1.1 Scope
This International Standard specifies general safety
professional,industrial process,and educational use
measu rement and test
requirements for electrical equipment intended for
including equipment and computing devices for:
control,
laboratory use;
accessories intended for use with the above(e g sample handling equipment
This Part 1 of the standard applies to the equipment defined in a)to c)below,when used under the
environmental conditions of 1 4
a)Electrical measurement and test equipment
This is equipment which by electrical means measu res,indicates or records one or more
electrical or non-electrical quantities,also non-measu ring equipment such as signal generators
measu rement standards,power supplies,transducers,transmitters,etc
NOTE—All indicating and recording electrical measuring instruments(except those excluded in 1.1.2)
fall within the scope of this standard unless they are panel meters designed only for building-in to other
equipment.Built-in panel meters are considered as components and only need to meet the relevant
requirements of IEC 1010,or other standards,as part of the equipment into which they are built
b)Electrical control equipment
This is equipment which controls one or more output quantities to specific values,with each
value determined by manual setting,by local or remote programming,or by one or more input
variables
c)Electrical laboratory equipment
This is equipment which measures,indicates,monitors or analyses substances,or is used to
prepare materials
This equipment may also be used in areas other than laboratories
1.1DV.1 DE Modification
Delete”industrial process”and delete the second and third dashes frOm the fi rst paragraph
fUL 61010A-1 and UL 61010C-1 apply).
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