IEC EN 60695-6-1 Fire Hazard Testing - Part 6-1: Smoke Blackout - General Guide

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of IEC EN 60695-6-1 test. This part of IEC EN 60695 provides guidance on:

• Optical measurement of smoke darkening;
• General aspects of optical smoke testing methods;
• Evaluation of test methods;
• Expression of smoke test data;
• Relevance of optical smoke data to hazard assessment.

One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is to leverage key security publications in the preparation of their publications, where applicable.

The risk of fire needs to be considered in any electrical circuit, and the purpose of component, circuit and equipment design, as well as material selection, is to reduce the probability of fire even in the event of predictable abnormal use, failure.

Electrotechnical products that are primarily victims of a fire can still contribute to a fire. One of the contributing hazards is the release of smoke, which can cause loss of vision or disorientation that may hinder escaping the building or fighting fires.

Smoke particles reduce visibility due to light absorption and scattering. As a result, people may have trouble finding exit signs, doors and windows. Visibility is usually determined as the distance at which an object is no longer visible.

Smoke production and optical properties, as well as other fire characteristics such as heat release, flame propagation, and production of toxic gas and corrosive waste, can be measured. This part of IEC EN 60695-6 serves as a guidance document and focuses on the dimming of light by smoke.

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