BS EN 62561-2:2012
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Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) – Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2012 | 41 |
This part of IEC 62561 specifies the requirements and tests for:
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metallic conductors (other than “natural” conductors) that form part of the air termination system and down conductors;
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metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth termination system.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 9 | CONTENTS |
| 11 | INTRODUCTION |
| 12 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 13 | 3 Terms and definitions |
| 14 | 4 Requirements 4.1 General 4.2 Documentation 4.3 Air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors |
| 15 | Tables Table 1 – Material, configuration and cross sectional area of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors |
| 16 | 4.4 Earth electrodes 4.4.1 General 4.4.2 Earth rods 4.4.3 Joints for earth rods Table 2 – Mechanical and electrical characteristics of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors |
| 17 | 4.4.4 Earth conductors and plates 4.5 Marking |
| 18 | Table 3 – Material, configuration and cross sectional area of earth electrodes |
| 19 | Table 4 – Mechanical and electrical characteristics of earth electrodes |
| 20 | 5 Tests 5.1 General conditions for tests 5.2 Conductors, air termination rods and earth lead-in rods 5.2.1 General 5.2.2 Tests for thickness coating on conductors 5.2.3 Bend and adhesion test for coated conductors |
| 21 | 5.2.4 Environmental test 5.2.5 Tensile tests 5.2.6 Electrical resistivity test |
| 22 | 5.3 Earth rods 5.3.1 General 5.3.2 Tests for thickness coating on earth rods Figures Figure 1 – Coating measurements around the circumference of the rod |
| 23 | 5.3.3 Adhesion test 5.3.4 Bend test Figure 2 – Typical test arrangement for adhesion test |
| 24 | 5.3.5 Environmental test 5.3.6 Tensile strength tests 5.3.7 Test for yield/tensile ratio |
| 25 | 5.3.8 Electrical resistivity test Figure 3 – Definitions of upper yield strength ReH (Mpa) and tensile strength Rm (Mpa) |
| 26 | 5.4 Joints for earth rods 5.4.1 General 5.4.2 Compression tests by mechanical means |
| 27 | 5.4.3 Environmental – Electrical tests Figure 4 – Typical test arrangement for the compression test by mechanical means |
| 28 | 5.5 Marking test 5.5.1 General conditions for tests 5.5.2 Acceptance criteria 6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) 7 Structure and content of the test report 7.1 General |
| 29 | 7.2 Report identification 7.3 Specimen description 7.4 Conductor 7.5 Standards and references 7.6 Test procedure 7.7 Testing equipment, description 7.8 Measuring instruments description |
| 30 | 7.9 Results and parameters recorded 7.10 Statement of pass/fail |
| 31 | Annex A (normative) Environmental test for conductors, air termination rodsand earth lead-in rods |
| 32 | Annex B (normative) Requirements for the cross sectional area, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied Table B.1 – Summary of requirements for various elements testedaccording to Table 1 and Table 2 |
| 33 | Annex C (normative) Requirements for dimensions, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied Table C.1 – Summary of requirements for various elementstested according to Table 3 and Table 4 |
| 34 | Annex D (informative) Typical example calculation of conductor resistivity |
| 35 | Annex E (informative) Typical example of calculation of the tensile strength of a coated material |
| 36 | Annex F (normative) Flow chart of tests for air termination conductors,air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors |
| 37 | Annex G (normative) Flow chart of tests for earth rods |
| 38 | Annex H (normative) Flow chart of tests of joints for earth rods |
| 39 | Bibliography |
