BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN1149-3:2004Protectiveclothing—Electrostaticproperties—Part3:TestmethodsformeasurementofchargedecayTheEuropeanStandardEN1149-3:2004hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS13.340.10 CopyrightEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithCENNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--```,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---BSEN1149-3:2004ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon5May2004©BSI5May2004ISBN0580437361NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN1149-3:2004.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePH/3,Protectiveclothing,toSubcommitteePH/3/1,Clothingforprotectionagainstgeneralhazards,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to20,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsCopyrightEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithCENNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--```,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN1149-3April2004ICS13.340.10EnglishversionProtectiveclothing-Electrostaticproperties-Part3:TestmethodsformeasurementofchargedecayVêtementsdeprotection-Propriétésélectrostatiques-Partie3:Méthodesd'essaipourlamesuredel'atténuationdelachargeSchutzkleidung-ElektrostatischeEigenschaften-Teil3:PrüfverfahrenfürdieMessungdesLadungsabbausThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon2February2004.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,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.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2004CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1149-3:2004:ECopyrightEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithCENNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--```,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---EN1149-3:2004(E)2ContentpageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope..............................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions....................................................................................................................................54Testmethods..................................................................................................................................................65Reporting......................................................................................................................................................12AnnexA(informative)Explanatorynotes..............................................................................................................19AnnexZA(informative)ClausesofthisEuropeanStandardaddressingessentialrequirementsorotherprovisionsofEUD