No soldered connections. The arc was external to the plug between the blades. Carbonizing and then cutting more carbon in the burn track. Remember the arc was *between* the blades, there was no power going through the cord itself.
- Robert - Robert A. Macy, PE m...@california.com 408 286 3985 fx 408 297 9121 AJM International Electronics Consultants 619 North First St, San Jose, CA 95112 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Pickard <rpick...@hypercom.com> To: m...@california.com <m...@california.com> Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org <emc-p...@ieee.org> List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: skinny power cords. > >Hi Robert, > >In your examination, did you find evidence of compression connections with soldered(tinned) leads? >Or, did the compression connections appeared to be loose?. As you might already know, the solder in >such a connection cold flows under the pressure of the connection and after a while this connection >loosens. In my experience, this "loose connection" is the source where the arcing occurs. > >Comments anyone? > >Best regards, > >Ron Pickard >rpick...@hypercom.com > > > > ------------------------------------------- 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.