This paper describes an evaluation,interpretation and discussion of the IEC61000-3-2standard [1]. Since January 2001, this standard isapplied. Some of the directives mentioned in thisreference are liable to interpretations, test conditionsare not well defined and warm up conditions areneglected (except for lamps). In practice, a lot ofsingle phase [2] as well as three phase non linear loadsdo not comply with the standard. All tested devicesshow bad power quality parameters. Using an IEC fullcompliant programmable power source and poweranalyzer, several test set ups are analyzed, withrespect to the IEC61000-3-2 standard.The paper presents some important remarks andconclusions, based on measurements on several singlephase non linear loads
