IEC 60598-2-1 scope:

IEC 60598-2-1:2020 specifies requirements for fixed general purpose luminaires for use with electric light sources on supply voltages not exceeding 1 000 V.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1979 and Amendment 1:1987. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following technical changes with respect to the previous edition (there are no major technical changes, see Annex A):

a) the scope has been modified to be in line with Part 1 to include all electric light sources,

b) references to Part 1 have been updated.

Related Standards:

IEC 60598-2-2 Recessed luminaires

IEC 60598-2-3 Luminaires for road and street lighting

IEC 60598-2-4 Portable general purpose luminaires

IEC 60598-2-5 Floodlights

IEC 60598-2-7 Portable luminaires for garden use

IEC 60598-2-8 Handlamps

IEC 60598-2-9 Photo and film luminaires (non-professional)

IEC 60598-2-10 Portable luminaires for children

IEC 60598-2-11 Aquarium luminaires

IEC 60598-2-12 Mains socket-outlet mounted nightlights

IEC 60598-2-13 Ground recessed luminaires

IEC 60598-2-14 Luminaires for cold cathode tubular discharge lamps (neon tubes) and similar equipment

IEC 60598-2-18 Luminaires for swimming pools and similar applications

IEC 60598-2-19 Air-handling luminaires (safety requirements)

IEC 60598-2-20 Lighting chains

IEC 60598-2-21 Rope lights

IEC 60598-2-22 Luminaires for emergency lighting

IEC 60598-2-23 Extra low voltage lighting systems for filament lamps

IEC 60598-2-24 Luminaires with limited surface temperatures

IEC 60598-2-25 Luminaires for use in clinical areas of hospitals and health care buildings