BE Switchcraft - Switchboard Compliance to AS/NZS 61439

Australia Standard, published in May 2016

BE Switchcraft has been performing tests since 1968 and these play an influential role in our design and construction processes. These tests are the foundation of our switchboard design and enable us to manufacturer a high quality, fully compliant product.

For us, making sure our customers are receiving the very best long-term solution is at the core of the way we work and our proactive role in testing to the new Standard (AS/NZS 61439:2016) is another example of this.

Coinciding with the release of the new Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 61439:2016, B.E. Switchcraft embarked on a series of tests at:

TUV Rheinland Australia Pty. Ltd.

High Power Laboratory in Heidelberg, Victoria.
Austest Laboratories Pty. Ltd. 2/9 Packard Avenue, Castle Hill, NSW.

Austest Laboratories Pty. Ltd. 12 Newfield Road, Para Hills West, SA.

This standard applies to low-voltage switchgear and control gear ASSEMBLIES; also, this standard applies to ASSEMBLIES intended for use in connection with the generation, transmission, distribution and conversion of electric energy and for the control of electric energy consuming equipment.

UNDERSTANDING AS/NZS 61439 DOCUMENTS

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ITEM 1

Strength of material

ITEM 2

DEGREE OF PROTECTION (IP)

ITEM 3 & 4

CLEARANCES AND CREEPAGES

ITEM 5

PROTECTION AGAINS ELECTRIC SHOCK

ITEM 6

Devices & components

ITEM 7

INTERNAL CIRCUITS & CONNECTION

ITEM 8

TERMINAL FOR EXTERNAL CONDUCTORS

ITEM 9

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES

ITEM 10

TEMPERATURE RISE

ITEM 11

SHORT CIRCUIT WITHSTAND

ITEM 12

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC)

ITEM 13

MECHANICAL OPERATION