EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 61462 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM October2023 ICS 29.080.10 Supersedes EN 61462:2007 English Version Composite hollow insulators - Pressurized and unpressurized insulators for use in electrical equipment with AC rated voltage greater than 1 000 V AC and D.C. voltage greater than 1500V - Definitions, test methods, acceptance criteria and design recommendations (IEC 61462:2023) Isolateurs compositescreux-Isolateursavec ousans Verbundhohlisolatoren - Druckbeanspruchte und drucklose pression interne pour utilisation dans des appareillages Isolatorenfur den Einsatz in elektrischen Betriebsmitteln mit électriques de tensions alternatives assignees superieures einerBemessungsspannunguber1000VACund1500V a 1 000 V et de tensions continues superieures a 1 500 V - DC - Begriffe, Prufverfahren, Annahmekriterien und Definitions, methodes d'essai, criteres d'acceptation et Konstruktionsempfehlungen (IEC 61462:2023) recommandationsdeconception (IEC 61462:2023) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2023-10-11. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC ManagementCentreortoanyCENELECmember. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are thenational electrotechnical committees of Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland Turkiye and the United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fuir Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELECManagementCentre:Ruede laScience23,B-1040Brussels Ref. No. EN IEC 61462:2023 E EN IEC 61462:2023 (E) European foreword The text of document 36/567/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61462, prepared by IEC/TC 36 "Insulators" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 61462:2023. The following dates are fixed: latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2024-07-11 level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2026-10-11 documenthavetobewithdrawn This document supersedes EN 61462:2007 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any). Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users' national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website. Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 61462:2023 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated: IEC 60060-1 NOTE Approved as EN 60060-1 IEC 60507 NOTE Approved as EN 60507 IEC 62271-1 NOTE Approved as EN 62271-1 IEC 62271-100 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 62271-100 IEC 60068-2-17 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 60068-2-17 IEC 60168 NOTE Approved as EN 60168 ISO 1101 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 1101 ISO 11357-2:2020 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 11357-2:2020 (not modified) 2 EN I