IEC 60060-1:2010 applies to dielectric tests with alternating voltage, dielectric tests with direct voltage, dielectric tests with impulse voltage and dielectric tests with combinations of the above. This document is applicable to tests on equipment having its highest voltage for equipment Um above 1 kV. The third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 1989, and constitutes a technical revision. The major technical changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows:
- artifical pollution test procedures were removed as they are now described in IEC 60507,
- measurement of impulse current has been transferred to a new standard on current measurement (IEC 62475),
- the atmospheric correction factors are now presented as formulas.