Hi to you all, We would appreciate your views please.
We drive a FET based H-bridge from rectified 230VAC mains; thus 320Vpk across the bridge. We have assumed the insulation between the rectified power return and chassis (Class 1 product) is basic, thus requiring 4mm creepage (IEC950). The proposed FETs need to be attached to a heat sink and we would like to use the chassis for this purpose. Our problem is that the FETs have around 2mm creepage between their exposed heatsink surface and the fixing screw, insufficient to meet the basic insulation creepage distance. Is our interpretation regarding basic insulation correct/reasonable? If we use an insulative thermal pad between the FET and chassis, does the compression of the pad exclude the air path thus offering sufficient protection? I am aware of such pads offering 4.5kV breakdown. Thank you Vic Gibling Compliance Engineer e2v technologies Ltd Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford ESSEX CM1 2QU Telephone: +44 (0) 01245 493493 Direct Line: +44 (0) 01245 453352 Facsimile: +44 (0) 01245 453410 E-mail: vic.gibl...@e2vtechnologies.com Internet: www.e2vtechnologies.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: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com 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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"