Laura With respect to the last line of Chris Colgan's email: Be careful!
In the UK we have seen a number of bogus power cords with "13A" plugs which have no provision for fuses. Additionally, they are much narrower than BS1363-compliant plugs and have no insulating sleeving on the Line & Neutral pins - so that it is easy to get your fingers on the Line Pin as you insert the plug in a socket-outlet! Obviously they have no BSI/ASTA certification markings and - also obviously - they are not legal in the UK! I believe that our local Trading Standards Officers are aware of the problem, but it has not - to my knowledge - received a great deal of publicity. Typically they seem to turn up with very cheap PC cases made in the Far East, but they could appear anywhere. My guess is that they were designed for countries where BS1363 sockets are used on radial/branch circuits covered by 15/16A fuses or breakers, and where the legal requirements on access to the pins are much less stringent than the UK - does anyone know where this might be? Regards John Allen Racal Bracknell UK PS: The above is not rumour - I have actually seen and examined items of the type I describe! ---------- From: Colgan, Chris[SMTP:chris.col...@tagmclarenaudio.com] Sent: 17 November 1999 09:41 To: 'Laura Leyba-Newton'; 'emc-p...@ieee.org' Subject: RE: internet information Laura Re. the power cord..... SI No.1768 requires UK consumer products to be fitted with a plug conforming to BS1363. Both BS1363 and SI 1768 require the plug to be fused. The fuse value is determined by the cross sectional area of the power cord conductors. I doubt that you could find an unfused UK power cord set anyway. Hope this helps Chris Colgan EMC & Safety TAG McLaren Audio Ltd mailto:chris.col...@tagmclarenaudio.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Leyba-Newton [SMTP:lnew...@hach.com] > Sent: 16 November 1999 18:36 > To: 'emc-p...@ieee.org' > Subject: internet information > > > Could someone please tell me where previous EMC and safety discussions are > posted on the internet. > Also I am interested to know if a detachable UK power Cord is required to > be > fused. Products using this line cord have integral fuses in both AC lines. > You help would be greatly appreciated. > -Laura > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). > ===================================================== Authorised on 11/17/99 at 09:42:16; code 37f48bf3F2F6C214. The contents of this E-mail are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this E-mail in error, please delete it from your system i mmediately and notify us either by E-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the E-mail. TAG McLaren Audio Ltd, The Summit, 11 Latham Road Huntingdon, Cambs, PE18 6ZU Telephone : 01480 415600 (+44 1480 415600) Facsimile : 01480 52159 (+44 1480 52159) --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
