Already a subscriber?
MADCAD.com Free Trial
Sign up for a 3 day free trial to explore the MADCAD.com interface, PLUS access the
2009 International Building Code to see how it all works.
If you like to setup a quick demo, let us know at support@madcad.com
or +1 800.798.9296 and we will be happy to schedule a webinar for you.
Security check
Please login to your personal account to use this feature.
Please login to your authorized staff account to use this feature.
Are you sure you want to empty the cart?
BS EN 62561-2:2012 Lightning Protection System Components (LPSC) - Requirements for conductors and earth electrodes, 2012
- 30260330-VOR.pdf [Go to Page]
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Requirements [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Documentation
- 4.3 Air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors
- 4.4 Earth electrodes [Go to Page]
- 4.4.1 General
- 4.4.2 Earth rods
- 4.4.3 Joints for earth rods
- 4.4.4 Earth conductors and plates
- 4.5 Marking
- 5 Tests [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General conditions for tests
- 5.2 Conductors, air termination rods and earth lead-in rods [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1 General
- 5.2.2 Tests for thickness coating on conductors
- 5.2.3 Bend and adhesion test for coated conductors
- 5.2.4 Environmental test
- 5.2.5 Tensile tests
- 5.2.6 Electrical resistivity test
- 5.3 Earth rods [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 General
- 5.3.2 Tests for thickness coating on earth rods
- 5.3.3 Adhesion test
- 5.3.4 Bend test
- 5.3.5 Environmental test
- 5.3.6 Tensile strength tests
- 5.3.7 Test for yield/tensile ratio
- 5.3.8 Electrical resistivity test
- 5.4 Joints for earth rods [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 General
- 5.4.2 Compression tests by mechanical means
- 5.4.3 Environmental – Electrical tests
- 5.5 Marking test [Go to Page]
- 5.5.1 General conditions for tests
- 5.5.2 Acceptance criteria
- 6 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- 7 Structure and content of the test report [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 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
- 7.9 Results and parameters recorded
- 7.10 Statement of pass/fail
- Annex A (normative) Environmental test for conductors, air termination rodsand earth lead-in rods
- Annex B (normative) Requirements for the cross sectional area, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied
- Annex C (normative) Requirements for dimensions, mechanical and electrical characteristics, tests to be applied
- Annex D (informative) Typical example calculation of conductor resistivity
- Annex E (informative) Typical example of calculation of the tensile strength of a coated material
- Annex F (normative) Flow chart of tests for air termination conductors,air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors
- Annex G (normative) Flow chart of tests for earth rods
- Annex H (normative) Flow chart of tests of joints for earth rods
- Bibliography
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 – Coating measurements around the circumference of the rod
- Figure 2 – Typical test arrangement for adhesion test
- Figure 3 – Definitions of upper yield strength ReH (Mpa) and tensile strength Rm (Mpa)
- Figure 4 – Typical test arrangement for the compression test by mechanical means
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1 – Material, configuration and cross sectional area of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors
- Table 2 – Mechanical and electrical characteristics of air termination conductors, air termination rods, earth lead-in rods and down conductors
- Table 3 – Material, configuration and cross sectional area of earth electrodes
- Table 4 – Mechanical and electrical characteristics of earth electrodes
- Table B.1 – Summary of requirements for various elements testedaccording to Table 1 and Table 2
- Table C.1 – Summary of requirements for various elementstested according to Table 3 and Table 4 [Go to Page]