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STANDARD 60364-5-54
Second edition
2002-06

BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION

Electrical installations of buildings –

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Part 5-54:
Selection and erection of electrical equipment –
Earthing arrangements, protective conductors
and protective bonding conductors

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STANDARD 60364-5-54
Second edition
2002-06

BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION

Electrical installations of buildings –

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Part 5-54:
Selection and erection of electrical equipment –
Earthing arrangements, protective conductors
and protective bonding conductors

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD...........................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................9
541 General........................................................................................................................ 11
541.1 Scope ............................................................................................................ 11
541.2 Normative references ..................................................................................... 11
541.3 Definitions ...................................................................................................... 13
542 Earthing arrangements ................................................................................................. 15
542.1 General requirements ..................................................................................... 15
542.2 Earth electrodes ............................................................................................. 15
542.3 Earthing conductors ....................................................................................... 19
542.4 Main earthing terminal .................................................................................... 21
543 Protective conductors................................................................................................... 21
543.1 Minimum cross-sectional areas....................................................................... 21
543.2 Types of protective conductors ....................................................................... 25
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543.3 Electrical continuity of protective conductors ................................................... 27

543.4 PEN conductors ............................................................................................. 27
543.6Arrangement of protective conductors .................................................................. 29
543.7Reinforced protective conductors for protective conductor currents
exceeding 10 mA............................................................................................ 29
544 Protective bonding conductors (equipotential bonding conductors)................................ 29
544.1 Protective bonding conductors for the connection to the main earthing
terminal .......................................................................................................... 29
544.2 Protective bonding conductors for supplementary bonding .............................. 29

Annex A (normative) Method for deriving the factor k in 543.1.2 (see also IEC 60724
and IEC 60949) ..................................................................................................................... 31
Annex B (informative) Illustration of earthing arrangements, protective conductors and
protective bonding conductors ............................................................................................... 37

Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 41

Table 54.1 – Minimum size requirements for earth electrodes of commonly used
material from the point of view of corrosion and mechanical strength where embedded
in the soil for commonly used material ................................................................................... 17
Table 54.2 – Minimum cross-sectional areas of earthing conductors buried in the soil ............19
Table 54.3 – Minimum cross-sectional area of protective conductors .....................................23
Table A.54.1 – Value of the parameters for different materials ...............................................31
Table A.54.2 – Values of k for insulated protective conductors not incorporated in cables,
and not bunched with other cables ........................................................................................33
Table A.54.3 – Values of k for bare protective conductors in contact with cable covering
but not bunched with other cables .........................................................................................33
Table A.54.4 – Values of k for protective conductors as a core incorporated in a cable, or
bunched with other cables or insulated conductors ................................................................33
Table A.54.5 – Values of k for protective conductors as a metallic layer of a cable
e.g. armour, metallic sheath, concentric conductor, etc..........................................................35
Table A.54.6 – Value of k for bare conductors where there is no risk of damage to any
neighbouring material by the temperature indicated ...............................................................35
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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF BUILDINGS –

Part 5-54: Selection and erection of electrical equipment –

Earthing arrangements, protective conductors
and protective bonding conductors

FOREWORD
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IEC 60364-5-54 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 64, Electrical installations and
protection against electric shock.

This second edition replaces the first edition, published in 1980, its amendment 1 (1982), as
well as some clauses of IEC 60364-5-548, published in 1996, and its amendment (1998), and
constitutes a technical revision.

The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting

64/1231/FDIS 64/1249/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

It has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.

This publication has been drafted, as close as possible, in accordance with the ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 3.

Annex A forms an integral part of this standard.

Annex B is for information only.

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The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
2007. At this date, the publication will be

• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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