IEC SYSTEM FOR CONFIRMITY TESTING

AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL

EQUIPMENT

COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES

TESTING AND MEASURING EQUIPMENT/ALLOWED SUBCONTRACTING

IEC 60730-2-17:2007-11, Edition 1.2
Automatic electrical controls for household and similar use
Part 2-17: Particular requirements for electrically operated
gas valves, including mechanical requirements
R = Required by Lab
S = May be subcontracted
3PPS = Three Phase Power Supply required
NA = Not applicable
Clause
3
4
5
6
7

Measurement/testing
General requirements
General notes on tests
Rating
Classification
Information

Protection against electric shock

Provision of protective earthing

10

Terminals and terminations

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Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

None
None
None
None
None
Test finger (Fig. 2 of IEC 60730-1), force gauge, test pin (Fig. 1 of
IEC 60730-1), milliampmeter, voltmeter, ruler, micrometer
Ammeter, voltmeter, corrosion resistance analysis materials
According to IEC60998, Torque tester, force gauge tester,
screwdriver, micrometer, ruler, flexing tester

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R
R
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Clause

Measurement/testing

11

Construction requirements

12

Moisture and dust resistance

13

Electric strength and insulation resistance

14

Heating

15

Manufacturing deviation and drift

16

Environmental stress

17

Endurance

18

Mechanical strength

19

Threaded parts and connections

20

Creepage distances, clearances and

distances through solid insulation

21

Resistance to heat, fire and tracking

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COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES

Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

Subcontracting
Electric strength tester, HV test supply, isolation transformer,
insulation tester, DC voltage supply, flexing tester, voltmeter,
R
ammeter, freezer chamber, temperature recorder, torque tester, force
gauge, time clock, test fingernail, vernier callipers or suitable
measuring instrument, micrometer, pressure gauge
According to IEC60529, electric strength tester, conditioning
R
chambers: heater humidity, leakage current meter
Insulation tester, electric strength tester, leakage current tester
R
Temperature meter/recorder, fine wire thermocouples, winding
resistance measurement system, environmental chambers (heat,
R
freeze), current loads per ratings, voltmeter, ammeter
Environmental chamber (heat, cold, humidity), voltmeter, ammeter,
temperature meter/recorder, humidity meter, pressure meter,
R
recorders, oscilloscope.
Environmental chambers heat, freeze, humidity
R
Environmental chambers heat, freeze, humidity. Voltmeter,
R
ammeter, power analyzer meter, oscilloscope, inductive loads,
3PPS
resistive loads, pilot duty loads, motor loads.
Apparatus in IEC60068-2-75, impact tester (Fig. 4 of IEC 60730-1 ),
tumbling barrel (Fig. 5 of IEC 60730-1), force tester, torque tester, pull
R
tester.
Screwdrivers, torque tester
R
Measuring ruler, force tester, test finger (Fig. 2), impulse voltage
tester, electric voltage tester, insulation resistance meter,
R
oscilloscope, electric strength tester, micrometer, vernier callipers
Ball pressure test apparatus in accordance with figure 6 of IEC
60730-1, horizontal burning test apparatus (Annex G of IEC 60730-1)
R
and needle flame apparatus, glow wire test apparatus, environmental
chamber or heating cabinet, tracking test apparatus, voltmeter,
ammeter
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Clause
22

Measurement/testing
Resistance to corrosion

23

EMC requirements emission

24

Components

25
26
27
28

Normal operation
EMC requirements immunity
Abnormal operation
Guide of the use of electronic disconnection

Annex A
Annex B
Annex C

Indelibility of Marking
Measurement Guide
Cotton for Mercury Switch Test

Annex D
Heat, fire, and tracking
(informative)

Annex E
Circuit for measurement leakage current
Annex F
Heat-Fire-Resistance categories
(informative)
Annex G
Heat-Fire-Resistance tests
Annex H
H8
H11
H13

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Requirements for Electronic Controls

Protection against electric shock
Constructional requirements
Electric strength and insulation resistance

COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES

Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

Humidity chamber, heating cabinet
Apparatus in accordance with CISPR14-1. Equipment in accordance
with Clause 17 of IEC 60730-1, oscilloscope
Test apparatus in accordance with IEC60742 and other IEC
component standards
Refer to Annex H of IEC 60730-1
Refer to Annex H of IEC 60730-1
Voltmeter, ammeter, electric strength tester
Refer to Annex H of IEC 60730-1

Subcontracting
R

Refer to IEC 60730-1

None
Common as described in Annex C of IEC 60730-1
Arc-tracking resistance apparatus
High voltage-arc resistance apparatus
Aging chambers, tensile tester, electric strength tester, flexural
strength tester, izod impact tester, flame test burner, insulation
resistance measuring apparatus, CTI testing apparatus, apparatus for
tests in Table D2 of IEC 60730-1.
Circuit apparatus according to Figure E1 of IEC 60730-1.

R
R

None

Needle flame apparatus, glow-wire test apparatus, PTI Test

apparatus
Refer to Annex H, sub-clauses below:
Leakage current meter, capacitance measuring instrument
Ammeter, voltmeter, chart recorder
Same as Clause 13 above

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S
R
-

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Clause
H17
H18

H21
H22
H23

Measurement/testing
Endurance
Mechanical Strength
Creepage distance, clearance and distance
through insulation
Resistance to heat, fire and tracking
EMC requirements emission
Normal Operation

H26

EMC requirements immunity

H20

H27
H28
Annex J
Annex K
(informative)
Annex L
Annex M
(informative)
Annex N
Annex P
Annex Q

Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

Thermal cycling test apparatus
Refer to Clause 18 above
Refer to Clause 20 above

Subcontracting
R
R
R
R
S
R

Abnormal Operation
Guide on use of electronic disconnection
Requirements for controls using thermistors

Refer to Clause 21 above

Refer to Clause 23 above
Oscilloscope, ammeter, voltmeter
Environmental chamber, voltage dips and short voltage interruption
apparatus, variable voltage supply, 3-phase auto-transformer, surge
test apparatus, fast transient/burst test apparatus, ring wave surge
test apparatus, conducted radiofrequency test apparatus radiated EM
field test apparatus, programmable logic controllers or similar
equipment.
Voltmeter, ammeter, oscilloscope, temperature meter
None
Same which are used for clauses 8 through 28

Nominal voltages

None

Overvoltage categories

None

Typical usage

None

Pollution degree
Printed circuit board coating
performance test
Printed circuit board coating
performance test

None
Heating chamber, humidity chamber, environmental cycling chamber,
electric strength tester.
Freezing chamber, environmental cycling chamber, electric strength
tester, freezing chamber

Annex R
Explanatory notes for surge immunity test
(informative)

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COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES

None

R
R

R
R
-

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Clause
Measurement/testing
Annex S
Guidance for applying Clause 20
(informative)
Annex T
Requirements for SELV and PELV
Requirements for relays when used as
Annex U
controls in IEC 60335 appliances

May 2009

COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES

Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

Subcontracting

None

None

R
3PPS

Same which are used for clauses 7 through 28

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