I don't have the IEC 61000-4-2 ammendment, but CISPR24:1997 (Immunity for ITE) does have the phrases "... a minimum of 50 discharges at each point", and "... test points shall receive at least 50 direct contact discharges."
Maybe this is what you were thinking about. --- Patrick Lawler plaw...@west.net On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:25:49 -0700, "Doug McKean" <dmck...@corp.auspex.com> wrote: >Both are 8kV air discharge, both require performance criteria B, >but I'd say the current version of 61000-4-2 is more severe. > >Doesn't the current IEC 61000-4-2:1995 + A1:1998 version >require a minimum of 50 hits per test point whereas the 1984 >version didn't? I don't remember the specifics of the 84 version >and I don't have any reference to it. ------------------------------------------- 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.