AS 28531986

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Australian Standard
Enclosures
Temperature-controlled
Performance testing and grading

This Australian standard was prepared by Committee ET/5. It was approved on behalf
of the Council of the Standards Association of Australia on 17 December 1985 and
published on 3 March 1986.

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The following interests are represented on Committee ET/5:

Confederation of Australian Industry
Department of Defence
Department of Housing and Construction
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
National Association of Testing Authorities Australia
Telecom Australia
University of New South Wales

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This standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 84021.

AS 28531986

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Australian Standard
Enclosures
Temperature-controlled
Performance testing and grading

First publi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1986

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 4069 9

AS 28531986

PREFACE

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This standard was prepared by the Associations Committee on Environmental Testing

Procedures. It is based on a draft prepared by a Working Group sponsored by the
National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) following a seminar which had
demonstrated the need for such a standard. Acknowledgement is made of the assistance
received from this source.
This standard describes a test procedure that establishes the temperature performance
characteristics of temperature controlled enclosures for use throughout industry, and
a grading system that classifies performance levels of enclosures. The procedure
applies to the unloaded condition under either steady-state or dynamic modes of
operation. It takes no account of other enclosure characteristics.
Standard sensors are recommended for three broad categories of usage of enclosures.
Both sensors and categories of use are described in detail but for applications where
such sensors are considered unsuitable an alternative sensor may be adopted provided
that it can be demonstrated to have an equivalent or better response-time characteristic
under the stated conditions.

CONTENTS
1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Referenced Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 Test Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 Test Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 Enclosure Performance Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 Test Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 Grading of Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX A. INTERPRETATION OF TEMPERATURE SPECIFICATIONS

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grading

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