{"id":45330,"date":"2024-04-30T15:56:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/?post_type=normativa_tecnica&#038;p=45330"},"modified":"2024-05-06T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:24:56","slug":"iec-60364-5-53-protection-against-electric-shock-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"normativa_tecnica","link":"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/en\/technical-standards\/en-iec-standards\/iec-60364-5-53-protection-against-electric-shock-and-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"IEC 60364-5-53: Protection against Electric Shock and Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    \n        <section\n            data-name=\"Contenuto testuale con immagine\"\n            class=\"bow-gte-testo-media u-spacer-base\"\n            id=\"\"\n        >\n            \n<div class=\"o-text-media px-side-spacer sm:px-side-spacer-sm lg:px-side-spacer-tablet 2xl:px-side-spacer-desktop flex flex-wrap items-start md:block\">\n\n    \n        \n                    <div\n                class=\"h-auto mb-6 md:mb-4 lg:mb-8 xl:mb-9  float-right ml-6 md:ml-4 lg:ml-8 xl:ml-9 overflow-hidden shadow-content-image w-full md:w-1\/2\"\n            >\n                \r\n\r\n    \r\n        \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                    <picture\r\n                        class=\"\"\r\n                                            >\r\n                                                                                                        <source\r\n                                media=\"(max-width: 150px)\"\r\n                                width=\"150\"\r\n                                height=\"150\"\r\n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-165534-150x150.png.webp\"\r\n                                type=\"image\/webp\"\r\n                            \/>\r\n                                                                                <source\r\n                                media=\"(max-width: 300px)\"\r\n                                width=\"300\"\r\n                                height=\"270\"\r\n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-165534-300x270.png.webp\"\r\n                                type=\"image\/webp\"\r\n                            \/>\r\n                                                                                <source\r\n                                media=\"(max-width: 689px)\"\r\n                                width=\"689\"\r\n                                height=\"619\"\r\n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-165534.png.webp\"\r\n                                type=\"image\/webp\"\r\n                            \/>\r\n                                                                                <source\r\n                                media=\"(max-width: 689px)\"\r\n                                width=\"689\"\r\n                                height=\"619\"\r\n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-165534.png.webp\"\r\n                                type=\"image\/webp\"\r\n                            \/>\r\n                                                                            <img\r\n                            class=\"a-image transparent border-image h-auto  w-full\"\r\n                                                        srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-30-165534.png.webp\"\r\n                                                        title=\"Screenshot 2024-04-30 165534\"\r\n                                                        type=\"image\/webp\"\r\n                        \/>\r\n                    <\/picture>\r\n\r\n                \r\n\r\n                    \r\n    \r\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"relative w-full\">\n                \n<div class=\"a-text font-text text-base normal mt-8 first:mt-0 space-y-4\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While part 4 of the IEC 60364 deals with the principles of electrical Safety, <strong>Part 5 provides the design criteria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In particular, Part 53 has deals with the following key aspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>531: Equipment for protection against electric shock<\/strong>. It details <strong>the 4 key methods<\/strong> used to protect people against an electric shock<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>533: Devices for protection against overcurrent.<\/strong> It deals how to protect against <strong>Overloads and short circuits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>534: Devices for protection against transient overvoltages<\/strong>. It details the use of SPDs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>536: Isolation and switching. <\/strong>It details which devices are suitable for isolation. Please remember that ISOLATION is more that simple DE-ENERGISATION of a circuit!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n                <div class=\"clear-both\"><\/div>\n        \n\n    <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n    \n        <section\n            data-name=\"Contenuto testuale con immagine\"\n            class=\"bow-gte-testo-media u-spacer-base\"\n            id=\"\"\n        >\n            \n<div class=\"o-text-media px-side-spacer sm:px-side-spacer-sm lg:px-side-spacer-tablet 2xl:px-side-spacer-desktop flex flex-wrap items-start md:block\">\n\n    \n                    <div class=\"mb-6 relative w-full md:mb-4 lg:mb-8 xl:mb-9\">\n                \n        <div                class=\"m-headings\"\n            >\n    \n    \n<h2 class=\"a-heading text-primary font-heading text-2xl lg:text-3xl xl:text-4xl font-normal mt-2 first:mt-0\">\n                    IEC 60364-5-53 clause 531 Equipment for protection against electric shock    <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        \n        \n                    <div class=\"relative w-full\">\n                \n<div class=\"a-text font-text text-base normal mt-8 first:mt-0 space-y-4\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clause 531 deals with requirements for the selection and erection of equipment for the following protective measures in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gt-engineering.it\/en\/technical-standards\/en-iec-standards\/iec-60364-4-41\/\">IEC 60364-4-41<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>automatic disconnection of supply,<\/li>\n<li>double or reinforced insulation,<\/li>\n<li>electrical separation,<\/li>\n<li>extra-low-voltage provided by SELV and PELV systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also deals with requirements for the selection and erection of equipment for additional protection<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In case the automatic disconnection of supply is used, <\/strong>they have to be placed at the origin of the circuit which is intended to be protected and must be suitable for isolation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following protective devices may be used:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2013 overcurrent protective devices like Circuit Breakers or Fuses<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2013 residual current protective devices (RCDs)<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n                <div class=\"clear-both\"><\/div>\n        \n\n    <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While part 4 of the IEC 60364 deals with the principles of electrical Safety, Part 5 provides the design criteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45331,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"normative-tecniche":[58],"class_list":["post-45330","normativa_tecnica","type-normativa_tecnica","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia_normativa-en-iec-standards"],"acf":{"sottotitolo":"","allegati":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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