The normal answer is to fit filters with bleeder resistors across the Line-to-Neutral capacitor, which is the main culprit for shocks.
In fact, I would ALWAYS advocate these - having known of several cases where people have picked up unplugged equipment, and then dropped it due to the reaction shock from touching the plug pins. Dropping a 20-30lb unit on you foot hurts - and you do not think very kindly of that EQUIPMENT manufacturer from then on!! John Allen Thales Defence Ltd Bracknell UK. -----Original Message----- From: wmf...@aol.com [mailto:wmf...@aol.com] Sent: 26 October 2001 12:42 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: EMI filter hazards Many of us incorporate these little babies in our designs, and good design practices require their placement at the enclosure threshhold to prevent re-radiation. This sometimes means the filter is upstream of the/any mains switch or breaker. In these cases, what can be done to mitigate the shock risk at the equipment plug for those first seconds after removal? We warn our customers at the mains terminals and in the manual, but, still.... ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
