Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use - Part 1: General requirements

IEC 61010-1:2010+A1:2016 specifies general safety requirements for the following types of electrical equipment and their accessories, wherever they are intended to be used.

• Electrical test and measurement equipment
• Electrical industrial process-control equipment
• Electrical laboratory equipment

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2001. It constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant changes from the second edition, as well as numerous other changes.

• The scope of the standard has been expanded to include all locations where these products may be used, so that both professional and non-professional versions of these products are within the scope.
• The requirements for testing and measuring circuits (in various subclauses and the entirety of Clause 16) have been removed and included in a particular standard IEC 61010-2-030.
• Insulation requirements (6.7) have been completely rewritten.
• Additional requirements for protection against mechanical HAZARDS (Clause 7) have been included.
• Surface temperature limits (Clause 10) have been modified to conform to the limits of EN 563.
• Radiation requirements (Clause 12) have been modified, and take into account a distinction between intended emission and unintended emission.
• Requirements for reasonably foreseeable misuse and ergonomic aspects have been added (Clause 16).
• A new clause (Clause 17) has been added to deal with HAZARDS and environments not covered by the standard, along with a new informative annex (Annex J) dealing with RISK assessment.
• A new informative annex (Annex E) addresses methods of reducing the POLLUTION DEGREE of a micro-environment.
• Requirements for the qualification of coatings for protection against POLLUTION have been added (Annex H).
• A new informative annex (Annex I) has been added to further explain how to determine the WORKING VOLTAGE of a MAINS CIRCUIT.

It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 104. The contents of the corrigendum 1 of May 2011, the interpretation sheet 1 of February 2013 and the corrigendum 2 of October 2013 have been included in this copy.

This consolidated version consists of the third edition (2010) and its amendment 1 (2016). Therefore, no need to order amendment in addition to this publication.