IS/IEC 60079 : Part 35 : Sec 1 : 2011 Explosive Atmospheres Part 35 Caplights for Use in Mines Susceptible to Firedamp Section 1 General requirements - Construction and testing in Relation to the risk of explosion

New Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 35/Sec 1) which is identical with IEC 60079-35-1 : 2011 —Explosive atmospheres - Part 35-1: Caplights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp - General requirements - Construction and testing in relation to the risk of explosions’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres Sectional Committee and approval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

The text of the IEC Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain terminologies and 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.