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IEC 60598-2-18:2022 PRV “Luminaires – Part 2-18: Particular requirements – Luminaires for swimming pools and similar applications” was published on 2022-06-10. This Final Draft International Standard is an up to 6 weeks' pre-release of the official publication.  It is available for sale during its voting period: 2022-06-10 to 2022-07-22.

IEC 60598-2-18:2022 specifies requirements for fixed luminaires intended for use in water, or in contact with water, in, for example, the basins of swimming pools, fountains, paddling pools, and garden pools, and for use with electric light sources.

SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL CHANGES

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 1993 and Amendment 1:2011.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

A. references to Part 1 have been updated;

B. some subclauses have been renumbered;

D. the standard has been redrafted such that it is applicable to both filament lamps and LED light sources;

E. marking requirements have been updated and 18.5.3 of the previoius edition has been deleted;

F. 18.10.3 of the previous edition has been deleted, as it is no longer relevant, following the update of requirements for cross-sectional areas of external and internal cables in Section 5 of Part 1;

G. 18.10.4 and 18.10.5 of the previous edition renumbered as 18.11.4 and 18.11.5 in this edition have been adapted to allow the use of an alternative waterproof multi-core cable that conforms to the waterproof test of Annex D and Annex E of EN 50525‑2‑21:2011 or to an equivalent regional standard;

H. in 18.11 (18.10 in the previous edition), the cross-sectional area of wiring has been aligned with Part 1;

I. in 18.11 (18.10 in the previous edition), the types of cables have been updated with alternative regional cables.

EXAMPLE OF BACL TEST CAPABILITY：

• IEC/EN/AS/NZS 60598series；

• IEC/EN/AS/NZS 61347series；

• IEC/EN/AS/NZS 60968；

• IEC/EN/AS/NZS 62560；

• IEC/EN 61195；IEC/EN 61199；

• IEC 62471；IEC/TR 62778；IEC 62031；

• UL 1598；UL1993；UL 153；UL 8750；UL 1310；

• For Japan，Ministerial order to Provide Technical Standards for Electrical Appliances and Materials，
Appendix 8 and 10.

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