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IEC 60721-3-5:2026

Classification of environmental conditions - Part 3-5: Classification of groups of environmental parameters and their severities - Ground vehicle installations

Standard Details

IEC 60721-3-5:2026 classifies the groups of environmental parameters and their severities to which a product, not forming part of the vehicle, is subjected when installed on or in a ground vehicle. Such products are for example radios, communication systems, fare meters, flow meters for liquids transported by the vehicle, for example milk, petroleum products, etc. Vehicles where products can be permanently or temporarily installed include
- road vehicles: passenger cars, commercial vehicles, special vehicles, towing vehicles, trailers, mopeds, motorcycles,
- rail vehicles: trains, trams,
- tracked vehicles: excavators, cranes, rubber tracked vehicles,
- overland vehicles: four-wheel drive cars, tractors, snow scooters,
- handling and storage vehicles: fork-lift trucks (manual and robot), luggage transporters, and
- self-propelled machinery: diggers, harvesters.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 1997. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) most classes have been replaced by completely new classes based on the use of additional information obtained from referenced Technical Reports;
b) Table 1 through to Table 7 have been reviewed and updated;
c) the content of Annex A and Annex B has either been incorporated into the main body of the document or deleted.

General Information

Status : ACTIVE
Standard Type: Main
Document No: IEC 60721-3-5:2026
Document Year: 2026
Pages: 16
Edition: 3.0
  • Section Volume:
  • TC 104 Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test
  • ICS:
  • 19.040 Environmental testing

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