TC 42 |
High-voltage and high-current test techniques |
TC 42 Subcommittee(s) and/or Working Group(s)
Label |
Title |
|---|---|
| Working Groups | |
| WG 14 | IEC 62478 - High-voltage test techniques: Measurement of partial discharge by electromagnetic and acoustic methods |
| WG 19 | Adaptation of TC 42 standards to UHV test requirements |
| WG 20 | IEC 61083-4: Instruments and software used for measurements in high-voltage and high-current tests ? Part 4: Requirements for software for tests with alternating and direct currents and voltages |
| WG 21 | IEC 61083-3: Instruments and software used for measurements in high-voltage and high-current tests - Part 3: Requirements for instruments for tests with alternating and direct currents and voltages |
| Maintenance Teams | |
| MT 03 | IEC 60060-2, High voltage test techniques - Part 2: Measuring systems |
| MT 4 | IEC 60060-1, High voltage test techniques - Part 1: General definitions and test requirements |
| MT 7 | IEC 61083-2, Instruments and software used for measurements in high-voltage tests - Part 2: Requirements for software |
| MT 12 | IEC 62475, High current test techniques: Definitions and requirements for high current measurements |
| MT 13 | IEC 60060-3 - High-voltage test techniques - Part 3: Definitions and requirements for on-site testing |
| MT 15 | Revision of IEC 60052: Recommendations for voltage measurement by means of sphere-gaps |
| MT 16 | Revision of IEC 61083-1: Instruments and software used for measurement in high-voltage impulse tests - Part 1: Requirements for instruments |
| MT 18 | Revision and update of IEC 61180-1: High-voltage test techniques for low voltage equipment - Part 1: Definitions, test and procedure requirements and IEC 61180-2: High-voltage test techniques for low-voltage equipment - Part 2: Test equipment |
| MT 23 | Maintenance of IEC 60270: High-voltage test techniques: Partial discharge measurements |
| Joint Working Groups | |
| JWG 22 | Atmospheric and altitude correction linked to TC 37, SC 22F, TC 99, TC 115, SC 17A, SC 17C, TC 36, SC 121A, |
TC 42 Membership
 Country | Country Code  | P/O Status | IEC Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
AR | P-Member | Full Member | |
AU | P-Member | Full Member | |
AT | P-Member | Full Member | |
BE | O-Member | Full Member | |
BR | O-Member | Full Member | |
BG | O-Member | Full Member | |
CA | P-Member | Full Member | |
CN | P-Member | Full Member | |
HR | O-Member | Full Member | |
CZ | O-Member | Full Member | |
DK | O-Member | Full Member | |
EG | P-Member | Full Member | |
FI | P-Member | Full Member | |
FR | P-Member | Full Member | |
GE | P-Member | Associate Member | |
DE | P-Member | Full Member | |
HU | O-Member | Full Member | |
IN | P-Member | Full Member | |
ID | O-Member | Full Member | |
IE | O-Member | Full Member | |
IL | O-Member | Full Member | |
IT | P-Member | Full Member | |
JP | P-Member | Full Member | |
KR | P-Member | Full Member | |
MY | P-Member | Full Member | |
MX | O-Member | Full Member | |
NL | O-Member | Full Member | |
NO | P-Member | Full Member | |
PL | P-Member | Full Member | |
RO | P-Member | Full Member | |
RU | P-Member | Full Member | |
RS | O-Member | Full Member | |
SK | O-Member | Full Member | |
SI | O-Member | Full Member | |
ZA | O-Member | Full Member | |
ES | P-Member | Full Member | |
SE | P-Member | Full Member | |
CH | P-Member | Full Member | |
TH | P-Member | Full Member | |
TR | P-Member | Full Member | |
UA | O-Member | Full Member | |
GB | P-Member | Full Member | |
US | P-Member | Full Member |
Facts and figures
Secretariat | Canada |
|---|---|
Participating countries | 26 |
Observer Countries | 17 |
TC 42 Officers
Chair | Mr Heribert Schorn (DE) Term of office : 2026-07 | |
|---|---|---|
Secretary | Mr Howard G. Sedding (CA) | |
Assistant Secretary | Ms Karen Howard (CA) |
IEC Central Office Contacts
Technical Officer | Mr Timothy J Rotti | |
|---|---|---|
Standards Project Administrator | Ms Marlene Maillet | |
Editor | Ms Christine Peterkin |
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TC 42 Liaisons
Committee |
Description |
Incoming liaison representative |
Outgoing liaison representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal IEC Liaison | |||
| TC 14 | Power transformers | Mr Axel Krämer |
Mr Michael Muhr |
| SC 22F | Power electronics for electrical transmission and distribution systems | ||
| TC 36 | Insulators | Mr John Kuffel | |
| TC 37 | Surge arresters | Mr Volker Hinrichsen |
Mr Anders Bergman |
| TC 99 | Insulation co-ordination and system engineering of high voltage electrical power installations above 1,0 kV AC and 1,5 kV DC | Mr Jiansheng Wang |
Mr Alf-Peter Elg |
| TC 109 | Insulation co-ordination for low-voltage equipment | Mr Heribert Schorn | |
| TC 112 | Evaluation and qualification of electrical insulating materials and systems | Mr Ernst Gockenbach | |
| TC 115 | High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission for DC voltages above 100 kV | Mr Jicheng Yu |
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| TC 122 | UHV AC transmission systems | Mr Ernst Gockenbach | |
| Liaison A | |||
| CIGRE/SC D1 | Materials and emerging test techniques | Mr Yi Li |
Mr Alf-Peter Elg |