AS 4398.

1—1996
(Reconfirmed 2010)
AS 4398.1—1996

Australian Standard®
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Insulators—Ceramic or glass—Station
post for indoor and outdoor use—
Voltages greater than 1000 V a.c.

Part 1: Characteristics
 This Australian Standard® was prepared by Committee EL-010, Overhead Lines. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 6 May 1996.
This Standard was published on 5 July 1996.

The following are represented on Committee EL-010:

• Australasian Railways Association

• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
• Australian Porcelain Insulators Association
• Electricity Supply Association of Australia
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• Electricity Engineers Association of New Zealand

This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 95203.

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Committee and through the public comment period.

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 AS 4398.1—1996
(Reconfirmed 2010)

Australian Standard®
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Insulators—Ceramic or glass—Station
post for indoor and outdoor use—
Voltages greater than 1000 V a.c.

Part 1: Characteristics

Originated as part of AS 1132.3—1972.

Previous edition AS 1132.3—1981.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 4398.1—1996.
Reconfirmed 2010.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
committee EL/10 on Overhead Lines.
Technical Committee EL-010 has reviewed the content of this publication and has agreed that
the publication is still valid and does not require change. The referenced documents have not
been modified and users are advised to ensure they are using the latest version of the relevant
documents.
This Standard is based on and has been reproduced from IEC 60273 (1990), Characteristics of
indoor and outdoor post insulators for systems with nominal voltages greater than 1000 V. For
the purposes of this Australian Standard, the IEC text is amended, supplemented or replaced as
set out in Appendix ZZ. The changes are indicated by a marginal bar against each clause, table
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or figure affected by a reference to Appendix ZZ.

This Standard is Part 1 of AS 4398, Insulators—Ceramic or glass—Station post for indoor and
outdoor use—Voltages greater than 1000 V a.c. The two Parts are as follows:
Part 1: Characteristics
Part 2: Tests
The objective of the two parts of AS 4398 is to provide users and manufacturers of station post
insulators with definitions of terms, requirements and acceptance criteria to facilitate the
specifications of insulators.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables and figures are deemed to be
requirements of this Standard.
The term ‘normative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the appendix to
which it applies. Appendices designated ‘normative’ are essential to the understanding or
implementation of this Standard.
As this Standard is reproduced from an international Standard, the following applies:
(a) Its number is shown only on the cover and title pages, while the international Standard
number appears only on the cover.
(b) In the source text, ‘this International Standard’ should read ‘this Australian Standard’.
(c) A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
(d) Where any cross-references to page numbers appear in the text these relate to page
numbering in the International Standard and can be disregarded.
References to international Standards should be replaced by equivalent Australian Standards, as
follows:
Reference to International Standard Australian Standard
IEC AS
60071 Insulation co ordination 1824 Insulation co-ordination
60071-1 Part 1: Definitions, principles 1824.1 Definitions, principles and rules
and rules
60168 Tests on indoor and outdoor 4398 Insulators—Ceramic or glass—
post insulators of ceramic Station post for indoor and
material or glass for systems outdoor use—Voltages greater
with nominal voltages greater than 1000 V a.c.
than 1000 V
4398.2 Part 2: Tests
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IEC AS
60660 Insulators—Tests on indoor
—
post insulators of organic
material for systems with
nominal voltages greater than
1000 V up to but not including
300 kV
60815 Guide for the selection of 4436 Guide for the selection of
insulators in respect of polluted insulators in respect of polluted
conditions conditions
The following Australian documents are referred to in this Standard.
AS
1111 ISO metric hexagon bolts and screws—Product grade C
1111.1 Part 1: Bolts
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1111.2 Part 2: Screws

1214 Hot-dip galvanized coatings on threaded fasteners (ISO metric coarse thread
series)
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CONTENTS

Page

1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 1
2 Object .............................................................................................................................. 1
3 Electrical characteristics .................................................................................................. 2
4 Mechanical characteristics ............................................................................................... 2
5 Dimensional characteristics.............................................................................................. 4
6 Fixing arrangements ........................................................................................................ 5
7 Plan of the standard ......................................................................................................... 6
8 Designation of post insulators .......................................................................................... 6
Figure 1 – Example of an indoor post insulator of ceramic material or glass ........................... 8
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Figure 2 – Example of an indoor post insulator of organic material ......................................... 9

Figure 3 – Example of an outdoor cylindrical post insulator with internal metal fittings .......... 10
Figure 4 – Example of an outdoor cylindrical post insulator with external metal fittings ......... 11
Figure 5 – Example of an outdoor pedestal post insulator..................................................... 11
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 1
2 Object .............................................................................................................................. 1
3 Electrical characteristics .................................................................................................. 2
4 Mechanical characteristics ............................................................................................... 2
5 Dimensional characteristics.............................................................................................. 4
6 Fixing arrangements ........................................................................................................ 5
7 Plan of the standard ......................................................................................................... 6
8 Designation of post insulators .......................................................................................... 6
Table 1 – Indoor post insulators of ceramic material or glass and with internal metal
fittings ............................................................................................................................ 12
Table IA – Optional auxiliary holes in the top and/or bottom metal fitting .............................. 13
Table II – Indoor post insulators of organic material and with internal metal fittings .............. 13
Table IIA – Optional auxiliary holes in the top and/or bottom metal fitting ............................. 14
Table III – Outdoor cylindrical post insulators of ceramic material or glass and with
internal metal fittings...................................................................................................... 15
Table IIIA – Optional auxiliary holes in the top and/or bottom metal fitting ............................ 16
Table IV – Outdoor cylindrical post insulators of ceramic material or glass and with
external metal fittings ..................................................................................................... 16
Table IVA – Standard fixing arrangements of outdoor cylindrical post insulators with
external metal fittings ..................................................................................................... 20
Table V – Outdoor pedestal post insulator units (metric units) .............................................. 21
Table VI – Outdoor pedestal post insulator units (inch-pound units)...................................... 21
Table VA, VIA – Standard fixing arrangements of pedestal post insulators ........................... 22
Table VII – Outdoor pedestal post insulator units—Bending strength in stacks (metric
units) ............................................................................................................................. 22
Table VIII – Outdoor pedestal post insulator units—Bending strength in stacks (inch-
pound units) ................................................................................................................... 23
Appendix A........................................................................................................................... 24
Table AI – Examples of composition of outdoor pedestal post insulators (metric units) ......... 24
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Table AII – Examples of composition of outdoor pedestal post insulators (inch-pound

units) ............................................................................................................................. 27
Appendix ZZ ......................................................................................................................... 30
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