BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN50395:2005ElectricaltestmethodsforlowvoltageenergycablesTheEuropeanStandardEN50395:2005hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS29.060.20 ©BSI14November2005ISBN0580467376NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN50395:2005.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeGEL/20,Electriccables,toSubcommitteeGEL/20/17,Lowvoltagecables,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeepUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to14,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments©2005CENELEC-AllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENELECmembers.Ref.No.EN50395:2005EICS29.060.20PartlysupersedesHD21.2S3:1997+A1:2002&HD22.2S3:1997+A1:2002EnglishversionElectricaltestmethodsforlowvoltageenergycablesMéthodesd'essaisélectriquespourlescâblesd'énergiebassetensionElektrischePrüfverfahrenfürNiederspannungskabelund-leitungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENELECon2005-07-01.CENELECmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENELECmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENELECmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENELECmembersarethenationalelectrotechnicalcommitteesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.–2–ForewordThisEuropeanStandardwaspreparedbytheTechnicalCommitteeCENELECTC20,Electriccables.InaccordancewiththedecisionofTC20atitsSetubalmeeting(June2004),thetextofthedraftwassubmittedtotheformalvote.ItwasapprovedbyCENELECasEN50395on2005-07-01.ThisEuropeanStandard,togetherwithEN50396:2005,supersedesHD21.2S3:1997+A1:2002andHD22.2S3:1997+A1:2002.Thefollowingdateswerefixed:–latestdatebywhichtheENhastobeimplementedatnationallevelbypublicationofanidenticalnationalstandardorbyendorsement(dop)2006-07-01–latestdatebywhichthenationalstandardsconflictingwiththeENhavetobewithdrawn(dow)2008-07-01__________–3–EN50395:2005ContentsPageIntroduction.............................................................................................................................................51Scope................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences......................................................................................................................53Generalrequirements.....................................................................................................................63.1Pre-conditioning......................................................................................................................63.2Testtemperature....................................................................................................................63.3Testvoltage............................................................................................................................63.4Testvalues.........................................................................................