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E DIN EN IEC 60931-1 VDE 0560-48:2025-08

Shunt power capacitors of the non-self-healing type for AC systems having a rated voltage up to and including 1 000 V

Part 1: General – Performance, testing and rating – Safety requirements – Guide for installation and operation

(IEC 33/708/CDV:2024); German and English version prEN IEC 60931-1:2024
Class/Status: Draft, valid
Released: 2025 -08   Published: 2025-07 -11
VDE Art. No.: 1500301
End of objection deadline: 2025-09-11

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This part of IEC 60931 is applicable to both capacitor units and capacitor banks intended to be used, particularly, for power-factor correction of AC power systems having a rated voltage up to and including 1 000 V and frequencies 15 Hz to 60 Hz.
This part of IEC 60931 also applies to capacitors intended for use in power filter circuits. Additional definitions, requirements, and tests for filter capacitors are given in Annex A.
The following capacitors are excluded from this part of IEC 60931:
- Shunt power capacitors of the self-healing type for AC systems having a rated volt­ age up to and including 1 000 V (IEC 60831).
- Shunt capacitors for AC power systems having a rated voltage above 1 000 V (IEC 60871).
- Capacitors for inductive heat-generating plants operating at frequencies between 40 Hz and
24 000 Hz (IEC 60110).
- Series capacitors (IEC 60143).
- Capacitors for motor applications and the like (IEC 60252).
- Coupling capacitors and capacitor dividers (IEC 60358).
- Capacitors to be used in power electronic circuits (IEC 61071).
- Small AC capacitors to be used for fluorescent and discharge lamps (IEC 61048 and IEC 61049).
- Capacitors for suppression of radio interference (under consideration).
- Capacitors intended to be used in various types of electrical equipment and thus considered as components.
- Capacitors intended for use with DC voltage superimposed on the AC voltage.