Re: EN60950 protective conductor test

2003-02-01 Thread John Woodgate

I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute  wrote (in
<200302012030.maa04...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com>) about 'EN60950 protective
conductor test' on Sat, 1 Feb 2003:
>>   short-circuit conditions. The printed-board mounting versions of the IEC
>>   60320 appliance connector encourage the use of board traces to carry the
>>   PEC; something that I would not be happy about, in principle. 
>
>Such construction cannot be sloughed off in such
>an off-hand manner.  This is solo BOGSAT 
>engineering, which cannot be condoned.

Is it not permitted to express a personal preference on this group? I
*prefer, personally*, not to use printed board traces as parts of the
PEC. I'm not suggesting that should be in IEC 60950 or any other
standard.
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Re: EN60950 protective conductor test

2003-02-01 Thread Rich Nute
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Hi John:


>   short-circuit conditions. The printed-board mounting versions of the IEC
>   60320 appliance connector encourage the use of board traces to carry the
>   PEC; something that I would not be happy about, in principle. 

Such construction cannot be sloughed off in such
an off-hand manner.  This is solo BOGSAT 
engineering, which cannot be condoned.

Rather, the scientific method must be applied so
as to reach a conclusion that has a foundation
supporting the conclusion.

1.  Statement of the problem.  

Board traces to a board-mounted IEC 60320 
applicance connector cannot withstand the
prospective short-circuit current.

2.  Hypothesis as to the cause of the problem.

The cross-sectional area of the connection 
from the board trace to the 60320 connector 
is insufficient to withstand the prospective
short-circuit current.

3.  Experiments designed to test the hypothesis.

Design a set of boards with different 
cross-sectional areas of the connection of
the board to the 60320 connector.  Apply the
test to each board.

4.  Predicted results of the experiments.

Where the cross-sectional area equals or
exceeds that of the supply conductors, the
connection will not fail.

5.  Observed results of the experiments.

TBD

6.  Conclusions of the experiments.

TBD

"The real purpose of the scientific method is to 
make sure that Nature hasn't misled you into
thinking you know something you don't actually 
know."  -- Robert M. Persig, Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance.


Best regards,
Rich






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Re: FCC Importation Issue

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Hello Don,

 From what you say, the U.S. Customs Service is doing their job because 
there is no proof of compliance or a record to show compliance. Whoever the 
product manufacturer is needs to verify their compliance with FCC 
regulations for Customs. This is not an uncommon circumstance. The U.S. 
Treasury Department works with various U.S. regulatory agencies (FCC, FDA) 
to prevent imported products from entering commerce that cannot show 
compliance to U.S. regulations.

Best regards,
Ron Wellman

At 01:35 PM 1/31/2003 -0600, Don Clayton wrote:

>Has anyone out there had any problems with U.S. Customs
>holding a product for lack of FCC report or a declartion
>from a manufacturer that product is indeed compliant?
>
>Thanks in advance,
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>Don Clayton
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Re: 230V Transition for EU?

2003-02-01 Thread John Woodgate
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I read in !emc-pstc that John Barnes  wrote (in
<3e3b4355.1...@iglou.com>) about '230V Transition for EU?' on Fri, 31
Jan 2003:
>Some of my references on international primary power say that the
>European Union was to transition to 230V power in two phases:
>*  On 1 JAN 1995 the United Kindon and other countries using 240VAC 
>   were supposed to declare that their power was now 230VAC +10% -6%, 
>   while the countries using 220VAC would declare that their power 
>   was now 230VAC +6% -10%.
>*  On 1 JAN 2003 all the countries in the European Union would declare
>   that their power was now 230VAC +10% -10%.
>
>Did that actually happen?  Can you point me to any official documents to
>that effect, maybe in the Official Journal of the European Communities
>(OJ)?  

As far as UK is concerned, I don't think you will find anything in the
OJ. The declaration would have been done by either the Electricity
Association on behalf of the suppliers, or perhaps the DTI. In any case,
it was done.

The 2003 date has been relaxed for some countries, which can't meet the
requirements, until 2008. I have been informed by a very reliable source
that the UK supply industry has no plans to take advantage of the extra
4% downward tolerance.
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Re: SV: Proposed new EMC Directive.

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In message 
   "Amund Westin" writes:

> What's "red tape" ?

>From the Shorter Oxford Dictionary:

Red-tape, red tape.  1696.  a.  Tape of a pinkish-red colour such as 
is commonly used in securing legal and other documents.  Hence 
b.  Excessive formality or attention to routine; rigid or mechanical 
adherence to rules or regulations.  

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SV: Proposed new EMC Directive.

2003-02-01 Thread Amund Westin
Quote from http://europa.eu.int/comm/en
erprise/electr_equipment/emc/revision/proposal.htm : Cutting "red tape" and
increasing manufacturers’ choice ..
 
What's "red tape" ?
 
Amund
Oslo / Norway
 
 

Fra: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org 
mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]På vegne av richwo...@tycoint.com
Sendt: 31. januar 2003 19:43
Til: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Emne: RE: Proposed new EMC Directive. 



Ian, I recommend that you visit the European Commission's EMC web site:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/emc/index.htm
 
You will find a guide that describes the file requirements and your
obligations for reselling a private branded product. The basic requirements
are not going to change with the revised directive.
 
Richard Woods 
Sensormatic Electronics 
Tyco International 


From: White, Ian [mailto:ianwh...@spiraxsarco.com]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:34 AM
To: IEEE Forum (E-mail)
Subject: Proposed new EMC Directive. 


Hi everyone.
 
We have been working through consequences of the New Proposed Emc Directive.
As we are not a large electronics company so we will not be able to quote all
the standards  we quoted today as we don't use equipment detailed in that said
standard. 
 
The new directive states we will have to establish technical documentation
which enables conformity to be assed, which would include design and
manufacturing information as well as test results. No doubt detailing the
instrumentation used as well.
 
This is going to make for a very large file for each product. 
 
There is also the point, that we buy in products and put the Spirax label on
it. 
 
Upto this point we have excepted a suppliers D of C. Across the company this a
large number of products. 
 
We would be left assessing if a supplier was complying by reading his
technicial documentation. The amount of paperwork this would entail is a bit
overpowering to think about.
 
Have we been reading the Proposed EMC Directive correctly ?
 
Thanks
 
Ian
 
 
 




Re: Country Deviations to IEC 60950

2003-02-01 Thread John Woodgate

I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F8
4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6A04675BD5@flbocexu05>) about 'Country Deviations to IEC
60950' on Fri, 31 Jan 2003:
>Richard, the national deviations of countries participating in the CB scheme
>can be found in the CB Bulletin that can be purchased from the IEC.

Be careful! Some recent issues have printing errors. Corrections are
being/will be issued, AIUI.
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Re: BeCu problem

2003-02-01 Thread John Woodgate

I read in !emc-pstc that Fred Townsend  wrote (in
<3e3af280.5e519...@poasana.com>) about 'BeCu problem' on Fri, 31 Jan
2003:
>John, tubes are like vacuum deposition chambers. I have difficulty believing 
>that
>a fancy form of carbon would be of any use in molded structures, HV, or HVAC.
>These conditions are all found  in radar tubes.

Well, AIUI, it's actually made under high vacuum conditions, and diamond
is very stable, of course. But I wasn't thinking of the applications of
BeO in high-power tubes, about which I know very little, but in
semiconductor packages and heat-transferring insulators.
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Re: EN60950 protective conductor test (was Re: Circuit Breaker Tripping Dring Fault Tests)

2003-02-01 Thread John Woodgate

I read in !emc-pstc that Nick Williams 
wrote (in ) about 'EN60950
protective conductor test (was Re: Circuit Breaker Tripping Dring Fault
Tests)' on Fri, 31 Jan 2003:
>
>At 12:22 + 31/1/03, John Woodgate wrote:
>>
>>There is a proposed amendment to IEC/EN 60950-1 requiring a test of the
>>protective conductor network at *prospective short-circuit current* for
>>the time it takes for the mains circuit protective device to operate.
>>The details are controversial at present, because the test currents
>>appear not to have taken into account the differences between
>>prospective short-circuit currents in different wiring systems and
>>supply voltages. Given that reservation, the lowest test current is 200
>>A.
>>
>>The amendment is aimed at protective conductors which are surface or
>>internal traces of multi-layer printed boards. It is said that such
>>traces have failed in the field under high-current fault conditions.
>>--
>
>Is the proposal to replace the existing test in the standard or to 
>add an additional  test only for certain special circumstances?

It's additional.
>
>Is there any evidence that this test would actually result in a 
>significant number of poorly designed products which currently pass 
>the requirements of the standard being rejected?

This is the claimed justification for the introduction. Field problems
have occurred where printed board conductors have failed in high-current
short-circuit conditions. The printed-board mounting versions of the IEC
60320 appliance connector encourage the use of board traces to carry the
PEC; something that I would not be happy about, in principle. 
>
>The existing test has its faults but it is easy to do with some very 
>cheap apparatus. It strikes me that the cost of doing a test at 200+A 
>is potentially very substantial. 

I don't think 200 A is too much of a problem, but testing at higher
currents is proposed for some equipment. I don't want to be too
explicit, because the figures in the draft are highly suspect (of
applying to 120 V supplies!).

>If the result of an amendment to the 
>standard is that significant numbers of self-certified products which 
>have not been properly tested in this aspect of their design reach 
>the market, then the net result will actually be a significant 
>reduction in the safety of end users.

I don't understand that. You mean that if people cheat, safety will be
compromised? That's always the case. But in fact, the presence of the
test may well concentrate attention on the need to make such traces
substantial, whether they are tested or not.
>
>A cynic's view might also be that an amendment of this nature would 
>suit the test labs and larger manufacturers fine, since they will be 
>able to justify the cost of the apparatus required, whereas smaller 
>manufacturers (and yes, small consultancy companies like mine) will 
>not.
Remember you don't necessarily need 200 A at 230 V. I can get 200 A at a
bit over 1 V from a single turn on a big toroidal transformer.
>
>OK, I admit I'm putting two and two together and getting about seven 
>but I believe one should get one's retaliation in first in these 
>circumstances! Any amendment along the lines suggested should be 
>prepared to sacrifice a fair degree of technical accuracy against the 
>need for the test to be cheap, quick and easy to perform.

It doesn't call for technical accuracy. You zap the equipment with the
200 A current for the operating time of the protective device and the
PEC either remains intact or doesn't.
>
>Nowadays, standards writing should not just about getting accuracy 
>and repeatability in testing but should also take into account the 
>need to ensure that the requirements (and hence the tests) are 
>actually possible to apply in the real world, and not just by people 
>at specialist test houses.
>
I quite agree, but as you indicate above, there isn't too much *active*
support for that view. When I talk in the committees about low-cost
testing, people tend to remain silent. In any case, at present it's
difficult enough coping with the problems of the costly test equipment
not measuring correctly or not being feasible (low-distortion, high-
current mains supplies for IEC 61000-3-12, as a case in point).

If you want a copy of the draft, to make comments to the BSI committee,
please e-mail. Note that this offer can only be made to people in UK.
Others should approach their national standards body.
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RE: BeCu problem

2003-02-01 Thread Gregg Kervill

On that topic I remember the UK Comedian and retired explosive expert
saying - of making hole in dynamite, before fitting the detonators.

 "You're supported to use and expensive copper Prodder.

I use a bit of bent fence wire


If it goes bang



I'll never know."




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[mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of drcuthbert
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:43 PM
To: 'Fred Townsend'; John Woodgate
Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: RE: BeCu problem


I worked on a 1 MW, 160 GHz Gyrotron in 1982 that used a diamond waveguide
window. Yes diamond is the up-and-coming power electronics material with 50X
the thermal conductivity of copper. It is also starting to be used as a
protective thinfilm material.

  Dave Cuthbert


From: Fred Townsend [mailto:f...@poasana.com]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:03 PM
To: John Woodgate
Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Re: BeCu problem



John, tubes are like vacuum deposition chambers. I have difficulty believing
that
a fancy form of carbon would be of any use in molded structures, HV, or
HVAC.
These conditions are all found  in radar tubes.

Also, thanks to Greggs comment about fancy screw drivers, I remembered that
BeCu
screw drivers, wrenches, etc. are used by the military in explosive
environments
because of their no sparking characteristics.

Fred Townsend

John Woodgate wrote:

> I read in !emc-pstc that Fred Townsend  wrote (in
> <3e3a35fb.6ecc...@poasana.com>) about 'BeCu problem' on Fri, 31 Jan
> 2003:
> >BeO has seven times better thermal conductivity than AlO (alumina).
There is
> >no real substitute for BeO at high power levels.  It is still used by the
> >Military in high power radar applications such as tubes.
>
> Vapour Phase Deposition of diamond may replace BeO, with improved
> thermal properties, AIUI, and no toxicity problem.
> --
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230V Transition for EU?

2003-02-01 Thread John Barnes

EMC-PSTC'ers,
Some of my references on international primary power say that the
European Union was to transition to 230V power in two phases:
*  On 1 JAN 1995 the United Kindon and other countries using 240VAC 
   were supposed to declare that their power was now 230VAC +10% -6%, 
   while the countries using 220VAC would declare that their power 
   was now 230VAC +6% -10%.
*  On 1 JAN 2003 all the countries in the European Union would declare
   that their power was now 230VAC +10% -10%.

Did that actually happen?  Can you point me to any official documents to
that effect, maybe in the Official Journal of the European Communities
(OJ)?  

Thanks!
John Barnes KS4GL, PE, NCE, ESDC Eng, SM IEEE
dBi Corporation
http://www.dbicorporation.com/


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RE: request sources for UL and/or IEC accessibility probe (test finger)

2003-02-01 Thread ggars...@us.tuv.com


Hi Paul (and list):

>What sources are out there to  purchase an articulated  UL and/or IEC
>accessibility probe (test finger) ...

You might also try comm-2000:
http://www.comm-2000.com/ULtestEqu1.asp

They also handle sales of UL standards. (Not sure if they are owned by UL
or not?)

best regards, glyn


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