Hi Rich, EN 60598-1:2000, Section 10.3, Leakage current for fixed and portable class 1 luminaires.
At 08:11 01/04/2003 -0800, Rich Nute wrote: >Hi Enci: > > > > Only this morning have I just tested a competitive product from a > > manufacturer in Germany, which failed miserably (+40dB) on conducted > > emissions testing and earth leakage, to be fair only 2mA, but the > standard > > clearly states 1mA!. > >What standard specifies 1 mA? > >The irony is that leakage current is largely due to >Y capacitors in the EMC filter. Higher leakage >current suggests higher value Y capacitors. Higher >value Y capacitors implies lower conducted emissions. > > >Best regards, >Rich > > >ps: IEC 60950 is the applicable standard for IT > equipment. > > The leakage current limit values in IEC 60950 > are: > > 0.25 mA for parts and circuits that are > not connected to protective earth, and > > 3.5 mA (0.75 mA for handheld equipment) for > parts and circuits that are connected to > protective earth. 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 Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
