SIST EN 60068-1:2014

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60068-1:2014
01-maj-2014
Okoljsko preskušanje - 1. del: Splošno in navodila
Environmental testing - Part 1: General and guidance
Umweltprüfungen - Teil 1: Allgemeines und Leitfaden
Essais d'environnement - Partie 1: Généralités et guide
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SIST EN 60068-1:2014

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60068-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2014
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 19.040 Supersedes EN 60068-1:1994


English version


Environmental testing -
Part 1: General and guidance
(IEC 60068-1:2013)


Essais d'environnement -  Umgebungseinflüsse -
Partie 1: Généralités et lignes directrices Teil 1: Allgemeines und Leitfaden
(CEI 60068-1:2013) (IEC 60068-1:2013)





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EN 60068-1:2014 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of document 104/618/FDIS, future edition 7 of IEC 60068-1, prepared by IEC/TC 104
"Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC
parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60068-1:2014.
The following dates are fixed:
– latest date by which the document has to be implemented at (dop) 2014-09-21
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting with (dow) 2016-11-11
the document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60068-1:1994.
EN 60068-1:2014 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to
EN 60068-1:1994:
– updated normative reference list;
– indication of normative and informative annexes;
– new informative Annex C, Environmental test tailoring.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60068-1:2013 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60068-2-14 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-14.
IEC 60068-2-20 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-20.
IEC 60068-2-27 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-27.
IEC 60068-2-38 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-38.
IEC 60068-3-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-3-1.
IEC 60529 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60529.
IEC 60721 NOTE Harmonized in EN 60721 series (not modified).

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60068-2 series Environmental testing EN 60068-2 series
Part 2: Tests

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Standard atmospheric conditions . 11
4.1 Standard reference atmosphere . 11
4.2 Standard atmospheres for referee measurements and tests . 12
4.3 Standard atmospheric conditions for measurements and tests . 12
4.4 Recovery conditions . 13
4.4.1 General . 13
4.4.2 Controlled recovery conditions . 13
4.4.3 Recovery procedure . 14
4.5 Standard conditions for assisted drying . 14
5 Use of test methods . 14
6 Climatic sequence . 14
7 Component climatic category . 15
8 Application of tests . 15
9 Significance of the numerical value of a quantity . 15
9.1 General . 15
9.2 Quantity expressed as nominal value with tolerance . 15
9.3 Quantity expressed as a range of values . 16
Annex A (normative) Component climatic category . 18
Annex B (informative) General guidance . 19
Annex C (informative) Environmental test tailoring . 25
Bibliography . 31

Figure C.1 – Environmental test tailoring process . 26

Table 1 – Standard atmospheres for referee measurements and tests . 12
Table 2 – Standard atmospheres for measurements and tests . 13
Table 3 – Standard conditions for assisted drying . 14
Table B.1 – Choice of tests as a function of objectives and applications . 21
Table B.2 – General sequence of tests . 23
Table B.3 – Principal effects of single environmental parameters . 24
Table C.1 – Test tailoring process with information flow and the corresponding
activities . 27

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ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING –

Part 1: General and guidance

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC
Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-
governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by
agreement between the two organizations.
2) The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international
consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all
interested IEC National Committees.
3) IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National
Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC
Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any
misinterpretation by any end user.
4) In order to promote international uniformity, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC Publications
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between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in
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5) IEC itself does not provide any attestation of conformity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity
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6) All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.
7) No liability shall attach to IEC or its directors, employees, servants or agents including individual experts and
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8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60068-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 104:
Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test.
This seventh edition cancels and replaces the sixth edition, published in 1988, and constitutes
a technical revision.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:
– updated normative reference list;
– indication of normative and informative annexes;
– new informative Annex C, Environmental test tailoring.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
104/618/FDIS 104/627/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all the parts in the IEC 60068 series, published under the general title Environmental
testing, can be found on the IEC website.
This standard should be used in conjunction with the relevant specification which will define
the tests to be used, the required degree of severity for each of them, their order (if relevant),
and the permissible performance limits.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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INTRODUCTION
The IEC 60068 series contains fundamental information on environmental testing procedures
and severities of tests. In addition, this Part 1 contains information on atmospheric conditions
for measurement and testing.
It is intended to be used in those cases where a relevant specification for a certain type of
product (electrical, electromechanical or electronic equipment and devices, their
subassemblies and constituent parts and components), hereinafter referred to as the
“specimen”, is to be prepared, so as to achieve uniformity and reproducibility in the
environmental testing of this product.
NOTE 1 Although primarily intended for electrotechnical products, many of the environmental testing procedures
in Part 2 of this series are equally applicable to other industrial products.
The expression “environmental conditioning” or “environmental testing” covers the natural and
artificial environments to which specimens may be subjected and exposed to in practice so
that an assessment can be made of their performance under conditions of storage,
transportation, installation and use.
The requirements for the performance of specimens subjected to environmental conditioning
are not covered by this standard. The relevant specification for the specimen under test
defines the allowed performance limits during and after environmental testing.
When drafting a relevant specification or purchasing contract, only those tests should be
specified that are necessary for the relevant specimen, taking into account the technical and
economic aspects.
The IEC 60068 series consists of:
a) this first part, IEC 60068-1 – General and guidance, which deals with generalities;
b) the second part, IEC 60068-2 – Tests – which publishes particular tests separately for
different applications;
c) the third part, IEC 60068-3 – Supporting documentation and guidance, which deals with
background information on a family of tests.
The families of tests comprising Part 2 of the IEC 60068 series are designated by the
following upper-case letters:
A: Cold
B: Dry heat
C: Damp heat (steady-state)
D: Damp heat (cyclic)
E: Impact (for example shock and rough handling shocks)
F: Vibration
G: Acceleration (steady state)
H: (Awaiting allocation)
NOTE 2 Originally allotted to storage tests.
J: Mould growth
K: Corrosive atmospheres (for example salt mist)
L: Dust and sand
M: Air pressure (high or low)
N: Change of temperature

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P: (Awaiting allocation)
NOTE 3 Originally allotted to “flammability”.
Q: Sealing (including panel sealing, container sealing and protection against ingress and
leakage of fluid)
R: Water (for example rain, dripping water)
S: Radiation (for example solar, but excluding electromagnetic)
T: Soldering (including resistance to heat from soldering)
U: Robustness of terminations (of components)
V: (Awaiting allocation)
NOTE 4 Originally allocated to “acoustic noise” but “vibration, acoustically induced” will now be Test Fg,
one of the “vibration” family of tests.
W: (Awaiting allocation)
Y: (Awaiting allocation)
The letter X is used as a prefix together with a second lower-case letter providing for
extension of the list of families of tests, e.g. Test Xa: Immersion in cleaning solvents. The
letter Z is used to denote combined tests and composite tests as follows: Z is followed by a
solidus (slash) and a group of lower-case letters relating to the combined or composite
stresses, for example Test Z/am: Combined cold and low air pressure tests.
If appropriate, a test may be designated as “primarily intended for components” or “primarily
intended for equipment”.
To provide for future expansion within a family of tests and to maintain consistency of
presentation, each family of tests may be subdivided. The subdivisions are identified by the
addition of a (lower-case) second letter, for example:
U: Robustness of terminations and integral mounting devices
Test Ua: Subdivided as Test Ua : Tensile; and Test Ua : Thrust
1 2
Test Ub: Bending
Test Uc: Torsion
Test Ud: Torque
This subdivision is made even though only one test is published and no further tests are
immediately contemplated in the relevant family.
In order to avoid confusion with numbers, the letters i, I, o and O are not used.

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Part 1: General and guidance



1 Scope
The IEC 60068 series includes a series of methods for environmental testing along with their
appropriate severities, and prescribes various atmospheric conditions for measurements and
tests designed to assess the ability of specimens to perform under expected conditions of
transportation, storage and all aspects of operational use.
Although primarily intended for electrotechnical products, this standard is not restricted to
them and may be used in other fields where desired.
Other methods of environmental testing, specific to the individual types of specimen, may be
included in the relevant specifications.
The framework of environmental test tailoring process is given in order to assist the
production of test specifications with appropriate tests and test severities.
The IEC 60068 series provides a series of uniform and reproducible environmental, climatic,
dynamic and combined tests, performed and measured under standard atmospheric
conditions, for those preparing specifications and those engaged in the testing of products.
These test methods are based upon available international engineering experience and
judgement and are primarily designed to provide information on the following properties of
specimens:
a) the ability to operate within specified limits of temperature, pressure, humidity, mechanical
stress or other environmental conditions and combinations of these conditions;
b) the ability to withstand conditions of transportation, storage and installation.
NOTE 1 The IEC 60721 series provides a system for classification of environmental conditions and gives relevant
definitions.
The tests in this standard permit the comparison of the performance of sample products. To
assess the quality or useful life of a given production lot, the test methods should be applied
in accordance with a suitable sampling plan and may be supplemented by appropriate
additional tests, if necessary.
NOTE 2 ISO defines “quality” as the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils requirements.
NOTE 3 "Useful life": under given conditions, the time interval beginning, at a given instant of time, and ending
when the failure intensity becomes unacceptable or when the item is considered unrepairable as a result of a fault.
To provide tests appropriate to the different intensities of an environmental condition, some of
the test procedures have a number of degrees of severity. These different degrees of severity
are obtained by varying the time, temperature, air pressure or some other determining factor,
separately or in combination.
As the tests and their degrees of severity should be based on real environmental conditions
that a particular specimen might encounter, the framework and the necessary phases for the
environmental test tailoring process are provided. The test tailoring process may be used to
produce the required relevant test specification for the particular specimen.

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2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 60068-2 (all parts), Environmental testing – Tests
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
NOTE Tests covered by this standard may, in themselves, consist of a series of operations in order to determine
the effect of such a test, or series of tests, on a specimen.
3.1
test
complete series of operations implied by its title, normally comprising the following operations,
if required:
a) pre-conditioning;
b) initial examination and measurements;
c) testing;
d) recovery;
e) final examination and measurements.
Note 1 to entry: Intermediate measurements may be required during conditioning and/or recovery.
Note 2 to entry: When the temperature and humidity for conditioning of a specimen for measurement are the
same as those prescribed for pre-conditioning, the pre-conditioning and conditioning may be merged, and the pre-
conditioning may be said to take the place of conditioning for measurement.
3.2
pre-conditioning
treatment of a specimen with the object of removing, or partly counteracting, the effects of its
previous history
Note 1 to entry: Where pre-conditioning is called for, it is the first process in the test procedure.
Note 2 to entry: Pre-conditioning may be affected by subjecting the specimen to climatic, electrical, or any other
conditions required by the relevant specification in order that the properties of the specimen may be stabilized
before measurement and test.
3.3
testing
exposure of a specimen to environmental conditions in order to determine the effect of such
conditions on the specimen
3.4
recovery
treatment of a specimen, after conditioning, in order that the properties of the specimen may
be stabilized before measurement
3.5
specimen
product designated to be tested in accordance with the procedures of the IEC 60068 series
Note 1 to entry: The term “specimen” includes any auxiliary parts or systems that are integral functional features
of the specimen, for example systems for cooling and heating.

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3.6
heat-dissipating specimen
specimen with the hottest point on its surface, measured in free air conditions and under the
air pressure as specified in 4.3, more than 5 K above the ambient temperature of the
surrounding atmosphere after thermal stability has been reached
Note 1 to entry: Measurements required to prove that a specimen can be classified as either heat-dissipating or
non-heat-dissipating can be made under standard atmospheric conditions for measurement and tests if care has
been taken that no outside influence (for example draughts or sunlight) affects the measurements. In the case of
large or complicated specimens, it may be necessary to make measurements at several points.
3.7
air conditions
conditions within an infinite space where the movement of the air is affected only by the heat-
dissipating specimen itself
3.8
relevant specification
set of requirements to be satisfied by a specimen, indicating the method(s) necessary to
determine whether the requirements given are satisfied
3.9
ambient temperature
temperature of the air (further defined in 3.9.1 and 3.9.2)
Note 1 to entry: In applying these definitions, guidance should be sought from IEC 60068-3-1.
3.9.1
non-heat-dissipating specimens
temperature of the air surrounding the specimen
3.9.2
heat-dissipating specimens
temperature of the air in free air conditions at such a distance from the specimen that the
effect of the dissipation is negligible
Note 1 to entry: In practice, the ambient temperature is taken as the average of temperatures measured at a
number of points in a horizontal plane situated between 0 mm and 50 mm below the specimen, at half the distance
between the specimen and the wall of the chamber, or at 1 m distance from the specimen, whichever is less.
Suitable precautions should be taken to avoid heat radiation affecting these measurements.
3.10
surface temperature
case temperature
temperature measured at one or more specified points on the surface of the specimen
3.11
thermal stability
state when the temperatures of all parts of the specimen are within 3 K, or as otherwise
prescribed by the relevant specification, of their final temperature
Note 1 to entry: For non-heat-dissipating specimens, the final temperature will be the mean (in time) temperature
of the chamber in which the specimen is placed. For heat-dissipating specimens, it is necessary to make repeated
measurements to determine the interval of time for the temperature to change 3 K, or as otherwise prescribed by
the relevant specification. Thermal stability has been reached when the ratio between two consecutive time
intervals exceeds 1,7.
Note 2 to entry: Where the thermal time constant of the specimen is short compared with the duration of the
exposure to a given temperature, no measurement is needed. Where the thermal time constant of the specimen is
of the same order as the duration of the exposure, checks should be made to ascertain that
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b) for heat-dissipating specimens the ratio between two consecutive time intervals exceeds 1,7 when repeated
measurements are made to determine the interval of time required for the temperature to change by 3 K, or as
otherwise prescribed by the relevant specification.
IEC 60068-3-1 gives background information on the testing of specimens with and without heat-dissipation.
Note 3 to entry: In practice, it may not be possible to make direct measurements of the internal temperature of the
specimen. A check may then be made by measuring some other parameter which is temperature-dependent and for
which the temperature dependence is known.
3.12
chamber
enclosure or space in some part of which the specified conditions can be achieved
3.13
working space
part of the chamber in which the specified conditions can be maintained within the specified
tolerances
3.14
combined test
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