Adam
In my last job I tried to do something similar w.r.t. PWB materials for applications where V-1 or better materials aren’t any good because the retardants result in reduced service lives in hostile equipment environments, whereas some specific (and very special!) HB materials last much longer. Did a lot of searching and found various documents which unfortunately did not solve that particular problem. However, here are a few documents to search for: Lars-Goran Bengtsson, Swedish Rescue Services Agency “Enclosure Fires”, 2001 – that’s a long document and there are a lot more references at the back that you could follow up on. Also: UL746C “Polymeric Materials – “Use in Electrical Equipment Evaluations” The many parts of the IEC 60695 series, notably: Part 1-10 “Fire hazard testing – Part 1-10: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products – General guidelines” John E Allen. W.London, UK From: Adam Dixon [mailto:lanterna.viri...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 May 2016 13:44 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] fire safety test methods for different country standards Apart from purchasing multiple standards, are there reference materials that may guide preliminary in-house fire safety testing (flame spread) for materials categorized as building components? I have come across summary descriptions of multiple test standards (BS476, ISO9705, ISO5660, DIN-4102, etc.) and some "comparison of standards" documents. I would like to get an idea of the relative flame/temperature/time/energy parameters (i.e. may rudimentary testing be done with a candle, Bunsen burner or propane torch with appropriate precautions for fumes?). For example, DIN-4102 (Germany) references -15 and -16 standards for the test apparatus and method and I have seen multiple test reports and a few apparatus supplier catalogs, but haven't seen a good description of the burner used in the 'Brandschacht' (fire shaft). My only experience thus far is with UL94. Pointers to reference materials or other feedback is appreciated. Cheers, Adam adam.di...@ieee.org - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
