A report on P1605 and P1606 working groups

This report presents a history to date for P1605 and P1606 Working Group committee efforts to review, compile, and detail standards to help determine applicable product installation and maintenance standards practices related to electrical equipment requirements of various countries. The compilation efforts and listings are intended to provide the location of similar subject materials and a description of the organizational references as defined by the different regions and governments that develop and use the material. Comparisons will be drawn illustrating the similarities and differences of selected topics (e.g., voltages, frequencies, wiring methods, conductor selection, etc.). Scopes have been developed, those anticipated to benefit from these efforts have and are being determined, with various strategies proposed to obtain and review documents covering these subjects. These committee efforts will make available comprehensive guides/models so those needing to do so can quickly determine the applicable information for a variety of electrical system locations.