BS EN 60068-2-5:2011
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Environmental testing – Tests. Test Sa. Simulated solar radiation at ground level and guidance for solar radiation testing
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2011 | 24 |
This part of IEC 60068 provides guidance for testing equipment or components under solar radiation conditions.
The purpose of testing is to investigate to what extent the equipment or components are affected by solar radiation.
The method of combined tests detects electrical, mechanical or other physical variations.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 6 | English CONTENTS |
| 7 | INTRODUCTION |
| 8 | 1 Scope and object 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
| 9 | 4 General remarks 4.1 Overview 4.2 Irradiance 4.3 Spectral distribution |
| 10 | 5 Conditioning 5.1 General 5.2 Temperature Figure 1 – Global solar spectral irradiance at the earth´s surface for relative air mass 1 Table 1 – Spectral energy distribution and permitted tolerances |
| 11 | 5.3 Humidity 5.4 Ozone and other contaminating gases 5.5 Surface contamination 5.6 Mounting of specimen 5.7 Test facility 5.8 Test apparatus |
| 12 | 6 Initial measurement 7 Testing 7.1 General 7.2 Procedure A – 24 h cycle, 8 h irradiation and 16 h darkness, repeated as required 7.3 Procedure B – 24 h cycle, 20 h irradiation and 4 h darkness, repeated as required |
| 13 | 7.4 Procedure C – Continuous irradiation as required Figure 2 – Test procedures A, B and C |
| 14 | 8 Final measurements 9 Information to be given in the relevant specification |
| 15 | 10 Information to be given in the test report |
| 16 | Annex A (informative) Interpretation of results |
| 18 | Annex B (informative) Radiation source |
| 19 | Annex C (informative) Instrumentation |
| 20 | Table C.1 – Detailed spectral distribution of global radiation for calculation purposes |
| 21 | Bibliography |
