IEC 60364

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IEC 60364 is the International Electrotechnical Commission's international standard on electrical installations of buildings.

The standard has several parts:

Part 1: Fundamental principles, assessment of general characteristics, definitions
Part 4: Protection for safety
- Section 41: Protection against electric shock
- Section 42: Protection against thermal effects
- Section 43: Protection against overcurrent
- Section 44: Protection against voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances
Part 5: Selection and erection of electrical equipment
- Section 51: Common rules
- Section 52: Wiring systems
- Section 53: Isolation, switching and control
- Section 54: Earthing arrangements, protective conductors and protective bonding conductors
- Section 55: Other equipment
Part 6: Verification
Part 7: Requirements for special installations or locations
- Section 701: Electrical installations in bathrooms
- Section 702: Swimming pools and other basins
- Section 703: Rooms and cabins containing sauna heaters
- Section 704: Construction and demolition site installations
- Section 705: Electrical installations of agricultural and horticultural premises
- Section 706: Restrictive conductive locations
- Section 708: Electrical installations in caravan parks and caravans
- Section 709: Marinas and pleasure craft
- Section 710: Medical locations
- Section 712: Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems
- Section 713: Furniture
- Section 714: External lighting
- Section 715: Extra-low-voltage lighting installations
- Section 717: Mobile or transportable units
- Section 740: Temporary electrical installations for structures, amusement devices and booths at fairgrounds, amusement parks and circuses