IEC 60695-2-10 Ed. 4.0 en:2026

Full Description

This part of IEC 60695 specifies the glow-wire apparatus and common test procedure to
simulate the effects of thermal stresses which may be produced by heat sources such as
glowing elements or overloaded resistors, for short periods, in order to assess the fire hazard
by a simulation technique.
The test procedure described in this document is a common test procedure intended for the
small-scale tests in which a standardized electrically heated wire is used as a source of ignition.
It is a common part of the test procedures applied to end products and to solid electrical
insulating materials or other solid combustible materials.
A detailed description of each particular test procedure is given in IEC 60695-2-11, IEC 60695-
2-12 and IEC 60695-2-13.
This basic safety publication focusing on safety test method(s) is primarily intended for use by
technical committees in the preparation of safety publications in accordance with the principles
laid down in IEC GUIDE 104:2019 [1] and ISO/IEC Guide 51 [4].
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of
basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.