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CSA Preface 

This is the fifth edition of CSA C22.2 No. 61010-2-032, Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use — Part 2-032: Particular requirements for hand-held and hand-manipulated current sensors for electrical test and measurement, which is an adoption, with Canadian deviations, of the identically titled IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Standard 61010-2-032 (fifth edition, 2023-09). It supersedes the previous edition, published in 2020 as C22.2 NO. 61010-2-032 (adopted IEC 61010-2-032:2019). It is one in a series of Standards issued by CSA Group under Part II of the Canadian Electrical Code. For brevity, this Standard will be referred to as "CSA C22.2 No. 61010-2-032" throughout. This Standard is intended to be used in conjunction with CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1:12, Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use — Part 1: General requirements (adopted IEC 61010-1:2010) and Amendment 1:2018 to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1:12 (adopted IEC Amendment 1:2016, with Canadian and US deviations). This Standard is considered suitable for use for conformity assessment within the stated scope of the Standard. This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the CSA Subcommittee on Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Technical Committee on Consumer and Commercial Products and the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Requirements for Electrical Safety, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. 

Scope and object 

IEC 61010-1:2010, Clause 1 and IEC 61010-1:2010/AMD1:2016, Clause 1 apply except as follows: 

1.1.1 Equipment included in scope Replace the existing text with the following: This document specifies safety requirements for HAND-HELD and hand-manipulated current sensors intended for measuring, detecting or injecting current, or indicating current waveforms on circuits without physically opening the current path of the circuit being measured. These current sensors are hand-manipulated before and/or after a test or measurement, but are not necessarily HAND-HELD during the test or measurement. They can be stand-alone current sensors or accessories to other equipment or parts of combined equipment. These include measurement circuits which are part of electrical test and measurement equipment, laboratory equipment, or process control equipment. 

NOTE 1 Combined equipment is equipment that is electrically connected to a current sensor by means of a permanent connection which can be detached only by the use of a TOOL. 

NOTE 2 Some current sensors are also known as current clamps, CLAMP MULTIMETERS and current probes. The types of current sensors covered by this document are defined in Annex FF. 

1.1.2 Equipment excluded from scope Add the following new paragraph: This document does not apply to current sensors used as FIXED EQUIPMENT. 

1.2.1 Aspects included in scope Replace item c) of the second paragraph with the following new item c): c) spread of fire or arc flash from the current sensor (see Clause 9); Replace the third paragraph with the following two new paragraphs: Requirements for protection against HAZARDS arising from NORMAL USE, REASONABLY FORESEEABLE MISUSE and ergonomic factors are specified in Clause 16, Clause 101 and Annex GG. Annex BB provides guidance to equipment manufacturers on HAZARDS that should be considered for equipment intended for performing tests and measurements on hazardous conductors, including MAINS conductors and telecommunication network conductors.