “Lightning protection“, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 62561-2:2012. A draft
13、 amendment, which covers common modifications to IEC 62561-2 (81/417/FDIS), was prepared by CLC/TC 81X “Lightning protection“ and approved by CENELEC. The following dates are fixed: latest date by which this document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national sta
14、ndard or by endorsement (dop) 2013-03-16 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with this document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2015-03-16 This document supersedes EN 50164-2:2008. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of p
15、atent rights. CENELEC and/or CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes which are additional to those in IEC 62561-2:2012 are prefixed “Z”. Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 6256
16、1-2:2012 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard with agreed common modifications. BS EN 62561-2:2012- 3 - EN 62561-2:2012 COMMON MODIFICATIONS Whole document Replace all references to IEC 62305 by references to EN 62305. Replace all references to IEC 62561 by references to EN 62561. 4 Requir
17、ements Under 4.3, Table 1, footnote g, replace “IEC 60228“ by “EN 60228“. Under 4.5, Table 3, footnote i, replace “IEC 60228“ by “EN 60228“. 5 Tests Under 5.2.5.1, 1stline, replace “ISO 6892-1” by “EN ISO 6892-1”. Under 5.2.5.1, 3rdline, replace “as per D.1 of ISO 6892-1:2009” by “as per D.1 of EN I
18、SO 6892-1:2009“. Annexes Annex A (normative) Environmental test for conductors, air termination rods and earth lead-in rods In A.1, replace twice “IEC 60068-2-52:1996“ by “EN 60068-2-52:1996“. BS EN 62561-2:2012EN 62561-2:2012 - 4 - Add the following new annexes: Annex ZA (normative) Normative refer
19、ences to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the la
20、test edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. NOTE Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies. Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60068-2-52 + corr. July 1996 1996 Environmental testing
21、 Part 2: Tests Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium chloride solution) EN 60068-2-52 1996 IEC 62305-3 - Protection against lightning Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard EN 62305-3 - IEC 62305-4 - Protection against lightning Part 4: Electrical and electronic systems within structures
22、 EN 62305-4 - IEC 62561-1 -Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) Part 1: Requirements for connection components EN 62561-1 -ISO 1460 - Metallic coatings Hot dip galvanized coatings on ferrous metals Gravimetric determination of the mass per unit area EN ISO 1460 - ISO 1461 - Hot dip galvaniz
23、ed coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles Specifications and test methods EN ISO 1461 - ISO 2178 - Non-magnetic coatings on magnetic substrates Measurement of coating thickness Magnetic method EN ISO 2178 - ISO 6892-1 2009 Metallic materials Tensile testing Part 1: Method of test at room tem
24、perature EN ISO 6892-1 2009 ISO 6957 1988 Copper alloys Ammonia test for stress corrosion resistance - - ISO 6988 1985 Metallic and other non-organic coatings Sulfur dioxide test with general condensation of moisture EN ISO 6988 1994 BS EN 62561-2:2012- 5 - EN 62561-2:2012 Annex ZB (informative) Ide
25、ntification and differences of tests between EN 62561-2:2012 and EN 50164-2:2008 Table ZB.1 Identification and differences of tests between EN 62561-2:2012 and EN 50164-2:2008 Test description EN 62561-2:2012 Clause: Reference: Annex Table/Figure EN 50164-2:2008 Clause: Reference: Annex Table/Figure
26、 Remarks/Deviations General conditions for tests 5.1 5.1 None Tests for thickness coating on conductors 5.2.1 Table 1 Table 3 5.2.1 Table 1 None Bend and adhesion test for coated conductors 5.2.2 5.2.2 None Environmental test 5.2.3 A.1 A.2 5.2.3 Annex A Same tests. Listed as A.1 and A.2 in EN 62561-
27、2:2012 Tensile and elongation test 5.2.4 Table 2 Table 4 5.2.4 Table 2 None Electrical resistivity test 5.2.5 Annex D Table 2 Table 4 5.2.5 Annex D Table 2 Table 4 None Tests for thickness coating on earth rods 5.3.1 Table 3 5.3.1 Table 3 None Adhesion test 5.3.2 Figure 2 5.3.2 Figure 3 None Bend te
28、st 5.3.3 5.3.3 None Environmental test 5.3.4 A.1 A.2 5.3.4 Annex A Same tests. Listed as A.1 and A.2 in EN 62561-2:2012 Tensile strength test 5.3.5 Table 4 5.3.5 Table 4 None Electrical resistivity test 5.3.7 Annex D Table 4 5.3.6 Annex D Table 4 None Yield/tensile ratio test 5.3.6 Table 4 5.3.7 Tab
29、le 4 None Compression test for joints for earth rods 5.4.1 Figure 4 5.4.1 Figure 2 None Environmental electrical tests 5.4.2 A.1 A.2 A.3 5.4.2 Annex A Same test. Listed as A.1, A.2 and A.3 in EN 62561-2:2012 Marking test 5.5 Addition to EN 62561-2:2012 BS EN 62561-2:2012EN 62561-2:2012 - 6 - Bibliog
30、raphy Add the following reference: EN 50164-2:2008, Lightning Protection Components (LPC) Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes Replace the 2ndand 4threferences by the following: EN 60228, Conductors of insulated cables (IEC 60228) EN 62305-1, Protection against lightning Part 1:
31、General principles (IEC 62305-1) BS EN 62561-2:2012 2 62561-2 IEC:2012(E) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . 6 1 Scope . 7 2 Normative references . 7 3 Terms and definitions . 8 4 Requirements . 9 4.1 General . 9 4.2 Documentation 9 4.3 Air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and d
32、own conductors 9 4.4 Earth electrodes 11 4.4.1 General . 11 4.4.2 Earth rods . 11 4.4.3 Joints for earth rods. 11 4.4.4 Earth conductors and plates 12 4.5 Marking . 12 5 Tests 15 5.1 General conditions for tests . 15 5.2 Conductors, air termination rods and earth lead-in rods . 15 5.2.1 General . 15
33、 5.2.2 Tests for thickness coating on conductors . 15 5.2.3 Bend and adhesion test for coated conductors 15 5.2.4 Environmental test . 16 5.2.5 Tensile tests 16 5.2.6 Electrical resistivity test . 16 5.3 Earth rods . 17 5.3.1 General . 17 5.3.2 Tests for thickness coating on earth rods . 17 5.3.3 Ad
34、hesion test 18 5.3.4 Bend test . 18 5.3.5 Environmental test . 19 5.3.6 Tensile strength tests 19 5.3.7 Test for yield/tensile ratio 19 5.3.8 Electrical resistivity test . 20 5.4 Joints for earth rods 21 5.4.1 General . 21 5.4.2 Compression tests by mechanical means 21 5.4.3 Environmental Electrical
35、 tests . 22 5.5 Marking test 23 5.5.1 General conditions for tests . 23 5.5.2 Acceptance criteria 23 6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) 23 7 Structure and content of the test report 23 7.1 General . 23 7.2 Report identification 24 7.3 Specimen description 24 BS EN 62561-2:201262561-2 IEC:2012(E)
36、3 7.4 Conductor . 24 7.5 Standards and references . 24 7.6 Test procedure 24 7.7 Testing equipment, description 24 7.8 Measuring instruments description 24 7.9 Results and parameters recorded 25 7.10 Statement of pass/fail 25 Annex A (normative) Environmental test for conductors, air termination rod
37、s and earth lead-in rods. 26 Annex B (normative) Requirements for the cross sectional area, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied . 27 Annex C (normative) Requirements for dimensions, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied 28 Annex D (informative) Typ
38、ical example calculation of conductor resistivity . 29 Annex E (informative) Typical example of calculation of the tensile strength of a coated material . 30 Annex F (normative) Flow chart of tests for air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors . 31 Anne
39、x G (normative) Flow chart of tests for earth rods 32 Annex H (normative) Flow chart of tests of joints for earth rods . 33 Bibliography 34 Figure 1 Coating measurements around the circumference of the rod 17 Figure 2 Typical test arrangement for adhesion test . 18 Figure 3 Definitions of upper yiel
40、d strength ReH(Mpa) and tensile strength Rm(Mpa) . 20 Figure 4 Typical test arrangement for the compression test by mechanical means . 22 Table 1 Material, configuration and cross sectional area of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors . 10 Table 2
41、Mechanical and electrical characteristics of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors . 11 Table 3 Material, configuration and cross sectional area of earth electrodes 13 Table 4 Mechanical and electrical characteristics of earth electrodes . 14 Table
42、B.1 Summary of requirements for various elements tested according to Table 1 and Table 2 27 Table C.1 Summary of requirements for various elements tested according to Table 3 and Table 4 28 BS EN 62561-2:2012 6 62561-2 IEC:2012(E) INTRODUCTION This part of IEC 62561 deals with the requirements and t
43、ests for lightning protection system components (LPSC) used for the installation of a lightning protection system (LPS) designed and implemented according to the IEC 62305 series of standards. BS EN 62561-2:201262561-2 IEC:2012(E) 7 LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM COMPONENTS (LPSC) Part 2: Requirements
44、for conductors and earth electrodes 1 Scope This part of IEC 62561 specifies the requirements and tests for: metallic conductors (other than “natural” conductors) that form part of the air termination system and down conductors; metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth termination syste
45、m. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any am
46、endments) applies. IEC 60068-2-52:1996, Environmental testing Part 2-52: Tests Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium chloride solution) IEC 60228, Conductors of insulated cables IEC 62305-3, Protection against lightning Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard IEC 62305-4, Protection again
47、st lightning Part 4: Electrical and electronic systems within structures IEC 62561-1, Lightning protection system components (LPSC) Part 1: Requirements for connection components ISO 1460, Metallic coatings Hot dip galvanized coatings on ferrous materials Gravimetric determination of the mass per un
48、it area ISO 1461, Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles Specifications and test methods ISO 2178, Non-magnetic coatings on magnetic substrates Measurement of coating thickness Magnetic method ISO 6892-1:2009, Metallic materials Tensile testing Part 1: Method of test at ro
49、om temperature ISO 6957:1988, Copper alloys Ammonia test for stress corrosion resistance ISO 6988:1985, Metallic and other non-organic coatings Sulphur dioxide test with general condensation of moisture BS EN 62561-2:2012 8 62561-2 IEC:2012(E) 3 Terms and definitions For the purpose of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 air termination system part of an external LPS using metallic elements such as r
