How do the NEC and IEC 60364 help provide electrical safety?

Author

Gregory, George D. ; Kusca, Joseph H. ; Parise, Giuseppe ; Sanders, Melvin K. ; Wellman, Craig M.

Author_Institution

Square D Co., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

323

Lastpage

331

Abstract

Electrical safety requires a combination of standards and enforcement processes that must be carefully integrated so they work together. Two main standards are used to provide electrical safety in facilities: the Internationale Electrical Technical Commission (IEC) system in Europe and the National Electrical Code (NEC). These two systems provide electrical safety when used separately, but using a mix of the two raises many technical issues that are complex and not obvious to most users. This paper examines some of them, showing some similarities and differences while looking at related product issues

Keywords

IEC standards; power systems; safety; Europe; IEC 60364; Internationale Electrical Technical Commission; NEC; National Electrical Code; electrical safety; enforcement processes; product issues; standards; Certification; Code standards; Electrical safety; Europe; IEC standards; Impedance; National electric code; Production; USA Councils; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2000. Record of Conference Papers. Industry Applications Society 47th Annual

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6334-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.2000.882790

Filename

882790