Other Brian, Can you cite which clauses of which standards say In North America the power cord and connectors must be sized to be protected by the Branch Circuit Breaker but in Europe they can be protected by the downstream supplementary protector?
I was looking for that the other day. Thanks -Dave From: Kunde, Brian [mailto:brian_ku...@lecotc.com] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 8:26 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] FW: IEC 62368-1 rated AC input connector amperage differs from North America Chuck, the rating on the product should be the max steady state current. The NEC requires the plug to be rated 125% of the max continuous current, which depending on the product can be significantly less. You can put both ratings on your product if you want. In North America the power cord and connectors must be sized to be protected by the Branch Circuit Breaker but in Europe they can be protected by the downstream supplementary protector. The Other Brian Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S(r)4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Chuck McDowell Date:08/08/2014 4:37 PM (GMT-05:00) To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Subject: [PSES] FW: IEC 62368-1 rated AC input connector amperage differs from North America Dear Colleagues, Does EN/IEC 60065 and/or EN/IEC 62368-1 allow product marking a AC input to use rating 250V~, 32A when the appliance coupler AC rating is 250V~, 32A rating by VDE license? I plan to use a IEC 60309 style 250V~ 32A Plug connector with appropriate cordage. This is single phase Line, Neutral, Earth cabling. Summary for the EU 32 plug with 32 Inlet = 32A rated input. The USA and Canadian versions of IEC 60065 require a cord connector at 125% of the inlet rating so we are re-rating the product to 24A using a NEMA L6-30 Plug (30A plug). The same inlet from above is rated 32A USA and 30A Canada. 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