NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 17) (First Revision) which is identical with IEC 60079-17 : 2013 ‘Explosive atmospheres — Part 17: Electrical installations inspection and maintenance’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres Sectional Committee and approval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

This standard was originally published in 2008 as IS/IEC 60079-17 : 2007 ‘Explosive atmospheres : Part 17 Electrical installations inspection and maintenance’. The first revision of this standard has been undertaken to align it with the latest version of IEC 60079-17.

The text of IEC Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.