CONTENTS

 1     Scope        
 2     References             
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations         
 5     Storage conditions 
 6     Electrical requirements      
        6.1     Spark-over voltages (see clause 7.1)  
        6.2     Insulation resistance (see clause 7.2) 
        6.3     Capacitance 
        6.4     Transverse voltage   
        6.5     d.c. holdover voltages (see clauses 7.5 and Figures 4 and 5)    
        6.6     Life tests (see clause 7.6)       
        6.7     Short-circuit behaviour          
 7     Test methods         
        7.1     Spark-over voltage    
        7.2     Insulation resistance 
        7.3     Capacitance 
        7.4     Impulse transverse voltage for 3-electrode gas discharge tubes           
        7.5     Holdover test            
        7.6     Life tests      
        7.7     Short-circuit test       
 8     Environment tests  
        8.1     Radiation     
        8.2     Robustness of terminations   
        8.3     Solderability 
        8.4     Resistance to soldering heat  
        8.5     Vibration      
        8.6     Damp heat cyclic      
        8.7     Sealing         
        8.8     Low temperature      
 9     Informative characteristics
10     Identification        
       10.1     Marking      
       10.2     Documentation        
11     Ordering information        
Annex A – Test circuit for GDT used in ISDN circuits    
Annex B – Spark-over test waveform    
Annex C – Determining the special test protector (STP)    
Bibliography