This paper presents the international standard of safety test for halogen free flame retardant low smoke electric wires. This is to verify that safety test standard should be applied in accordance with the intended use environment and
purpose by performing safety tests for halogen free flame retardant low smoke electric wires. For this, domestic and international usage survey and safety test of halogen free flame retardant low smoke electric wires were conducted. The result shows that there is interest about halogen free flame retardant low smoke electric wires, and this is applied in the standard mentioned by the Electric Appliance Safety Control Act and Industrial Standardization Act in Korea.
In addition, it is shown that the United States, Europe, China and Japan have different standards for halogen free flame retardant low smoke electric wires. How safety tests are conducted internationally and the different standards have been studied based on the results of domestic and international investigation. In addition, wire samples were analyzed under the same conditions. As a result, it is confirmed that safety tests should be applied in accordance with the intended use environment and purpose.
