You have to be a bit careful comparing the requirements around old incandescent lamps to more modern equipment.
The glass envelope filament lamp requirements have a lot of history attached. You couldn't, for example, pass an Edison or bayonet mains lampholder using typical modern requirements because with the lamp removed, (an action not requiring a tool), you can poke your finger into the then accessible live terminals. Similarly, given that the glass envelope is the means by which access to the live filament is prevented, it ought, using more recent thinking, to be able to survive an impact hammer test, but of course it couldn't. It's just that there are so many installed that we are stuck with them. John C -----Original Message----- From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 November 2013 15:43 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Definition of accessible parts Hello Cortland, Interesting! What do RF generators make energy saving lamp different? Scott On 4/11/13 3:18 PM, "CR" <k...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Internal SMPS's and RF generators make LED's and CFL's different. > > Cortland Richmond > > ----------------------------------------- > Recently we notice there are dielectric strength tests for LED lamps > and compact FL lamps but no dielectric strength tests required for > halogen lamps. Actually they all have glass bulb and all are operating > on 230 Vac. Isn?t glass bulb considered as an accessible parts on > halogen lamp due to high operating temperature? > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > 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> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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>