Technical amendments to EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 edition

The European Commission revised the standard for harmonic current emission limits (equipment input current ≤ 16A per phase) and officially published EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 on April 12, 2024 and will be mandatory on April 08, 2027.

Technical amendments to EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 edition

The European Commission has revised the standard for harmonic current emission limits (equipment input current ≤ 16A per phase) and officially published EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 on April 12, 2024 and will be mandatory on April 08, 2027, which is equivalent to IEC 61000-3-2:2018/AMD2:2024. However, the European Union Official Journal (OJ) Directive 2014/30/EU still follows the EN 6100-3-2:2014 version and has not yet been updated.

Compared with the previous version, this version includes the following major technical changes.

a) Updating the emission limit values for lighting equipment with a rated power <25W to take into account new types of lighting equipment.

b) Addition of a 5W threshold at which all lighting equipment is exempt from the emission limits.

c) Modify the requirements for dimmers when operating non-incandescent lamps.

d) Addition of test conditions for digital load-side drive control devices.

e) Eliminating the use of reference lamps and reference ballasts when testing lighting equipment

f) Simplification and clarification of lighting equipment terminology.

g) Classification of stage lighting and studio specialty luminaires as Category A.

h) Clarification of the classification of emergency lighting equipment.

i) Clarification of lighting equipment that includes a control module with an active input power of <2W.

j) Updating the test conditions for television receivers.

k) Updating of the test conditions for induction stoves, taking into account other types of cooking appliances.

l) For consistency with IEC 61000-3-12, change the scope of application of IEC 61000-3-2 from equipment with an input current ≤ 16A to equipment with a rated input current ≤ 16A.

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