EL-003 Electric Wires and Cables Standards Proposed for Reconfirmation

Overview

We are considering the future status of the  following standards and are seeking your feedback to help determine our next steps.

Standards New Zealand and Standards Australia periodically review joint AS/NZS standards that are over 5 years old to ensure they remain fit for purpose and meet industries’ needs. As part of this process, a number of standards have been proposed for review by Standards Australia that we now need your feedback on. If you use these standards, we need you to tell us:

• Should these be reconfirmed, revised or withdrawn?
• Are they still fit for purpose?
• Do you use alternatives to meet your compliance needs?

Before any decision is made across both Australia and New Zealand, we factor in industry interest, even if you work in industries relevant to the topic of the standard but don’t use the standards, your input is helpful in forming an understanding of their place and value to your industry.

Reviewing aged standards is important and sensible approach to ensuring standards remain fit for purpose and continue to bring value in guiding good practice.

To support your review, we’ve made the full text of each standard available on our website for the duration of the consultation. This gives you full access to the documents and context needed to provide informed feedback.

By clicking on the designation of a standard in the list below, you’ll be taken to a new page in our webshop where you can view the full details of the standard. 

Please provide feedback around these proposed reconfirmations in the form that follows. Thank you.

1. AS/NZS 1026:2004 Electric cables - Impregnated paper insulated - For working voltages up to and including 19/33 (36) kV 
2. AS/NZS 1429.2:2009 Electric cables - Polymeric insulated - For working voltages above 19/33 (36) kV up to and including 87/150 (170) kV
3. AS/NZS 1995:2003 Welding cables 
4. AS/NZS 2276.1:2004 Cables for traffic signal installations - Multicore power cables
5. AS/NZS 2276.2:1998 Cables for traffic signal installations - Feeder cables for vehicle detectors 
6. AS/NZS 2276.3:2002 Cables for traffic signal installations - Loop cable for vehicle detectors
7. AS/NZS 2373:2003 Electric cables - Twisted pair for control and protection circuits
8. AS/NZS 2857:1996 Timber drums for insulated electric cables and bare conductors
9. AS/NZS 2893:2002 Electric cables - Lead and lead alloy sheaths - Composition
10. AS/NZS 3166:1993 Approval and test specification - Cables for high voltage luminous discharge tube installations
11. AS/NZS 3560.1:2000  Electric cables - Cross-linked polyethylene insulated - Aerial bundled - For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2)kV - Aluminium conductors
12. AS/NZS 3560.2:2003  Electric cables - Cross-linked polyethylene insulated - Aerial bundled - For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2)kV - Copper conductors
13. AS/NZS 3599.1:2003 Electric cables - Aerial bundled - Polymeric insulated - Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV - Metallic screened
14. AS/NZS 3599.2:1999 Electric cables - Aerial bundled - Polymeric insulated - Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV - Non-metallic screened
15. AS/NZS 3675:2002  Conductors - Covered overhead - For working voltages 6.35/11 (12) kV up to and including 19/33 (36) kV
16. AS/NZS 4026:2008 Electric cables - For underground residential distribution systems
17. AS/NZS 4507:2006 Cables - Classification of characteristics when exposed to fire
18. AS/NZS 4961:2003 Electric cables - Polymeric insulated - For distribution and service applications
19. AS/NZS 5000.1:2005 Electric cables - Polymeric insulated - For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1 (1.2) kV
20. AS/NZS 5000.3:2003 Electric cables - Polymeric insulated - Multicore control cables
21. AS/NZS IEC 60245.4:2020 Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltage up to and including 450/750 V - Part 4: Cords and flexible cables
22. AS/NZS IEC 60332.1.1:2017 Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 1.1: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated wire or cable - Apparatus
23. AS/NZS IEC 60332.1.3:2017 Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 1.3: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated wire or cable - Procedure for determination of flaming droplets/particles
24. AS/NZS IEC 60754.1:2017 Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from cables - Part 1: Determination of the halogen acid gas content
25. AS/NZS IEC 60754.2:2017 Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from cables - Part 2: Determination of acidity (by pH measurement) and conductivity
26. AS/NZS IEC 61034.1:2017  Measurement of smoke density of cables burning under defined conditions - Part 1: Test apparatus
27. AS/NZS IEC 61034.2:2017  Measurement of smoke density of cables burning under defined conditions - Part 2: Test procedure and requirements