750mm Switch Life Tester IEC 60884-1 Fig. 29 Multiple Portable Socket - Outlets Mechanical Strength Test Apparatus
IEC 60884-1 Apparatus for Mechanical Strength Test on Multiple Portable Socket-outlets
Product information:
The socket-outlet mechanical strength test apparatus meets the requirements of IEC 60884-1 2013 clause 24.9 and figure 29. The apparatus is used to test the mechanical strength of multiple portable socket-outlets when rewirable multiple portable socket-outlets are fitted with the lightest type of flexible cable of the smallest nominal cross-sectional area.
Technical parameters:
| Drop height | 750mm |
| Distance to fixed end | 2250mm |
| Test Times | 8 times |
| Rotation action | Every 45°, 8 directions can be rotated |
| Operation method | Manual release |
| Conforms to standard | IEC 60884-1 2013 clause 24.9 and figure 29 |
Test procedures:
The free end of the flexible cable is fixed to a wall at a height of 750mm above the floor, as shown in figure 29.
The specimen is held so that the flexible cable is horizontal and then it is allowed to fall onto a concrete floor, eight times, the flexible cable being rotated through 45° at its fixing after each fall.
After the test, the specimen shall show no damage within the meaning of this standard; in particular, no part shall have become detached or loosened.
The fixtures for the specimen on the two ends of this apparatus
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