IEEE C62.31 : 2006

Table of Contents

1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Service conditions
  3.1 Normal service conditions
  3.2 Unusual service conditions
4 Standard design test criteria
  4.1 General
  4.2 Ambient
  4.3 DC breakdown voltage test
  4.4 Capacitance test
  4.5 Insulation resistance test
  4.6 Impulse breakdown voltage test
  4.7 Maximum single impulse discharge current test
  4.8 Impulse life
  4.9 AC discharge current test
  4.10 Alternating follow-current test
  4.11 DC holdover test for two-electrode devices
  4.12 DC holdover test for three-electrode devices
  4.13 Transition time test
  4.14 Impulse transverse voltage test
  4.15 AC transverse voltage test
  4.16 Voltage-current characteristic test
  4.17 Backup air gap devices
  4.18 Failure mode
  4.19 Fail-safe operation
Annex A (informative) Bibliography

Abstract

Pertains to gas-tube surge-protective device components for application on systems with voltages less than or equal to 1000 V rms or 1200 V dc.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	IEEE DRAFT C62.31 : D4 2006