SIST EN IEC 60898-3:2025/A11:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Električni pribor - Odklopniki za nadtokovno zaščito za gospodinjske in podobne
inštalacije - 3. del: Odklopniki za enosmerni tok - Dopolnilo A11
Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection for household and
similar installations - Part 3: Circuit-breakers for DC operation
Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Leitungsschutzschalter für Hausinstallationen und
ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 3: Leitungsschutzschalter für Gleichstrom (DC)
Petit appareillage électrique - disjoncteurs pour la protection contre les surintensités pour
installations domestiques et analogues - Partie 3: Disjoncteurs pour le fonctionnement
en courant continu
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60898-3:2025/A11:2025
ICS:
29.120.50 Varovalke in druga Fuses and other overcurrent
nadtokovna zaščita protection devices
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60898-3:2025/A11

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2025
ICS 29.120.50
English Version
Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers for overcurrent
protection for household and similar installations - Part 3: Circuit-
breakers for DC operation
Petit appareillage électrique - disjoncteurs pour la protection Elektrisches Installationsmaterial - Leitungsschutzschalter
contre les surintensités pour installations domestiques et für Hausinstallationen und ähnliche Zwecke - Teil 3:
analogues - Partie 3: Disjoncteurs pour le fonctionnement Leitungsschutzschalter für Gleichstrom (DC)
en courant continu
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN IEC 60898-3:2025; it was approved by CENELEC on 2025-02-03. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the
status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
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Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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Ref. No. EN IEC 60898-3:2025/A11:2025 E

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Modifications to Clause 1 . 4
2 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references” . 4
3 Modifications to Clause 3, “Terms and definitions” . 4
4 Modifications to Clause 4, “Classification” . 5
5 Modifications to Clause 5, “Characteristics of circuit-breakers” . 5
6 Modifications to Clause 6, “Marking and other product information” . 5
7 Modification to Clause 7, “Standard conditions for operation in service” . 8
8 Modifications to Clause 8, “Requirements for construction and operation” . 9
9 Modifications to Clause 9, “Tests” . 10
10 Modification to Figures . 11
11 Modification to Annex B, “Test sequences and number of samples necessary to prove
compliance with this document” . 11
12 Modification to Annex C, “Co-ordination under short-circuit conditions between a
circuitbreaker and another short-circuit protective device (SCPD) associated in the same
circuit” . 11
13 Modification to Annex E, “Correspondence between IEC and AWG copper conductors” . 11
14 Modification to Annex F, “Arrangement for short-circuit test” . 11
15 Modification to Annex G, “Routine tests” . 11
16 Modification to Annex H, “Particular requirements for circuit-breakers with screwless
type terminals for external copper conductors” . 11
17 Modification to Annex I, “Particular requirements for circuit-breakers with flat
quickconnect terminations” . 12
18 Modification to Annex J, “Specific requirements for circuit-breakers with screw-type
terminals for external untreated aluminium conductors and with aluminium screw-type
terminals for use with copper or with aluminium conductors” . 12
19 Addition of annexes . 12
Annex ZA (normative)  Normative references to international publications with their
corresponding European publications . 13
Annex ZB (normative) Special national conditions. 14
Annex ZZ (informative) Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives
of Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered . 15
European foreword
This document (EN IEC 60898-3:2025/A11:2025) has been prepared by CLC/TC 23E “Circuit breakers and
similar devices for household and similar applications”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2026-03-31
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2028-03-31
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document is read in conjunction with EN IEC 60898-3:2025 and EN IEC 60898-3:2025/A1:2025.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
1 Modifications to Clause 1
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Add at the end of the sentence of the 3 paragraph:
“and overvoltage category III.”
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Replace the 5 paragraph with the following:
“Circuit-breakers of this document are also suitable for use in IT systems provided that the requirements of
HD 60364-4-43:2010 are met.”
Renumber “NOTE” as “NOTE 1”.
Add after Note 1 the following new Note 2:
“
NOTE 2 Recommendations for the dimensional coordination between enclosures and circuit breakers for mounting on
rails according to EN 60715 or equivalent means are given in the CENELEC report PD CLC/TR 50473.”
2 Modification to Clause 2, “Normative references”
Add the following references:
EN 60051-1:2017, Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories -
Part 1: Definitions and general requirements common to all parts (IEC 60051-1:2016)
HD 60364-5-52:2011, Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 5-52: Selection and erection of electrical
equipment - Wiring systems (IEC 60364-5-52:2009)
3 Modifications to Clause 3, “Terms and definitions”
Add at the end of 3.2 the following two new term entries:
“
3.2.16
type test
test of one or more devices made to a certain design to show that the design meets certain requirements
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-411:1996, 411-53-01, modified]
3.2.17
routine test
test to which each individual device is subjected during or after manufacture to ascertain whether it complies
with certain criteria
[SOURCE: IEV 411-53-02, modified]
”
Replace 3.2.10 2 with the following:
“
3.2.10.2
reference calibration temperature
calibration temperature on which the time-current characteristics are based”
4 Modifications to Clause 4, “Classification”
Replace at the end of Note 1 of 4.6.2 “Annex J” with “Annex H”.
Replace at the end of Note 2 of 4.6.2 “Annex K” with “Annex I”.
Delete in 4.6.2 the 4th (and last) list item and delete Note 3.
Delete Note 2 of 4.7.
5 Modifications to Clause 5, “Characteristics of circuit-breakers”
Replace the content of 5.2.1.3 with the following:
“The rated impulse withstand voltage (U ) of a circuit-breaker is the value of voltage, assigned by the
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manufacturer, to which impulse test voltages and clearances are referred. The rated impulse withstand
voltage of a circuit-breaker shall be equal to or higher than the standard value of rated impulse withstand
voltage given in 5.3.5.
NOTE For dimensioning of clearances, for rated impulse withstand voltages higher than the standard value of rated
impulse withstand voltage given in 5.3.5, see EN IEC 60664-1.”
Replace the 2nd paragraph of 5.2.2 with the following:
“The reference calibration temperature is 30 °C. If a different reference calibration temperature for the circuit-
breaker is used, the effect on the overload protection of cables shall be taken into account, since this is also
based on an ambient temperature of 30 °C, according to installation rules (see Clause 523 of
HD 60364-5-52:2011).”
Delete the note of 5.2.2.
Add in 5.3.1 after Table 1 the following note:
“
NOTE Standard values of DC supply voltages are under consideration.”
Add in 5.3.1 the following new note after Table 1:
“
NOTE The minimum voltage for which the circuit breaker is designed can be declared by the manufacturer in its
documentations.”
Delete the Note in 5.3.3.
6 Modifications to Clause 6, “Marking and other product information”
After the title of Clause 6, add the following new subtitle 6.1:
“6.1 Standard marking”
Replace item g) with the following:
“g) rated short-circuit capacity for DC in amperes, within a rectangle, without symbol “A””;
Replace item i) with the following:
“i) reference calibration temperature, if different from 30 °C”;
Add the following items l) and m):
“l) Indication of grid distance “a” according to 9.12.9.2, if different from 35 mm
m) Circuit-breaker installation information related to the grid distance “a” if different from 35 mm or if requiring
additional barrier(s) to achieve the grid distance “a”.”
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Replace the 1 paragraph below the numbered list with the following:
“If, for small devices, the space available does not allow all the above data to be marked, at least the
information under e) and f), if required, shall be marked and visible when the circuit-breaker is installed.”
nd
Replace the 2 paragraph below the numbered list with the following:
“The information under a), b), c), d), g), h) and k) may be marked on the side or on the back of the device and
be visible only before the device is installed.”
Delete Note 1 and Note 2.
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Delete the 8 paragraph starting with “The manufacturer shall declare in his literature…”.
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Replace the 9 paragraph with the following:
“The manufacturer shall provide the I t characteristic (see 3.5.14).”
Above the last paragraph, add the new following paragraph:
“For rail mounting circuit-breakers, appropriate rail(s) shall be indicated in the manufacturer’s documentation.”
Add the following new subclauses 6.2 and 6.3:
“
6.2 Additional marking
Additional marking to other standards (EN or IEC or other) is allowed under the following conditions:
— the circuit-breaker shall comply with all the requirements of the additional standard;
— the relevant standard to which the additional marking refers shall be indicated adjacent to this marking
and shall be clearly differentiated or separated from the standard marking according to 6.1.
Compliance is checked by inspection and by carrying out all the test sequences required by the relevant
standard. Equivalent or less severe test sequences need not be repeated.
6.3 Guidance table for marking
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