IEC/TR 63044-2 Ed. 1.0 en:2022

This part of IEC 63044 provides the environmental conditions for HBES/BACS devices, when declared in the manufacturer's documentation for use in one or more of the environment classes as defined in Clause 6 of this document.

This document focuses on the following environmental conditions:
- climatic environmental conditions,
- chemical environmental conditions,
- mechanical environmental conditions,
- biological environmental conditions.

This document does not supersede the relevant product standard, if any, and applies only in addition to the relevant products standard when it is referred to in the manufacturer's documentation. It is intended to support the particular manufacturer's declaration or any agreement on environmental conditions between customer and manufacturer.

This document is not intended to give guidance on requirements and tests for the drafting of product standards.

The document provides an overview of environmental conditions for devices operating in weather-protected and non-weather-protected locations, ship environments, portable use and also for storage and transport.