I read in !emc-pstc that Gary McInturff <Gary.McInturff@worldwidepackets
.com> wrote (in <917063bab0ddb043af5faa73c7a835d40ac...@windlord.wwp.com
>) about 'strange symbols (to me anyway)' on Thu, 2 Jan 2003:
>       I have a small double insulated wall wart type power supply. 120 Vac
in,  
>12 Vdc out has a symbol of a house with an arrow pointing inside the house.
What 
>is that symbol and whence did it come.

'Indoor use only'. It's in IEC60417 but I don't know the number.

>       This one is going to be tough to describe, and is on a little wireless 
>device.
>       A nearly closed "C". The upper half has a horizontal "lightning bolt" 
>separating top and bottom. In the bottom portion of this symbol is what
appears 
>to be a capacitor with horizontal plates. (both plates are represented by
flat 
>lines rather than 1 flat and one an arc).

I don't know that one, but the IEC/ISO capacitor symbol has parallel
plates; the symbol with one arcuate plate is a US divergence from the
international standards.
-- 
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk 
Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to 
http://www.isce.org.uk
PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL!


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"

Reply via email to