IEC 60364-4-41: Protection against Electric Shock

IEC 60364-4-41: Low-voltage electrical installations – Part 4-41: Protection for safety – Protection against electric shock.

Last edit: 30/04/2024

The standard defines the methods to be used to protect people against electric shock. The Latest edition (5.1) is dated March 2017. The new requirements will be included in the Italian CEI 64-8 in 2021.

The standard has the status of a Group Safety Publication (IEC Guide 104); that means it is primarily intended to be used by other Technical Committees while writing their specific Product Safety Standards. That also means it is not a product safety Standard and it cannot be applied as it is to a specific electrical installation. That is the main difference with NFPA 70 or the CE Code. Those can be used directly to design a safe electrical distribution in buildings.

The series of standards of IEC 60364 are the base for writing the Electrical codes of several countries around the world. Hereafter a small list of the countries Electrical Code:

 

– Australia

AS 3000

– Austria

OVE / ONORM E8001

– Czech Republic

OSN 332000-4-41, OSN 332000-6-61

– Denmark

Stærkstrømsbekendtgørelsen 6

– Finland

SFS 6000 series 1-7, SFS 6000-8

– France

NF C 15 – 100

– Greece

IEC 60364-6, ELOT-HD 384

– Hungary

MSZ 172, MSZ 4851

– Germany

VDE 0100 series

– Italy

CEI 64 – 8

– New Zealand

NZS 3000

– Norway

NEK 400

– Poland

PN – IEC 60364 series

– Spain

UNE 20 – 460 series

– Sweden

SS436 46 61, SS-EN 60364 series

– Switzerland

NIV / SN SEV 1000

– U.K., Malta e Cyprus

BS 7671, IEE Wiring Regulations