EN IEC 60895 Clothing Conductivity Tests

IEC 60895:2020 is applicable to conductive clothing worn during live work (particularly bare-handed work) in AC and DC electrical installations to provide electrical continuity between all parts of the suit and a reduction in the electric field within the suit.

EN IEC 60895 applies to conductive clothing assembled from a conductive garment (jackets and trousers or overalls forming a one-piece garment) and conductive component parts in electrical systems (gloves, caps or helmets, shoes or boots, overshoes and stockings). Rated voltage up to 1 000 kV AC and ±800 kV DC.

EN IEC 60895 does not indicate values ​​for protection from the effects of electric arcs, because any specified value does not guarantee the necessary protection from the effects of electric arcs or the operator must wear very heavy and hard conductive clothing; Allowing the work to be run safely is an acceptance criterion.

Products designed and manufactured in accordance with EN IEC 60895 contribute to the safety of users, provided they are used by persons trained for the job, in accordance with live working methods and instructions for use.

This standard replaces the previous standard and includes the following changes.

• Increasing usage up to 1 kV AC and ±000 kV DC;
• Introducing two classes of conductive clothing with different electrical requirements;
• Review of electrical requirements of conductive clothing;
• Definition of specific resistance values ​​for each component part of conductive clothing;
• Introduction of conductive helmet and conductive scarf as component parts of conductive clothing;
• Introduction of mechanical requirements and new tests for fabrics;
• Updating cleaning test procedures;
• Revising the efficiency testing of conductive garments to improve feasibility and reproducibility;
• Preparation of elements of classification of defects and general application of IEC 61318:2007;
• The normative Annex B for the classification of tests has been replaced by the normative Annex C for the general type tests procedure, the normative Annex D for the classification of defects, and the informative Annex E, which provides the rationale for the classification of defects;
• The normative Annex C on the sampling procedure has been deleted (not applicable according to IEC 61318:2007);
• Changing the recommended frequency of periodic tests

You can work with our accredited laboratory EUROLAB for this test method, which requires safe clothing according to certain voltage ranges.