I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F 84BA2B6045BBF7E9A6A0467608A@flbocexu05>) about 'ESD - not applicable ?' on Mon, 23 Jun 2003:
>Clause 8.3.1 of EN 61000-4-2 says "The static electricity discharges shall >be applied only to such points and surfaces of the EUT which are acessible >to personnel during normal usage." And it also says "The application of >discharges to any point of the equipment which is assessible only for >maintenance purposes, excluding customer's maintenance, is not allowed >unless different prescription is given in the dedicated product >specification." > >So, unless the product or family spec says otherwise, no testing is required >if a product is touched only during maintenance other than customer >maintenance. OK, it seems that a majority of people here don't agree with that. So, will anyone propose an amendment to the standard? -- 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: emc_p...@symbol.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
