IEC 60038

IEC voltage range High voltage Low voltage AC > 1000 Vrms DC > 1500 V defining risk electrical arcing 501000 Vrms 1201500 V electrical shock < 120 V low risk

Extra-low voltage < 50 Vrms

International Standard IEC 60038 defines a set of standard voltages for use in low voltage and high voltage AC electricity supply systems.

Low voltage
Where two voltages are given below separated by /, the first is the root-mean-square voltage between a phase and the neutral connector, whereas the second is the corresponding root-meansquare voltage between two phases. The three-phase voltages are for use in either four-wire (with neutral) or three-wire (without neutral) systems.

Three-phase 50 Hz
230 V / 400 V 400 V / 690 V 1000 V

Suppliers using 220 V / 380 V or 240 V / 415 V systems were expected by the standard to migrate to the recommended value of 230 V / 400 V by the year 2003. This migration has already been largely completed, as least within the European Union.

Three-phase 60 Hz
120 V / 208 V 240 V 277 V / 480 V 480 V 347 V / 600 V 600 V 120 V / 240 V

One-phase, three-wire 60 Hz