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/Ml8/oBAAAAAA==@blueyonder.co.uk>, dated Fri, 16 Jan 2015, John Allen
<john_e_al...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
Thanks, and that's all probably true (especially the language issue),
but surely the issue is that the definitions of safety-relating
earthing and the relevant insulation requirements should be pretty
basic (not "BASIC", as in "BASIC INSULATION") and consistent, is it not?
IEC has moved a long way in that direction with 'insulation
co-ordination', but it still isn't 100% effective.
If that scenario is not the case, then the whole underlying concept of
the "basic" safety requirements in international standards being
"common" could be very severely undermined?
Not, I think, 'very severely'. In any case, the advisory committee on
safety keeps a watch. But IEC has a policy of not 'micromanaging' its
technical committees, although it strays from that on occasion, which
usually leads to trouble sooner or later.
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John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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