60950 (IEC or EN) is a safety standard for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). It is the standard for evaluation of a piece of ITE equipment for electric shock, energy hazards, fire hazards, radiation hazards, chemical hazards, and mechanical hazards.
60529 (IEC or EN) is the ingress protection standard. It is a test standard which enclosures are tested for the extent to which they protect against personnel access, dust access, and water access in various environmental conditions. They are not comparable, they are complementary. Say you've got an outdoor computer. The outdoor concerns, such as rain and dust, could be evaluated to 60529, where the electrical safety concerns inherent to computers (shock, fire, etc.) would be evaluated to 60950. Hope this helps. Sam --- Sam Davis Product Safety Engineer Professional Testing Inc. (512)244-3371 x112 www.ptitest.com From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Reginald Henry Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:34 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Safety Standards Comparison Group, SAFETY: EN60950 vs. IEC60529 (Taiwan ) standard. Has anyone here worked with these two standards enough to give me the "basic" differences and similarities between the two ? Thanks in advance Reg Henry 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 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
