BAS EN IEC 60794-1-22:2019

<span style="color:red">NEW!</span>IEC 60794-1-22:2017 is available as <a href="https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/61606">IEC 60794-1-22:2017 RLV</a> which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.</br></br>IEC 60794-1-22:2017 defines test procedures to be used in establishing uniform requirements for the environmental performance of: - optical fibre cables for use with telecommunication equipment and devices employing similar techniques, and - cables having a combination of both optical fibres and electrical conductors. Throughout this document, the wording "optical cable" can also include optical fibre units, microduct fibre units, etc.  See IEC 60794-1-2 for a reference guide to test methods of all types and for general requirements and definitions.  This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. It constitutes a technical revision.  This second edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - new test method designation F16 – Compound flow (drip) [E14 in IEC 60794-1-21]; - new test method F17 – Cable shrinkage test (fibre protrusion); - new test method F18 – Mid-span temperature cycling test. Keywords: optical fibre cables for use with telecommunication equipment