Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets — Part 8: Requirements and tests for low-power generating sets

ISO 8528-8:2016 defines design requirements, minimum performances and type tests for low-power generating sets driven by reciprocating internal combustion engines for land and marine use (domestic, recreational and industrial application), excluding generating sets used on aircraft.

It concerns mainly low-power generating sets driven by reciprocating internal combustion engines for the generation of single or multiphase alternating current or direct current up to 500 V. The generating sets are standard manufactured sets.

In this part of ISO 8528, "low-power" is taken to mean rated power of a magnitude up to approximately 10 kW/50 Hz, 12 kW/60 Hz. Low-power generating sets, for the purpose of this International Standard, are determined by the following special features:

- the users normally are laymen (for further details, see 3.1);

- the complete generating set is usually transportable or mobile;

- the electrical output is connected by means of plugs, sockets and screwed terminal except for extra low voltages;

- the generating set is ready for use without any additional installation work by the user.

Generating sets for special applications or of higher rated power conformin