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EUROPEAN STANDARD FprEN 62561-2

NORME EUROPÉENNE FprAA
EUROPÄISCHE NORM January 2012

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Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) -

Part 2: Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes

Composants des systèmes de protection Blitzschutzsystembauteile (LPSC) -

contre la foudre (CSPF) - Teil 2: Anforderungen an Leiter und Erder
Partie 2: Exigences pour les conducteurs
et les électrodes de terre

This draft amendment FprAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard FprEN 62561-2:2011; it is
submitted to CENELEC members for formal vote.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2012-03-23.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 81X.

If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal
Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without
any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CENELEC in three official 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 electrotechnical 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, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of
which they are aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to
change without notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Project: 23964 Ref. No. FprEN 62561-2:2011/FprAA:2012 E

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1 Foreword

2 This draft amendment to the draft European Standard FprEN 62561-2:2011 was prepared by
3 CLC/TC 81X "Lightning protection". It contains common modifications to 81/417/FDIS (future
4 IEC 62561-2:201X, Ed. 1) and is submitted to the formal vote.

5 If approved, this draft amendment will be merged together with FprEN 62561-2:2011 and both drafts
6 will be published as one single document, i.e. EN 62561-2:201X (based on IEC 62561-2:201X,
7 modified), with the implementation dates of this FprAA.

8 The following dates are proposed:

• latest date by which the existence of this document (doa) dor + 6 months
has to be announced at national level

• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months

implemented at national level
by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement

• latest date by which the national (dow) dor + 36 months

standards conflicting with this document (to be confirmed or
have to be withdrawn modified when voting)

9 This document will supersede EN 50164-2:2008.

10 Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes which are additional to those in
11 IEC 62561-2:201X are prefixed “Z”.
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12 Text of FprAA to FprEN 62561-2:2011

13 COMMON MODIFICATIONS

14 Whole document
15 Replace all references to IEC 62305 by references to EN 62305.

16 Replace all references to IEC 62561 by references to EN 62561.

17 2 Normative references

18 Replace the references to IEC standards by the following:

19 EN 60068-2-52:1996, Environmental testing – Part 2: Tests – Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium
20 chloride solution) (IEC 60068-2-52:1996)

21 EN 62305-3, Protection against lightning – Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard
22 (IEC 62305-3)

23 EN 62305-4, Protection against lightning – Part 4: Electrical and electronic systems within structures
24 (IEC 62305-4)

25 EN 62561-1:201X 1), Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) – Part 1: Requirements for
1)
26 connection components (IEC 62561-1:201X )

27 EN ISO 1460:1994, Metallic coatings – Hot dip galvanized coatings on ferrous materials – Gravimetric
28 determination on the mass per unit area (ISO 1460:1992)

29 EN ISO 1461:2009, Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles – Specifications
30 and test methods (ISO 1461:2009)

31 EN ISO 2178:1995, Non-magnetic coatings on magnetic substrates – Measurement of coating

32 thickness – Magnetic method (ISO 2178:1982)

33 EN ISO 6988:1994, Metallic and other non-organic coatings – Sulphur dioxide test with general
34 condensation of moisture (ISO 6988:1985)

35 EN ISO 6892-1:2009, Metallic materials – Tensile testing – Part 1: Method of test at ambient
36 temperature (ISO 6892-1:2009)

37 ISO 6957:1988, Copper alloys – Ammonia test for stress corrosion resistance

38 4 Requirements
g
39 Under 4.3, Table 1, footnote , replace "IEC 60228" by "EN 60228".
i
40 Under 4.5, Table 3, footnote , replace "IEC 60228" by "EN 60228".

41 5 Tests
st
42 Under 5.2.5.1, 1 line, replace “ISO 6892-1” by “EN ISO 6892-1”.
rd
43 Under 5.2.5.1, 3 line, replace “as per D.1 of ISO 6892-1:2009” by “as per D.1 of
44 EN ISO 6892-1:2009".

1) To be published.
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45 Annexes
46 Annex A (normative) Environmental test for conductors, air termination rods and earth
47 lead-in rods
48 In A.1, replace twice "IEC 60068-2-52:1996" by "EN 60068-2-52:1996".

49

50 Add the following new annexes:

51 Annex ZA
52 (normative)
53
54 Normative references to international publications
55 with their corresponding European publications
56 The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
57 indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
58 references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
59 NOTE Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
60 EN/HD applies.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60068-2-52 1996 Environmental testing – EN 60068-2-52 1996

+ corr. July 1996 Part 2: Tests – Test Kb: Salt mist, cyclic (sodium
chloride solution)

IEC 62305-3 - Protection against lightning – EN 62305-3 -

Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard

IEC 62305-4 - Protection against lightning – EN 62305-4 -

Part 4: Electrical and electronic systems within
structures
2) 2)
IEC 62561-1 201X Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) – EN 62561-1 201X
Part 1: Requirements for connection components

ISO 1460 - Metallic coatings – Hot dip galvanized coatings on EN ISO 1460 -
ferrous metals – Gravimetric determination of the
mass per unit area

ISO 1461 - Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and EN ISO 1461 -
steel articles – Specifications and test methods

ISO 2178 - Non-magnetic coatings on magnetic substrates – EN ISO 2178 -

Measurement of coating thickness – Magnetic method

ISO 6892-1 2009 Metallic materials – Tensile testing – EN ISO 6892-1 2009
Part 1: Method of test at room temperature

ISO 6957 1988 Copper alloys – Ammonia test for stress corrosion - -
resistance

ISO 6988 1985 Metallic and other non-organic coatings – Sulfur EN ISO 6988 1994
dioxide test with general condensation of moisture

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2) To be published.
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62 Annex ZB
63 (informative)
64
65 Identification and differences of tests between
66 EN 62561-2:201X and EN 50164-2:2008
67 Table ZB.1 – Identification and differences of tests
68 between EN 62561-2:201X and EN 50164-2:2008

Reference: Reference:
Test EN 62561-2:201X EN 50164-2:2008
Annex Annex Remarks/Deviations
description Clause: Clause:
Table/Figure Table/Figure
General
conditions for 5.1 5.1 None
tests
Tests for
thickness Table 1
5.2.1 5.2.1 Table 1 None
coating on Table 3
conductors
Bend and
adhesion test
5.2.2 5.2.2 None
for coated
conductors
Same tests. Listed
Environmental A.1
5.2.3 5.2.3 Annex A as A.1 and A.2 in
test A.2
EN 62561-2:201X
Tensile and Table 2
5.2.4 5.2.4 Table 2 None
elongation test Table 4
Annex D Annex D
Electrical
5.2.5 Table 2 5.2.5 Table 2 None
resistivity test
Table 4 Table 4
Tests for
thickness
5.3.1 Table 3 5.3.1 Table 3 None
coating on
earth rods
Adhesion test 5.3.2 Figure 2 5.3.2 Figure 3 None
Bend test 5.3.3 5.3.3 None
Same tests. Listed
Environmental A.1
5.3.4 5.3.4 Annex A as A.1 and A.2 in
test A.2
EN 62561-2:201X
Tensile
5.3.5 Table 4 5.3.5 Table 4 None
strength test
Electrical Annex D Annex D
5.3.7 5.3.6 None
resistivity test Table 4 Table 4
Yield/tensile
5.3.6 Table 4 5.3.7 Table 4 None
ratio test
Compression
test for joints 5.4.1 Figure 4 5.4.1 Figure 2 None
for earth rods
A.1 Same test. Listed as
Environmental
5.4.2 A.2 5.4.2 Annex A A.1, A.2 and A.3 in
electrical tests
A.3 EN 62561-2:201X
Addition to
Marking test 5.5
EN 62561-2:201X

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70 Bibliography
71 Add the following reference:

72 EN 50164-2:2008, Lightning Protection Components (LPC) – Part 2: Requirements for conductors and
73 earth electrodes
nd th
74 Replace the 2 and 4 references by the following:

75 EN 60228, Conductors of insulated cables (IEC 60228)

76 EN 62305-1:2011, Protection against lightning – Part 1: General principles (IEC 62305-1:2010, mod.)

77