IEC60065 Test Apparatus for Devices Forming A Part of The MAINS Plug

Socket Outlet Torque Tester, Digital Torque Tester, Plug & Socket Tester 

Product Specifications:

 For measuring and testing the torque strain exerted by appliances with plug pins on socket-outlets, in accordance with IEC 60065 clause 15.4.1 and figure 11.

The balancing arm of the test apparatus pivots about a horizontal axis through the center lines of the contact tubes of the socket-outlet at a distance of 8 mm behind the engagement face of the socket-outlet.

15.4 Devices forming a part of the MAINS plug

15.4.1 A device provided with pins intended to be introduced into fixed socket-outlets shall not impose undue strain on these socket-outlets.

Compliance is checked by engaging the device, as during intended use, with the socket-outlet of a test apparatus as shown in Figure 11. The balancing arm of the test apparatus pivots about a horizontal axis through the centre lines of the contact tubes of the socket-outlet at a distance of 8 mm behind the engagement face of the socket-outlet.

With the device not in engagement, the balancing arm is in equilibrium, the engagement face of the socket-outlet being in the vertical position.

After the device has been engaged, the torque to be applied to the socket-outlet to maintain its engagement face in the vertical plane is determined by the position of a weight on the balancing arm. The torque shall not exceed 0,25 Nm.

NOTE 1 This test is compatible with the test described in the IEC 60884-1.

NOTE 2 The testing device shown in Figure 11 is intended for the testing of devices forming a part of the MAINS plug. Examples of MAINS plugs are given in IEC 60083 [1]. For devices forming a part of the MAINS plug with other dimensions, other testing devices and requirements may be necessary.