This part of IEC 62561 specifies the requirements and tests for:<\/p>\n
metallic conductors (other than \u201cnatural\u201d conductors) that form part of the air termination system and down conductors;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth termination system.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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| 9<\/td>\n | CONTENTS <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 11<\/td>\n | INTRODUCTION <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 12<\/td>\n | 1 Scope 2 Normative references <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 13<\/td>\n | 3 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 14<\/td>\n | 4 Requirements 4.1 General 4.2 Documentation 4.3 Air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 15<\/td>\n | Tables Table 1 \u2013 Material, configuration and cross sectional area of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 16<\/td>\n | 4.4 Earth electrodes 4.4.1 General 4.4.2 Earth rods 4.4.3 Joints for earth rods Table 2 \u2013 Mechanical and electrical characteristics of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 17<\/td>\n | 4.4.4 Earth conductors and plates 4.5 Marking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 18<\/td>\n | Table 3 \u2013 Material, configuration and cross sectional area of earth electrodes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 19<\/td>\n | Table 4 \u2013 Mechanical and electrical characteristics of earth electrodes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 20<\/td>\n | 5 Tests 5.1 General conditions for tests 5.2 Conductors, air termination rods and earth lead-in rods 5.2.1 General 5.2.2 Tests for thickness coating on conductors 5.2.3 Bend and adhesion test for coated conductors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 21<\/td>\n | 5.2.4 Environmental test 5.2.5 Tensile tests 5.2.6 Electrical resistivity test <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 22<\/td>\n | 5.3 Earth rods 5.3.1 General 5.3.2 Tests for thickness coating on earth rods Figures Figure 1 \u2013 Coating measurements around the circumference of the rod <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 23<\/td>\n | 5.3.3 Adhesion test 5.3.4 Bend test Figure 2 \u2013 Typical test arrangement for adhesion test <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 24<\/td>\n | 5.3.5 Environmental test 5.3.6 Tensile strength tests 5.3.7 Test for yield\/tensile ratio <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 25<\/td>\n | 5.3.8 Electrical resistivity test Figure 3 \u2013 Definitions of upper yield strength ReH (Mpa) and tensile strength Rm (Mpa) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 26<\/td>\n | 5.4 Joints for earth rods 5.4.1 General 5.4.2 Compression tests by mechanical means <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 27<\/td>\n | 5.4.3 Environmental \u2013 Electrical tests Figure 4 \u2013 Typical test arrangement for the compression test by mechanical means <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 28<\/td>\n | 5.5 Marking test 5.5.1 General conditions for tests 5.5.2 Acceptance criteria 6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) 7 Structure and content of the test report 7.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 29<\/td>\n | 7.2 Report identification 7.3 Specimen description 7.4 Conductor 7.5 Standards and references 7.6 Test procedure 7.7 Testing equipment, description 7.8 Measuring instruments description <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 30<\/td>\n | 7.9 Results and parameters recorded 7.10 Statement of pass\/fail <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 31<\/td>\n | Annex A (normative) Environmental test for conductors, air termination rodsand earth lead-in rods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 32<\/td>\n | Annex B (normative) Requirements for the cross sectional area, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied Table B.1 \u2013 Summary of requirements for various elements testedaccording to Table 1 and Table 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 33<\/td>\n | Annex C (normative) Requirements for dimensions, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied Table C.1 \u2013 Summary of requirements for various elementstested according to Table 3 and Table 4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 34<\/td>\n | Annex D (informative) Typical example calculation of conductor resistivity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 35<\/td>\n | Annex E (informative) Typical example of calculation of the tensile strength of a coated material <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 36<\/td>\n | Annex F (normative) Flow chart of tests for air termination conductors,air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 37<\/td>\n | Annex G (normative) Flow chart of tests for earth rods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 38<\/td>\n | Annex H (normative) Flow chart of tests of joints for earth rods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 39<\/td>\n | Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) – Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes<\/b><\/p>\n |