Electrical Standards and Specifications




27 FEBRUARY THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 873

Section 3.3:1979 Vacuum cleaners and water suction cleaning appliances (including Amendment No. 1). If this specification is superseded the declaration of this specification is rescinded.

Section 3.12:1979 Kitchen machines (including Amendment No. 1). Declared suitable subject to the following complying with the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1976:
(i) Extra-low voltage or safety extra-low voltage requirements;
(ii) Marking requirements;
(iii) Capacitors connected within the appliance.
Any flexible cables and cords, plugs and sockets must comply with an appropriate recognised Standard. If this specification is superseded the declaration of this specification is rescinded.

Section 3.19:1980 Appliances for heating liquids (including Amendment No. 1). Declared suitable subject to the following condition: Compliance with regulation 107 of the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1976. If this specification is superseded the declaration of this specification is rescinded.

BS 3953:1976 Synthetic resin bonded woven glass fabric laminated sheet (including Amendment No. 1).

BS 5311:---- Specification for a.c. circuit-breakers of rated voltage above 1 kV—
Part 1:1976 General and definitions.
BS 5345:---- Code of Practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of electrical apparatus for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (other than mining applications or explosive processing and manufacture)—
Part 1:1976 Basic requirements for all parts of the code (including Amendment No. 1).
Part 2:1983 Classification of hazardous areas.
Part 3:1979 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘d’. Flameproof enclosure.
Part 4:1977 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘i’. Intrinsically safe electrical apparatus and systems.
Part 5:1983 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus protected by pressurisation ‘p’ and by continuous dilution, and for pressurised rooms.
Part 6:1978 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘e’. Increased safety.
Part 7:1979 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection N (including Amendment No. 1).
Part 8:1980 Installation and maintenance requirements for electrical apparatus with type of protection ‘s’. Special protection.

BS 5415:---- Safety of electrical motor-operated industrial cleaning appliances—
Part 1:1976 General requirements (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 4). Declared suitable subject to the following conditions:
(i) Any radio-interference suppression devices comply with regulation 126(4) of the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1976.
(ii) The current ratings and cross-sectional areas of flexible cords referred to in clause 25.6 complies with Table 22M in the handbook to the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1976.
(iii) Subclauses 2.15 and 2.16 comply with the definition of “Extra-low voltage” referred to in regulation 2 of the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1976.

Part 2:---- Particular requirements—
Section 2.2:1976 Vacuum cleaners wet and/or dry (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 4).

BS 5501:---- Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres—
Part 1:1977 General requirements (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 5).

Part 2:1977 Oil immersion ‘o’ (including Amendment No. 1).
Part 3:1977 Pressurised apparatus ‘p’ (including Amendment No. 1).
Part 4:1977 Powder filling ‘q’ (including Amendment No. 1).
Part 5:1977 Flameproof enclosure ‘d’ (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 3).
Part 6:1977 Increased safety ‘e’ (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 3).
Part 7:1977 Intrinsic safety ‘i’ (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 5). Declared suitable subject to the deduction in clause 9 for exemption from a type test on the spark test apparatus being carried out by a recognised testing authority.
Part 9:1982 Specification for intrinsically safe electrical systems ‘i’.

BS 6351:---- Electric surface heating—
Part 1:1983 Specification for electric surface heating devices.
Part 2:1983 Guide to the design of electric surface heating systems.
Part 3:1983 Code of practice for the installation, testing and maintenance of electric surface heating systems.

AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS

AS 1021–1980 Protection by purging of electrical equipment for explosive gas atmospheres.
AS 1023— Thermal protection of electric motors—
Part 1–1971 Built-in thermal detectors and associated control units.
AS 1136–1980 Switchgear and controlgear assemblies for voltages up to 1000 V a.c.
AS 1308–1973 Thermostats and over-temperature energy cutouts for automatic electric water heaters (including Amendments No. 1 and No. 2).
AS 1482–1973 Protection by ventilation of electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Type of protection e.
AS 1593–1982 Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Increased safety apparatus—Type of protection e.
AS 1802–1976 Trailing cables for mining purposes (including underground coal mines, metalliferous mines, open-cut mines, quarries and dredges) (including Amendment No. 1). Declared suitable subject to the cables being used in conjunction with residual current devices.
AS 1825–1982 Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Pressurised enclosure—Type of protection p.
AS 1826–1976 Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Special protection—Type of protection s (including Amendment No. 1).
AS 1828–1980 Electrical equipment for explosive gas atmospheres—Cable glands.
AS 1829–1981 Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Intrinsically safe apparatus—Type of protection i.
AS 2275— Combustible gas detection instruments for use in explosive atmospheres—
Part 1–1979 General requirements for explosion protection of electrical apparatus and systems.
AS 3000— Performance requirements.
Part 2–1979 Rules for the electrical equipment of buildings, structures and premises—
Part 1–1976 SAA Wiring Rules; Section 9 and Appendix E. Hazards locations, and the associated specifications. The extract from SAA Wiring Rules, Section 9, and Appendix E has been reprinted and published by SANZ as MP6105.
AS 3126–1981 Extra-low voltage transformers (including Amendments No. 1 to No. 3).
AS 3161–1979 Approval and test specification for thermostats and energy regulators (including Amendment No. 1). If this specification is superseded the declaration of this specification is rescinded.



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