John, I didn't think about that. Are GFI commonly used in the UK and Hong Kong or just in hospitals? Have the 230VAC GFIs in the UK evolved over the years from a once unreliable nightmare to a very reliable must-have device like in the US?
I have never heard any reports of GFI tripping with our products in the UK or Hong Kong, but being in the US, maybe any such problems are handled by our installation teams. TOB From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:00 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Use of ground fault detectors in hospitals In message <0ed66cd2c9bd0a459d54fb9119a60567aae...@mailserver.lecotc.com>, dated Thu, 5 Jun 2008, "Kunde, Brian" <brian_ku...@lecotc.com> writes: >Whenever I see a post regarding GFIs, I always reply with the same >advice. Have the hospital change out their GFIs with ones that meet >the latest requirements, which in the US is the 2006 versions. Older >GFIs were very susceptible to RF noise and was prone to false tripping. >We have had numerous customers complain about our products tripping >their GFIs. We change out their GFIs with the 2006 versions and the >problem goes away every time. Sound advice, but Hong Kong probably still uses the British wiring code BS 7671, and RCCBs. US GFIs wouldn't be acceptable, even if in fact they would work at 240 V. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
