IEC 60884-1 Dimensional Gauges for Plugs and Sockets DIN VDE 0620-1 Test Probes

Key Features & Benefits:

Full compliance with IEC 60884-1:2022 for dimensional assessment of plugs and socket-outlets

Manufactured according to DIN VDE 0620-1:2010 to guarantee precise test positioning

Essential for checking accessibility of live parts, protection shutters, and safety structures

Widely used in test laboratories, quality inspection centers, electrical appliance manufacturers, and certification bodies

High durability stainless-steel construction ensuring long-term dimensional stability

Suitable for both routine testing and type verification processes

Test procedures and operation:

Please refer to the relevant standards.

Take IEC 62196-1:2020 clause 10.2 as an example:

For accessories provided with shutters, the shutters shall be constructed that live parts are not accessible without a plug-in engagement, with the gauges shown in Figures 9 and 10.

The gauge according to Figure 9 is applied to the entry holes corresponding to the live contacts and to any other opening of the engagement surface with a force of 20 N.

The gauge is applied to the shutters in the most unfavourable position, successively in three directions, to the same place for approximately 5 s in each of the three directions.

During each application the gauge shall not be rotated, and it shall be applied in such a way that the 20 N force is maintained. When moving the gauge from one direction to the next, no force is applied but the gauge shall not be withdrawn.

To calibrate the gauge, a push force of 20 N is applied on the steel rigid wire in the direction of its axis: the characteristics of the gauge internal spring shall be such that the surface A-A' is brought practically to the same level as the surface B-B' when this force is applied.

The gauge “A” is equipped with a connection cable, for verifying whether the LIVE PARTS touched, recommended to work with our anti-shock probe experiment device or a 40~50V voltage indicator. Connect the connection cable of the probe with one terminal of the anti-shock probe experiment device, and then use an additional cable to wire the LIVE PART of specimen with the other terminal of the anti-shock probe experiment device. Showing as following reference picture: