IEC 62561-2:2018 specifies the requirements and tests for:

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  metallic conductors (other than " natural" conductors) that form part of the air-termination and down-conductor systems,


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  metallic earth electrodes that form part of the earth-termination system.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. This edition constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical change with respect to the previous edition:

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Tables 2 and 4 have been merged into one Table (Table 2).

Figure 2 showing the coating measurement of a plate conductor has been added.