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Listed below are some commonly used electrical standards and approved codes of practice. Additional standards and codes of practice would generally be needed to satisfy a specific application - it is the responsibility of the specifier to select and apply these. You should ensure that the standard you use is the current one.

The standards are organised into a number of topic areas and are ordered with the lowest number at the top of each table:

  • Electrical and Power
  • Electrical Appliances
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Flammable Atmospheres
  • Machinery

Electrical and Power

Standard

Year

Description

BS EN 61439 (many parts)

2009 - 2012

Low-voltage switchgear and control gear assemblies

BS 5266 Parts 1 to 10 also BS EN 50172

1999 - 2008

Code of practice for emergency lighting

BS 5424 Parts 2 and 3, also IEC 60158 part 3

1985 - 1988

Specification for low voltage control gear

BS EN 60422

2008

Monitoring and maintenance guide for mineral insulating oils in electrical equipment

BS 5839 Parts 1 - 11, also PD6531:2010

1988 - 2010

Fire detection & alarm systems for buildings

BS EN 60079-30-2

2007

Electric surface heating

BS 6423

1983

Code of practice for maintenance of electrical switchgear and control gear for voltages up to and including 1 kV

BS 6626

2010

Code of practice for maintenance of electrical switchgear and control gear for voltages above l kV and up to and including 36 kV

BS EN 62305, 4 parts

2006-2011

Code of practice for protection of structures against lightning

BS 7375

2010

Code of practice for distribution of electricity on construction and building sites

BS 7430

1998

Code of practice for Earthing

BS 7671

2008 - 2011

Requirements for electrical installations. IEE Wiring Regulations. Seventeenth edition

BS 7909

2008 - 2011

Code of practice for temporary electrical systems for entertainment and related purposes.

BS EN 50110 Parts 1 and 2

2004 - 2010

Operation of electrical installations

IEC 60479 Parts 1-4, also PD6519

1994-2005

Guide to effects of current on human beings and livestock.

BS EN 60529

1992

Specification for degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP code)

BS EN 60947 Parts 1-8

2001 - 2011

Specification for low voltage switch gear and control gear

 

Electrical Appliances

Standard

Year

Description

BS 1362

1973

Specification for general purpose fuse links for domestic and similar purposes (primarily for use in plugs)

BS 1363 Parts 1 -5

1995 - 2008

13 A plugs, socket-outlets and adaptors.

BS EN (IEC) 60309, Parts 1,2, 4

1999 - 2007

Plugs, socket-outlets and couplers for industrial purposes.

BS EN 60320, Parts 1, 2

1999 - 2009

Appliance couplers for household and similar general purposes.

BS EN 60335, Many parts

 

Specification for safety of household and similar electrical appliances

 

Electromagnetic Compatibility

Standard

Year

Description

BS EN 61000-6-3,4

2007 - 2011

Electromagnetic compatibility. Generic emission standard.

BS EN 61000-6-1,2

2005 - 2007

Electromagnetic compatibility. Generic immunity standard.

BS EN (IEC) 60801, Part 2

1993

Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial-process measurement and control equipment. Electrostatic discharge requirements

 

Flammable Atmospheres

Standard

Year

Description

EEMUA 181

1995

Guide to risk based assessments of in-situ large Ex e & Ex n machines

EEMUA 186

1997

A Practitioners handbook – electrical installation & maintenance in potentially explosive atmospheres

BS EN 1127, Parts 1,2

2007 -2008

Explosive atmospheres. Explosion prevention and protection.

Basic concepts and methodology for mining

PD CLC/TR 50404:

2003

Code of practice for avoidance of hazards due to static electricity.

BS EN 61241

2004, 2005

Electrical apparatus with protection by enclosure for use in the presence of combustible dusts.

PD CLC/TR 50427

2004

Assessment of inadvertent ignition of flammable atmospheres by radio-frequency radiation. Guide

BS EN ISO 10497

2004

Testing of valves. Specification for fire type-testing requirements

BS 7535

1992

Guide to the use of electrical apparatus complying with BS 5501 or BS 6941 in the presence of combustible dusts

BS EN 60079, many parts

2004

Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres. Replaced by BS EN 60079, but remains current.

BS EN 60079-6

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Equipment protected by oil immersion "o"

BS EN 60079-2

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Equipment protected by pressurized enclosures "p"

BS EN 60079-5

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Equipment protected by powder filling "q"

BS EN 60079-1

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Equipment protected by flameproof enclosures 'd'

BS EN 60079-7

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Equipment protected by increased safety 'e'

BS EN 60079-11

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Equipment protected by intrinsic safety 'i'

BS EN 60079-22-2

2007

Explosive atmospheres. Gas detection. Selection, installation, use and maintenance of detectors for flammable gases or oxygen

Energy Institute Model Code Of Safe Practice, Part 1 (IP1)

2010

Electrical Safety Code

Energy Institute Model Code Of Safe Practice, Part 15 (IP15)

2005

Area classification code for installations handling flammable fluids

Energy Institute Model Code Of Safe Practice, Part 21 (IP21)

2002

Guidelines for the control of hazards arising from static electricity

 

Machinery

Standard

Year

Description

BS EN ISO 13850

2008

Safety of machinery. Emergency stop. Principles for design.

BS EN 953

1997 - 2009

Safety of machinery. Guards. General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards

BS EN 13849

2008

Safety of machinery. Safety related parts of control systems. General principles for design

BS EN 982

1996  -2008

Safety of machinery. Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components. Hydraulics

BS EN 983

1996  -2008

Safety of machinery. Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components. Pneumatics

BS EN 1037

1996  -2008

Safety of machinery. Prevention of unexpected start-up

BS EN  ISO 12100

2010

Safety of machinery. General principles for design. Risk assessment and risk reduction.

BS EN 1088

2008

Safety of machinery. Interlocking devices associated with guards. Principles for design and selection.

PD 5304

2005

Safe use of machinery

BS EN 60204 many parts

 

Safety of machinery. Electrical equipment of machines.

BS EN 61069, Parts 1-8

1991-1999

Industrial-process measurement and control. Evaluation of system properties for the purpose of system assessment.

BS EN 61310, Parts 1,2,3

2008

Safety of machinery. Indication, marking and actuation.

BS EN 61496, 3 parts

2004 - 2008

Safety of machinery. Electro-sensitive protective equipment.

PIAC

1988

Printing industry advisory committee - safety at power operated paper cutting guillotines