Bill Flanigan <[email protected]> wrote (in 
<91307DECAC7BDB45920C645119703F3903974857@AMERITHERM_PDC>) about 'Inrush 
current regulations?', on Wed, 6 Jul 2005:

>Are you aware of any EU or NorthAm standards concerned with regulating 
>product inrush currents? We're aware of and design to mitigate the 
>nuisance factor arising from lights dimming and CRTs pulsing on 
>power-up, and we're acutely familiar with breaker characteristics in 
>view of this effect, but are there any published recommendations or regs

IEC/EN 61000-3-3 and -3-11 effectively limit inrush currents by 
controlling the maximum and time-averaged voltage dips that they cause.
-- 
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
Deadlines are 90% of deadliness.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk


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