DEFINITIONS

Electrically protective enclosure

Electrical enclosure surrounding internal parts of equipment to prevent access to
hazardous-live-part from any direction.

Electrically protective obstacle

Part preventing unintentional direct contact, but not preventing direct contact by
deliberate action.

Electrically protective screen (shield)

Conductive screen (shield) used to separate an electric circuit and/or conductors from
hazardous-live-parts.

Electromagnetic interference (EMI)

Degradation of the performance of an equipment, transmission channel or system
caused by electromagnetic disturbance.

Emergency stopping
Emergency stopping is intended to stop a movement, which has become dangerous.

Emergency supply power system for safety services

A supply system intended to maintain the functioning of equipment essential for the
safety of persons.

Emergency switching
An operation intended to remove as quickly as possible danger, which may have occurred
unexpectedly.

Enclosure
A part providing protection of equipment against certain external influences and, in
any direction, protection against direct contact.

Enhanced protective provision

Protective provision having a reliability of protection not less than that provided by
two independent protective provisions.

Equipment protective conductor (symbol PE)

A conductor required by some measures for protection against electric shock for
electrically connecting any of the following parts: exposed conductive parts,
extraneous conductive parts, main earthing terminal, earth electrode, earthed point of
the source or artificial neutral.

Equipotential bonding
Special electrical connections intended to bring exposed conductive parts or
extraneous conductive parts to the same or approximately the same potential, but not
intended to carry current in normal service.

Equipotential bonding conductor

A protective conductor for ensuring equipotential bonding.

Equipotential bonding terminal

Terminal provided on equipment or on a device and intended for the electric
connection with the equipotential bonding system.

SBC 401 2007 21/10

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Escalator
A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt.

Escalator machinery space

A space in which the escalator machine(s) and associated equipment are spaced.

Exhibition
Event intended for the purpose of displaying and/or selling products etc., which can
take place in any suitable location, either a room, building or temporary structure.

Explosive atmosphere
Mixture with air, under atmospheric conditions, of flammable substances in the form
of gas, vapour, mist or dust, in which after ignition, combustion spreads throughout the
unconsumed mixture.

Explosive gas atmosphere

Mixture with air, under atmospheric conditions, of flammable substances in the form
of gas or vapour, in which after ignition, combustion spreads throughout the
unconsumed mixture.

Explosive materials
Materials, including explosives blasting agents, and detonators, that are authorized for
transportation by the legal authorities.

Exposed cable
Branch cable connected to the main circuit.

Exposed conductive part

A conductive part of electrical equipment, which can be touched and which is not
normally live, but which may become live under fault conditions.

External conductive parts

External metal items entering or leaving the structure to be protected such as: pipe,
network cable screen, metal ducts etc. which may carry a part of lightning current.

External influence
Any influence external to an electrical installation, which affects the design and safe
operation of that installation.

Extra low-voltage (ELV)

A nominal voltage not exceeding the relevant voltage limit (50 V a.c. or 75 V d.c.)
between conductors or between conductor and earth.

Extraneous conductive part

A conductive part not forming part of the installation and liable to introduce a
potential, generally the earth potential.
NOTE Examples are: Structural metal work of a building, water pipe and heating tubes etc. and
non-electrical apparatus (radiators, gas or coal-fixed cooking ranges, metal sinks etc).

SBC 401 2007 21/11