IEC指南116:2010（E）是非强制性的，是对ISO/IEC指南51的补充，并建立了有助于实现低压设备安全的指南。这些指南包括风险评估，其中汇集了与低压设备相关的设计、使用、事故、事故和危害的知识和经验，以便评估设备寿命相关阶段的风险，并实施风险降低措施的基础。本IEC指南应由技术委员会酌情使用，并在其决定应用的范围内使用。 它为ISO/IEC指南50、51和71提供了关于进行风险评估所需信息的额外指南。

IEC Guide 116:2010(E) is non-mandatory and complements ISO/IEC Guide 51 and establishes guidelines useful for achieving safety in low voltage equipment. These guidelines include risk assessment, in which the knowledge and experience of the design, use, incidents, accidents and harm related to low voltage equipment are brought together in order to assess the risks during the relevant phases of the life of the equipment and to implement the basics for risk reduction measures. This IEC guide should be used by technical committees as far as appropriate and to the extent they decide to apply it. It gives additional guidance to ISO/IEC Guides 50, 51 and 71 on the information required to allow risk assessment to be carried out performed.