Moi hath misspoke, as 240 VA is part of SELV requirements (Canada national dif) 
and the limit for a 60Vdc mains, and definition for hazardous energy level for 
ITE.

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Nute [mailto:ri...@ieee.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:21 PM
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [PSES] fire safety test methods for different country standards

> So, for the protection against FIRE, we have two energy
> rates, 100VA and 240VA, used across quite a number of
> standards, and the units are wrong.  Should be Watts.

Agree.  But, for pessimism, use VA.  

My experience and tests show that a product fire can be started by 15 watts!  
The standards use 100 watts, and we have product fires (as shown in recall 
notices).  (I'm not familiar with standards that specify 240 VA.)


Rich

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