5 Critical Factors to Check Before Buying IS 15652 Electrical Safety Mats
If you handle procurement or safety compliance for a substation, control room or switchgear panel, you already know insulating mats are not a commodity purchase. A mat that looks right but fails a dielectric test does not just mean a failed audit. It means someone standing on it during a fault. IS 15652:2006 exists precisely to remove that guesswork, but only if the mat you actually receive matches what the standard demands. Here are the five things worth checking before you sign off on a purchase order, whether you are buying for a single MCC room or standardizing across multiple sites. 1. Match the Voltage Class to Your Actual Working Voltage, Not the Nameplate IS 15652:2006 defines three classes for Indian installations, A, B and C, each tied to a specific working voltage, thickness, and withstand rating. Buying a Class A mat for a Class B panel is not a rounding error, it is a mat rated for 3.3 kV protecting equipment that runs at 11 kV. Class Thickness Working Voltage AC Pro...