BS 1363-3 – 13 A plugs, socket-outlets, adaptors and connection units

BS 1363-3:2016+A1:2018 specifies requirements for adaptors having insulating sleeves on the line andneutral plug pins and suitable for use with socket-outlets conforming to BS 1363-2:2016, withparticular reference to safety in normal use. Adaptors specified in this part of BS 1363 are intendedfor household, commercial and light industrial purposes. The adaptors are suitable for the connectionof portable appliances, sound?vision equipment, luminaires, etc., in a.c. circuits only, operating atvoltages not exceeding 250 V r.m.s. at 50 Hz. Adapters incorporating electronic components detailedin Annex H are included within this part of BS 1363.

This standard also applies to shaver adaptors which have the earth pin replaced with a similarlydimensioned protrusion made of insulating material designated as an insulated shutter openingdevice (ISOD) designed to operate the shutter mechanism of a socket-outlet conforming toBS 1363-2:2016.

Adaptors conforming to this standard are shuttered and therefore do not require the use of additionalmeans to shield the current?carrying contacts when no plug is present in the adapter socket-outlets.

Assemblies comprising a plug and one or more portable socket-outlets connected together bya flexible cable are not considered to be adaptors according to this part of BS 1363. Devicesincorporating, transformers, timers, thermostats or other control means are outside the scope of thispart of BS 1363.

Cross References:
BS 4662:2006+A1:2009
BS EN 60664-1:2007
BS EN 50525-1:2011
BS 6004:2012
BS 1363-1:2016
BS EN 62368-1:2014
BS EN 61643-321:2002
BS EN 61558-2-16:2009+A1:2013
BS EN 61558-2-6:2009
BS EN 61000-6-1:2007
BS 646:1958+A2:2013
BS EN 61140:2016
BS EN 50525-2-21:2011
BS IEC 61051-2:1992+A1:2009
BS EN 10270-1:2011
BS EN 61000-6-3:2007+A1:2011
BS 219:1977
IEC 60038
BS 7211
BS 1362:1973
IEC 60083
BS EN 50525-2-71:2001
IEC 60417-DB
BS 638-4
BS 6007
BS 2572:1990
BS 7919
The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994
BS 6500
BS 1363-4:2016
BS EN 60695-2-11:2014
BS EN 61643-311:2013
BS 8546:2016
BS EN 60112:2003+A1:2009
BS EN 60669-2-1:2004+A12:2010
BS EN 61180-1:1995
BS 1363-5:2016
BS EN 50525-2-22:2011
BS EN 61643-331:2003
BS EN 62680-1-1:2015
BS 4800:2011
BS EN 60893-3-4:2004+A1:2012
BS EN 50075:1991
BS 1363-2:2016
BS EN 50525-2-11:2011
BS 2870:1980
BS EN 60695-10-2:2014
BS EN 60664-3:2003+A1:2010
BS EN 60664-5:2007
BS 4573:1970
BS 546:1950
BS EN 60950-1:2006+A2:2013
BS EN 61032:1998