Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, 16th Edition

49

Standards and Certification

HW Turner, BSC, CPhys, FInstP

Contents

Introduction 49.1

The need for standards and the aims of standardisation 49.1.1

Organisations preparing electrical standards 49.2

British Standards Institution (BSI) 49.2.1

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 49.2.2

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) 49.2.3

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) 49.2.4

Other bodies (ISO other national and regional committees etc.) 49.2.5

Communication with organisations concerned with standards 49.2.6

The structure and application of standards 49.3

Different types of British Standard documents 49.3.1

International equivalents of British Standard documents 49.3.2

Structure of a typical standard ...