IS 3854 : 2023

What this standard covers

This standard applies to manually operated general-purpose switches for alternating currents only, with a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V and a rated current not exceeding 63 A, intended for household and similar fixed-electrical installations either indoors or outdoors. 1.2 The rated current is limited to 16 A for switches provided with screw less terminals.

Scope, quoted from IS 3854 : 2023. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 13.2 Installation Requirements
• 13.4 Openings in Normal Use
• 13.6 Mounting Means
• 13.7 Combinations of Switches
• 13.8 Accessories Combined with Switches
• 13.9 Surface-type Switches Having an IP Code
• 13.10 Installation in a Box
• 13.11 Connection of a Second Current-carrying
• 13.12 Inlet Openings
• 13.15 Requirements for Membranes in Inlet
• 13.16 Pilot Light Units
• 16.2 Test for Measuring the Insulation Resistance
• 16.3 Electric Strength Test
• 18.3 Overload Test with Filament Lamps
• 19.2 Test for Switches Intended for Externally
• 19.3 Test for Switches Intended for Self-ballasted
• 20.2 Pendulum Hammer Test
• 20.10 Additional Test for Cord-operated Switch
• 21.2 Basic Heating Test
• 26.1 Type Tests
• 26.2 Acceptance Tests
• 26.3 Routine Tests

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “CONSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS”, “TESTS”, and those whose printed names themselves say “Test” in IS 3854 : 2023. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• 5 GENERAL NOTES ON TESTS
• 6 RATINGS
• 7 CLASSIFICATIONS
• 9 CHECKING OF DIMENSIONS
• 10 PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRIC
• 11 PROVISION FOR EARTHING
• 12 TERMINALS
• 12 APRINCIPLE OF THE TEST APPARATUS FOR DEFLECTION ON SCREWLESS TERMINALS
• 12 B EXAMPLE OF TEST ARRANGEMENT TO MEASURE THE VOLTAGTE DROP DURING TEST
• 13 CONSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• 14 MECHANISM
• 15 RESISTANCE TO AGEING, TO HARMFUL
• 16 INSULATION RESISTANCE
• 17 TEMPERATURE RISE
• 18 MAKING AND BREAKING CAPACITY
• 19 NORMAL OPERATION
• 20 MECHANICAL STRENGTH
• 21 RESISTANCE TO HEAT
• 22 SCREWS, CURRENT-CARRYING PARTS
• 23 CREEPAGE DISTANCES, CLEARANCES
• 24 RESISTANCE OF INSULATING MATERIAL
• 25 RESISTANCE TO RUSTING
• 26 TESTS
• 3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
• 7 CLASSIFICATION
• 5 GENERAL REMARKS ON TESTS

Test methods it refers to

• IS 1401
• IS 9000

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 3854 : 2023 — current edition

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

27 products in the NirmanDost catalogue name this standard on their spec sheets — Arteor Advance Classic Switch 10A - Matt White, Arteor Advance Classic Switch 16A - Matt White, Arteor Modular Wiring Devices Range. That is the maker’s own claim, copied as printed; we have not tested these products against the standard, and a spec sheet can cite the wrong code.

Materials market

Also cited in the Materials Market rate library and SKU sheets.