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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 3
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 5
2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 5
3 Terms and definitions ...................................................................................................... 5
4 General requirements ...................................................................................................... 5
5 General conditions for tests ............................................................................................. 5
6 Classification ................................................................................................................... 5
7 Marking and documentation ............................................................................................. 5
8 Dimensions...................................................................................................................... 6
9 Construction .................................................................................................................... 7
10 Mechanical properties...................................................................................................... 7
11 Electrical properties ......................................................................................................... 9
12 Thermal properties .......................................................................................................... 9
13 Fire hazard ...................................................................................................................... 9
14 External influences .......................................................................................................... 9
15 Electromagnetic compatibility .......................................................................................... 9
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Annex A (normative) Classification coding for conduit systems ............................................ 13
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Annex B (normative) Determination of material thickness ..................................................... 13
Annex C (normative) Additional test requirements for conduit systems already
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Annex AA (informative) Calculation for minimum and maximum rate of increase of
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force for 10.2.4 ..................................................................................................................... 14

Figure 101 – Bending test apparatus .................................................................................... 10

Figure 102 – Gauge for checking the minimum inside diameter of the conduit system
after impact, bending, and resistance to heat tests ............................................................... 11
Figure 103 – Assembly of conduit and terminating conduit fitting for bonding test ................. 12
Figure AA.1 – Graph showing force against time for 750 N force........................................... 14

Table 101 – Thread lengths .................................................................................................... 6

Table 102 – Maximum entry diameter and minimum entry length details ................................. 7
Table AA.1 – Minimum and maximum rate of increase of force for 10.2.4 .............................. 15
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FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61386-22 has been prepared by subcommittee 23A: Cable
management systems, of IEC technical committee 23: Electrical accessories:

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2002. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:

a) Annex AA has been added to provide guidance on the application of a constantly

increasing force.
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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting

23A/951/FDIS 23A/956/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.

This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

A list of all the parts in the IEC 61386 series, published under the general title Conduit
systems for cable management, can be found on the IEC website.

This document is to be used in conjunction with IEC 61386-1:2008 and

IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017.

This document supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of IEC 61386-1:2008 and
IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017. Where a particular clause or subclause of IEC 61386-1:2008
and IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 is not mentioned in this document, that clause or
subclause applies as far as is reasonable. Where this document states "addition",
"modification" or "replacement", the relevant text of IEC 61386-1:2008 and
IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 is to be adapted accordingly.

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1 Scope

Clause 1 of IEC 61386-1:2008 is applicable, except as follows:

Addition:

This part of IEC 61386 specifies the requirements for pliable conduit systems including
self-recovering conduit systems.

2 Normative references

Clause 2 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable, except as

follows:

Addition:
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Clause 3 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable.

4 General requirements

Clause 4 of IEC 61386-1:2008 is applicable.

5 General conditions for tests

Clause 5 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable.

6 Classification

Clause 6 of IEC 61386-1:2008 is applicable, except as follows:

Classifications 6.1.1, 1; 6.1.2, 1; 6.1.3, 1; 6.1.3, 4; 6.1.4, 1 and 6.1.5, 1 are not applicable.

NOTE Pliable conduit systems according to 6.1.1, 2 and 6.1.2, 2 and classification 1 from 6.2.1, Table 1 are not
allowed in France.

7 Marking and documentation

Clause 7 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable, except as

follows:
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Addition:

7.1.101 The conduit shall be marked in accordance with 7.1 along its entire length at regular
intervals of preferably 1 m but not longer than 3 m. Where this is technically impractical, the
mark shall be on a label attached to the product at each end or on the packaging.

Compliance is checked by inspection.

7.1.102 The manufacturer shall document, for the conduit system, the minimum inside
diameter and the classification in accordance with Clause 6.

Compliance is checked by inspection of the manufacturer's documentation.

8 Dimensions

Replacement:

8.1 Threads shall comply with IEC 60423.

Outside diameters of non-metallic conduit shall comply with IEC 60423.

Outside diameters of metallic and composite conduits need not comply with IEC 60423,
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shall comply with Table 101. Non-threadable conduit fittings, except fittings which are part of
a conduit system declaring tensile strength, shall comply with Table 102. The minimum inside
diameter of the conduit system shall be as declared by the manufacturer.

Compliance is checked by measurement.

Table 101 – Thread lengths

Size External thread Internal thread

Minimum length Minimum length
mm mm mm
6 05,5 06,5
8 06,5 07,5
10 08,5 09,5
12 10,5 11,5
16 12,5 13,5
20 14,0 15,0
25 17,0 18,0
32 19,0 20,0
40 19,0 20,0
50 19,0 20,0
63 19,0 20,0
75 19,0 20,0
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Table 102 – Maximum entry diameter and minimum entry length details

Size Maximum entry Minimum entry

diameter length
mm mm mm
6 06,5 06,0
8 08,5 08,0
10 10,5 10,0
12 12,5 12,0
16 16,5 16,0
20 20,5 20,0
25 25,5 25,0
32 32,6 30,0
40 40,7 32,0
50 50,8 42,0
63 63,9 50,0
75 75,9 50,0

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as follows:

10.2 Compression test

Subclause 10.2 is applicable with the following addition:

10.2.4 Add the following note at the end of Subclause 10.2.4:

NOTE In order to achieve a uniformly increasing compression force, the force indicated in Table 4 is divided by
time; this value is the required rate per second to fulfil the requirement.

Example: For a test force of 750 N an increase of the test force of 25 N/s is required (750 divided by 30 equals 25).
Informative Annex AA gives detailed calculations including tolerances for time and force.

For self-recovering conduits, replace Subclauses 10.2.4, 10.2.5, 10.2.6, 10.2.7 and 10.2.8,
with the following:

10.2.101 The intermediate steel piece shall be subjected to a uniformly increasing

compression force (N) reaching the force indicated in Table 4 after (30 ± 3) s. The sample
shall flatten by between 25 % and 50 % of its initial outside diameter.

If the sample flattens by less than 25 %, an additional test is carried out whereby the
intermediate steel piece is lowered onto the sample at constant speed until the sample is
flattened by (30 ± 3) % after (30 ± 3) s and the resultant force is measured.

A new sample is subjected to the uniformly increasing force (N) reaching the force measured
above after (30 ± 3) s. The sample shall flatten by between 25 % and 50 % of its initial outside
diameter.
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The force and the intermediate steel piece shall then be removed. Fifteen minutes after
removal, the outside diameter of the sample, where it has flattened, shall be measured again.

After the test, the difference between the initial outside diameter and the outside diameter of
the flattened sample shall not exceed 10 % of the outside diameter, as measured before the
test, and the sample shall show no cracks visible to normal or corrected vision without
magnification.

10.4 Bending test

Replacement:

10.4.101 Conduits shall be subjected to a bending test by means of the apparatus as shown
in Figure 101.

10.4.102 The test shall be made on six samples of conduit, the length of each sample being
at least:

a) 30 times the nominal outside diameter for plain conduits;

b) 12 times the nominal outside diameter for corrugated conduits.

Three of the samples shall be tested at ambient temperature; the other three shall be tested
at the minimum declared temperature for transport, application and installation according to
Table 1, with a tolerance of ±2 °C.
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bending apparatus as shown in Figure 101. The sample shall be slowly bent by hand to the
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vertical position. This sequence of operations shall
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placed in such a position that the straight portions are at an angle of (45 ± 5)° to the vertical,
one end of the sample pointing upwards and the other downwards.

For the test at the minimum declared temperature for transport, application and installation
according to Table 1, the sample clamped in the bending apparatus as shown in Figure 101
shall be conditioned before the test for 2 h in a cold chamber at the aforementioned minimum
declared temperature with a tolerance of ±2 °C.

After the test, the sample shall show no cracks visible to normal or corrected vision without
magnification and it shall be possible to pass the appropriate gauge, as shown in Figure 102,
through the sample under its own weight and without any initial speed.

10.5 Flexing test

Subclause 10.5 of IEC 61386-1:2008 is not applicable.

10.6 Collapse test

Subclause 10.6 of IEC 61386-1:2008 is not applicable.

10.7 Tensile test

Subclause 10.7 of IEC 61386-1:2008 is applicable, except as follows:

10.7.3 Not applicable.

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11 Electrical properties

Clause 11 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable, except

as follows:

11.2 Bonding test

Replacement:

A sample of a conduit and terminating conduit fitting shall be assembled in accordance with
the manufacturer's instructions and mounted as shown in Figure 103. A current of 25 A,
having a frequency of 50 Hz to 60 Hz, derived from an AC source having a no-load voltage
+5
not exceeding 12 V, shall be passed through the assembly for 1 min 0 s. Then the voltage
drop shall be measured between the points as shown in Figure 103 and the resistance
calculated from the current and this voltage drop.

The resistance shall not exceed 0,05 Ω.

12 Thermal properties

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13 Fire hazard

Clause 13 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable.

14 External influences

Clause 14 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable.

15 Electromagnetic compatibility

Clause 15 of IEC 61386-1:2008 and of IEC 61386-1:2008/AMD1:2017 are applicable.