prБДС EN IEC 62368-1:2023

Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements

Scope

<!-- NEW! -->IEC 62368-1:2023 is available as <a href="https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/85813">IEC 62368-1:2023 RLV</a> which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.</br></br>IEC 62368-1:2023 is a product safety standard that classifies energy sources, prescribes safeguards against those energy sources, and provides guidance on the application of, and requirements for, those safeguards. The prescribed safeguards are intended to reduce the likelihood of pain, injury and, in the case of fire, property damage. The objective of the introduction is to help designers to understand the underlying principles of safety in order to design safe equipment. These principles are informative and not an alternative to the detailed requirements of this document.

Directives and Regulations

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