Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 27.34 - Test for intrinsic safety.

Assemblies, subassemblies, or components that are designed for intrinsic safety shall be tested by introducing into the circuit(s) thereof a circuit-interrupting device which produces an electric spark from the current in the circuit. The circuit-interrupting device shall be placed in a gallery containing various flammable natural gas-air mixtures. To meet the requirements of this test, the spark shall not ignite the flammable mixture. For this test the circuit-interrupting device shall be operated not less than 100 times at 125 percent of the normal operating voltage of the particular circuit.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 957,961
source: 31 FR 10607, Aug. 9, 1966, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 27.34