DIN EN 60695-1-11:2011-10

This part of IEC 60695 provides guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products and for the resulting development of fire hazard testing as related directly to harm to people, animals or property. For the purposes of this standard, product means complete electrotechnical equipments, their parts (including components) and electrical insulating materials. This International Standard outlines a hazard-based process to specify appropriate fire test methods and performance criteria for products. The principles of the methodology are to identify fire events (fire scenarios) which will be associated with the product, to establish how the measurable fire properties of the product are related to the possible occurrence and outcome of those events, and to establish test methods and performance requirements for those properties which will either result in a tolerable fire outcome or eliminate the event altogether. The following modifications have been made with respect to DIN EN 60695-1-1 (VDE 0471-1-1):2000-10: a) the factual contents have been divided up in two parts ("General guidelines" (60695-1-10) and "fire hazard testing" (60695-1-11)); b) fire hazard testing is subdivided into two basic groups, qualitative and quantitative fire tests; c) the terminology from ISO/IEC 13943 and IEC 60695-4 has been adopted; d) considerations on the fire hazard and fire risk have been incorporated. The responsible Committee is K 133 "Prüfverfahren zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr von elektrotechnischen Produkten und Isolierstoffen" ("Test methods for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products and insulating materials") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.