UL Standard for Safety Electrical Equipment For Measurement@ Control@ and Laboratory Use; Part 1: General Requirements (COMMENTS DUE: September 26@ 2011)
Equipment included in scope This part of IEC 61010 specifies general safety requirements for electrical equipment intended for professional@ industrial process@ and educational use@ any of which may incorporate computing devices@ as defined in a) to d) below@ when used under the environmental conditions of 1.4. a) Electrical test and measurement equipment This is equipment which by electrical means tests@ measures@ indicates or records one or more electrical or non-electrical quantities@ also non-measuring equipment such as signal generators@ measurement standards@ power supplies@ transducers@ transmitters@ etc. NOTE All indicating and recording electrical measuring instruments (except those excluded in 1.1.2) fall within the scope of IEC 61010 unless they are panel meters designed only for building-in to other equipment. Built-in panel meters are considered to be components and only need to meet the relevant requirements of IEC 61010@ or other standards@ as part of the equipment into which they are built. b) Electrical control equipment This is equipment which controls one or more output quantities to specific values@ with each value determined by manual setting@ by local or remote programming@ or by one or more input variables.?c) Electrical laboratory equipment This is equipment which measures@ indicates@ monitors or analyses substances@ or is used to prepare materials@ and includes in vitro diagnostic (IVD) equipment This equipment may also be used in areas other than laboratories@ for example self-test IVD equipment may be used in the home. d) Accessories intended for use with the above (for example@ sample handling equipment).