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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 5: Resistance to earth

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 5: Resistance to earth: 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 5: Resistance to earthIEC 61557-5:2019Electrical 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 5: Resistance to earth2019 (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 5: Resistance to earth2019EditionYesstd.iec-61557-5.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 5: Resistance to earth2019Revision ofstd.iec-61557-5.revision-of

Data records

  • IEC 61557-5:2019 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 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.committee
  • IEC 61557-5:2019 is the designation of the third edition of Part 5 of the IEC 61557 series, the part on resistance to earth. Value: IEC 61557-5:2019. Source: IEC 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.designation
  • IEC 61557-5:2019 was published by the IEC on 2019-07-26 as the third edition of the part. Value: 2019. Source: IEC 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.published
  • The IEC catalog page for IEC 61557-1:2019 lists IEC 61557-5:2019 among the publications that reference it, placing the resistance to earth part under the general requirements of Part 1 of the series. Source: IEC 61557-1:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.relationship
  • IEC 61557-5:2019 cancels and replaces the second edition of 2007 and is described by the publisher as a technical revision. Its listed changes cover definitions and symbols, the structure of the requirements clause, requirements for clamps, markings and a warning, the wording and equation for operating uncertainty, and a new annex on test measurements with loop clamps. Value: 2019. Source: IEC 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.revision-of
  • IEC 61557-5:2019 states the requirements for measuring equipment that uses an AC voltage to measure the resistance to earth. Source: IEC 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.scope
  • The IEC catalog offers IEC 61557-5:2019 as the current base publication of the part, an International Standard with a stability date of 2027. Value: current, stability date 2027. Source: IEC 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.status
  • The publisher catalog gives the full title of IEC 61557-5:2019 as Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to ... - Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures - Part 5: Resistance to earth, 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 5: Resistance to earth. Source: IEC 61557-5:2019. Verified 2026-10-27. Record std.iec-61557-5.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
  • IEC 61557-5:2019, 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 5: Resistance to earth, 2019 edition, IEC. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for IEC 61557-5:2019

Obtaining the documents

Changelog (18 entries)
DateRevisionChange
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.committee)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.committee)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.designation)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.designation)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.published)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.published)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.relationship)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.relationship)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.revision-of)
2026-10-27revised (std.iec-61557-5.revision-of)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.revision-of)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.scope)
2026-10-27revised (std.iec-61557-5.scope)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.scope)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.status)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.status)
2026-10-27created (std.iec-61557-5.title)
2026-10-27review_status unreviewed -> software_reviewed (std.iec-61557-5.title)

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