Murphy says it will destroy BOTH boards.
Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: Kunde, Brian [mailto:brian_ku...@lecotc.com] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:15 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Spark Gap PCB Layout on AC Mains The thought is that a really high voltage surge pulse is going to arc somewhere so we would rather it arcs and destroys a $50 PCB rather than a $1000 PCB. The Other Brian - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.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...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
