AS/NZS 61008.1:2004Australian/New Zealand StandardResidual current operated circuit- breakers without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCCBs)Part 1: General rules(IEC 61008-1, Ed. 2.1 (2002) MOD)Originated as AS/NZS 3175.1:1994.Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 61008.1:2004.COPYRIGHT Standards Australia/Standards New ZealandAll rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher.Jointly published by Standards Australia International Ltd, GPO Box 5420, Sydney, NSW2001 and Standards New Zealand, Private Bag 2439, Wellington 6020ISBN 0 7337 4758 2The Standard is downloaded from www.bzfxw.com Standard SharingPREFACEThis Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee EL-004, Electrical Accessories to supersede AS/NZS 3175.1:1994, Approval and test specificationResidual current-operated circuit-breakers without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCCBs) Part 1: General rules.This Standard forms the first edition of AS/NZS 61008.1, Residual current-operated circuit- breakers without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCCBs) Part 1: General rules.The objective of this Standard is to provide Australian and New Zealand electrical industries, manufacturers and regulatory bodies with safety requirements for residual current-operated circuit-breakers without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses, and which may be used as the bases for approval for sale or for connection to supply in Australia and New Zealand.This Standard is an adoption with national modifications and has been reproduced from IEC 61008-1, Ed. 2.1 (2002), Residual current-operated circuit-breakers without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses (RCCBs) Part 1: General rules which includes Amendment 1:2002.Variations to IEC 61008-1 to take account of Australian/New Zealand conditions are indicated at the appropriate places throughout this standard. Strikethrough (example) identifies IEC text, tables and figures which, for the purposes of this Australian/New Zealand Standard, are deleted. Where text, tables or figures are added, each is set in its proper place and identified by shading (example). Added figures are not themselves shaded, but are identified by a shaded border.Variations made to IEC 61008-1 form the Australian national variations for the purposes of the CB scheme for recognition of testing to standards for safety of electrical equipment. These variations have been incorporated in the body of the standard. They are listed in Annex ZZ for easy reference.This Standard will exist in parallel with AS/NZS 3190, Approval and test specification Residual current devices (current-operated earth-leakage devices) and any revisions thereof. Both this Standard and AS/NZS 3190 are acceptable for RCCBs.The essential safety requirements in AS/NZS 3820 that could be applicable to RCCBs are covered by this Standard taken in conjunction with any other relevant requirements affecting safety.The terms normative and informative are used to define the application of the annex to which they apply. A normative annex is an integral part of a standard, whereas an informative annex is only for information and guidance.In this Standard, the following print types are used:requirements proper: in arial type;test specifications: in italic type;explanatory matter: in smaller arial type.As this Standard is reproduced from an International Standard, the following applies:(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identity is shown only on the cover and title page.(b) A full point should be substituted for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.The numbering of clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes follows that of IEC 61008-1. To allow for additional material to be introduced by Australia and New Zealand, the numbers 201 to 300 are used to number further clauses, subclauses, notes, tables and figures in this Standard.This scheme has been introduced to reduce the likelihood of the IEC and Australia or New Zealand using the same clause or figure number for differing requirements. The use of the word VOID indicates that the IEC requirement is not used in Australia or New Zealand. The word is also used where the deletion of a particular requirement such as a Table would lead to the consequential renumbering of refer