Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use - Part 1: General Requirements
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The UL 61010-1:2019 standard defines the general safety requirements for various types of electrical equipment and their accessories used in measurement, control, and laboratory applications.
The scope of the standard includes electrical test and measurement equipment, electrical industrial process-control equipment, and electrical laboratory equipment. This encompasses equipment that tests, measures, indicates, records, controls, and analyzes electrical or physical quantities, as well as equipment used for preparing materials and in vitro diagnostics. The standard also covers test equipment integrated into manufacturing processes.
However, there are certain equipment types that are excluded from the scope, such as audio/video equipment, machinery electrical equipment, household appliances, medical electrical equipment, information technology equipment, and voltage detectors, among others.
The objective of the standard is to ensure that hazards to the operator and the surrounding area are reduced to a tolerable level. It specifies requirements for protection against various hazards, including electric shock or burn, mechanical hazards, spread of fire, excessive temperature, effects of fluids and fluid pressure, effects of radiation, and liberated gases, explosion, and implosion. It also addresses risks arising from reasonably foreseeable misuse and ergonomic factors.
The standard does not cover aspects such as the reliable function or performance of the equipment unrelated to safety, transport packaging effectiveness, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements, or protective measures for explosive atmospheres. It also provides methods for verifying that the equipment meets the standard's requirements through inspection, type tests, routine tests, and risk assessment.
Additionally, the standard defines the environmental conditions under which the equipment is designed to be safe, including indoor use, specific temperature, humidity, voltage fluctuations, pollution degree, and transient overvoltages. Manufacturers may specify more restricted environmental conditions for operation, but the equipment must be safe within the normal environmental conditions specified in the standard. It also allows for extended environmental conditions, such as outdoor use, higher altitudes, extreme temperatures, higher humidity levels, and wet locations, provided they are rated by the manufacturer.
| Edition | 3 |
| Language(s) | English |
| File Size | 2.1 MB |
