Egypt - Draft Egyptian Standard ES 8604-3 for EV Charging Cables

​Egyptian Organization for Standards & Quality(EOS) notified to WTO, regarding Draft Egyptian Standard ES 8604-3 "Charging cables for electric vehicles of rated voltages up to and including 0,6/1 kV- Part 3: Cables for AC charging according to modes 1, 2 and 3 of IEC 61851-1 of rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V".

This draft of Egyptian standard ES: 8604-3/ 2024 which applies to AC charging cables according to Types 1, 2 and 3 of IEC 61851-1. Rated voltages of Uo/U cables up to 450/750V. Ordinary duty cables with a rated voltage of 300/500 V are all/owed to be used only in charging mode 1 of IEC 61851-1. The maximum conductor operating temperature for these cables in this standard is 90 °C. 

Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with IEC 62893-3:2017.

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