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Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements

Updated 2026-10-27

Edition timelineElectrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements: 2019 (current)20172018201920202021Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirementsIEC 61557-1:2019Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements2019 (current edition)
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Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements2019EditionYesstd.iec-61557-1.published
Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements2019Revision ofstd.iec-61557-1.revision-of

Data records

  • IEC 61557-1:2019 was prepared by IEC technical committee TC 85, Measuring equipment for electrical and electromagnetic quantities, and the catalog files it under the category Safety. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.committee
  • IEC 61557-1:2019 is the designation of the third edition of Part 1 of the IEC 61557 series, the part on general requirements. Value: IEC 61557-1:2019. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.designation
  • IEC 61557-1:2019 was published by the IEC on 2019-07-26 as the third edition of the part. Value: 2019. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.published
  • IEC 61557-1:2019 is the general-requirements part of the IEC 61557 series; the catalog lists the other parts, from the insulation resistance part through the non-contact voltage indicator part, among the publications that reference it. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.relationship
  • IEC 61557-1:2019 cancels and replaces the second edition of 2007 and is described by the publisher as a technical revision. The publisher's list of significant changes covers terms aligned with the IEC electrotechnical vocabulary, a revised treatment of measurement uncertainty following the guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM), updated references for safety, EMC, marking and operating instructions, and new annexes explaining the GUM and addressing environmental aspects. Value: 2019. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.revision-of
  • IEC 61557-1:2019 states the general requirements for measuring and monitoring equipment used to test the electrical safety of low-voltage distribution systems; where equipment performs a measuring task covered by another part of the series, that part applies and may add requirements or deviations. Functional safety and cybersecurity are outside what the document covers. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.scope
  • The IEC catalog lists IEC 61557-1:2019 as valid with a stability date of 2027 and marks both earlier editions as revised. It also records an amendment 1 published in October 2024 together with a consolidated version that incorporates it. Value: current, stability date 2027. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.status
  • The publisher catalog gives the full title of IEC 61557-1:2019 as Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to ... - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements, where the ellipsis stands for the AC and DC voltage limits printed in the title. Value: Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-1.title

Sources

  • IEC 61557-1:2019, Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 1: General requirements, 2019 edition, IEC. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for IEC 61557-1:2019

Obtaining the documents

Changelog (19 entries)
DateRevisionChange
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.committee)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.committee)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.designation)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.designation)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.published)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.published)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.relationship)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.relationship)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.revision-of)
2026-10-27revised (std.iec-61557-1.revision-of)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.revision-of)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.scope)
2026-10-27revised (std.iec-61557-1.scope)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.scope)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.status)
2026-10-27revised (std.iec-61557-1.status)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.status)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-1.title)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-1.title)

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