BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 6856:2005 Road yehicles - Unscreened high-voltage ignition cable assemblies -Test methods and general reguirements Confirmed September 2010 res 43.060.50 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTL British Standards BS ISO 6856:2005 National foreword This British standard reproduces verbatim rsO 6856:2005 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical eommittee MeE/9, rgnition Equipment For spark rgnition Engines, which has the responsibilityto: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "rnternational standards eorrespondence rndex", or by using the "search'" facility of the BsI Electronic Catalogue or of British standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the rsO title page, pages ii to ili, a blank page, pages 1 to 1l and a back cover. The Bsr copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication This British standard was published under the authority Amd. No. Date eomments of the standards Policy and strategyeommittee on10June2005 @ Bsr 10 June 2005 ISBN 0 580 459373 BS ISO 6856:2005 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 6856 Third edition 2005-02-15 Road vehicles -Unscreened high-voltageignitioncableassemblies- Test methods and general requirements Vehicules routiers - Assemblages de cables d'allumage haute tension non blindes -Methodes d'essaietexigences generales Reference number ISO6856:2005(E) BS ISO 6856:2005 ii BS ISO 6856:2005 Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. isO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of paten rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 6856 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 1, Ignition equipment. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (IsO 6856:1990), which has been technically revised. i BS ISO 6856:2005 blank BS ISO 6856:2005 Road vehicles - Unscreened high-voltage ignition cable assemblies-Testmethodsandgeneralrequirements 1 Scope This International Standard specifies test methods and general requirements for unscreened high-voltage 2 Normative references references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amend