Re: High voltage testing and altitude correction factor

2000-06-02 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Doug: IEC 60950 differs from IEC 60664 in that the clearances are for sea level, not 2000 meters. See Table 18, Note 2. Since 664 is the reference standard, I suppose one can ask whether the 950 authors correctly transposed the 2000-meter clearances from 664 to sea level clearances for

Re: Is it Safe? (comparison?)

2000-06-02 Thread Alfred
Dear Antonio and group, I am very insterested in your advice "limits are rarely exceeded". Could I know where come from the limit (as well the document ) and how high is the limit? Is there any existing standard test method to measure the safety magnetic field strength of common household applian

Re: High voltage testing and altitude correction factor

2000-06-02 Thread Rich Nute
Hi John: > clause 5.3 allows for altitude correction, but the standards dont mention > any > correction factors with regard to clause 6.4. Sub-clause 5.3 invokes electric strength testing. Physics correctly predicts breakdown voltage for a given clearance decreases with altitude. The

RE: High voltage testing and altitude correction factor

2000-06-02 Thread POWELL, DOUG
John, According to IEC664 (and as a result, all derived standards), altitude correction is normalized to 2000 meters (6562 feet) for a nominal barometric pressure of 80 kPa. This calculation is based on Paschen's Law and covers most of the populated areas of the world. This altitude correction

RE: High voltage testing and altitude correction factor

2000-06-02 Thread Grant, Tania (Tania)
John, I would ask your friendly UL engineer how they test this, especially in Denver! Since UL/ANSI is a representative to the IEC 950 committee, they might be interested whether this correction was inadvertently omitted from Clause 6.4, or was intentionally left out! And yes, we'd all be int

High voltage testing and altitude correction factor

2000-06-02 Thread Boucher, John
All: I work for a test lab located approximately one mile above sea-level, and perform product safety testing on IT and telecommunications equipment (IEC 60950 and clones). I recently tested a telecom interface PWB that failed 6.4 HV testing (case c, 1.0kv). The PWB failed at approximately 900 vo

Re: New Korean EMC Mark

2000-06-02 Thread Ryan Kim
Hi Angus, Korea new label is not only for the EMC but also Telecom and Wireless Approval. That means Korea now has only one label for the whole three Approvals. Korea label is not fixed size. It can be increaded or decreased if it keeps ratio. If some hardware is too small or there is no ro

FCC Waivers

2000-06-02 Thread Mike Morrow
I'm curious if anyone on the list has ever successfully petitioned the FCC for a waiver from a regulation or limit for a Part 15 piece of equipment. If so, what approach did you take and what methods did you use? Mike Morrow Senior Compliance Engineer Ucentric Systems mi...@ucentric.com www.uce

RE: EN 50092-2, CENELEC

2000-06-02 Thread Kirincic, Mark
Sandy, The only revision that I have seen was March 1995. -2 Standard was not published in 1991. Mark Kirincic EMC Design - Portables e-mail: mark.kirin...@compaq.com Phone : (281) 927-3664 Fax: (281) 927-3654 Pager : (713) 765-1794 -Original Message- From: Sandy Mazzola [mail

Re: EN 50092-2

2000-06-02 Thread teckert
EN 50092-2 is not listed by CENELEC. Most likely, it is a typographical error. The standard would either be: EN 50082-2:1995, Electromagnetic compatibility, Generic immunity standard, Part 2: Industrial environment -or- EN 50091-2:1995, Uninterruptible power systems (UPS), Part 2: EMC requirem

Re: EN 50092-2, CENELEC

2000-06-02 Thread Sandy Mazzola
Ron, And all who replied. Thank You. I also thoiught that the EN 50092-2 was a typo. Wanted to check if anyone knew of an EN 50092-2. I also went to the CENELEC site and couldn't find any match. I have since been told the requirement was EN 50092-2:1991. Does anyone know if

New Korean EMC Mark

2000-06-02 Thread Angus McGill (Cascade Engineering Svcs, Inc.)
Hello everybody. I have recently been given a set of new requirements for Korean EMC mark. I'm interested in hearing people's interpretations and how they are applying these requirements to specific ITE products of different sizes. It looks like it could be a challenge for label artists working

Product safety effect on child mortality

2000-06-02 Thread Robert Johnson
A recent article in Business Week indicated a decline in accidents and injuries was a substantial reason child mortality has fallen between 1960 and 1990 (by 57% for 1-4 year olds and 48% for 5-14). A report by economist Sherry Glied of Columbia University cited by the article http://ideas.uqam.c

Surge Testing of AC lines for Class II power supplies

2000-06-02 Thread Maxwell, Chris
Group, I am currently surge testing a handheld product with a Class II (ungrounded) "wall-wart" power supply. I have surge tested many class I (grounded) products here (in-house) before. This is my first Class II product. Most standards, including EN 61326-1, specify different Surge voltages f

Re: EN 50092-2, CENELEC

2000-06-02 Thread Ron Pickard
Sandy, I could not any reference to this standard. Even a search at Cenelec" on-line catalog did not provide a match with EN 50092*. I'm wondering, is this standard you're looking for actually EN 50082-2? If so, its a generic immunity standard for the industrial environment. To all, My last visi

RE: AS/NZS 4251.1.1.1999

2000-06-02 Thread Spadaccini, Fabian
Hi everyone. Don't know that my last mail went out, so I'm trying again. Below is the link to the Handbook of which you speak. The new book (dec98) is shorter than the original (apr97), as the original had more appendices and details of the phase-in period. Also, the new book makes no r

EN 50092-2

2000-06-02 Thread Sandy Mazzola
Members, Could someone please inform me of what EN 50092-2 stands for. I believe it is an Immunity specification. Thank You Sandy Mazzola Regulatory Engineer Symbol Technologies Inc 1 Symbol Plaza Holtsville, N.Y. 11742-1300 Phone: (631) 738-5373 Fax: (631) 738-3915 or (631) 738-3318

RE: AS/NZS 4251.1.1.1999

2000-06-02 Thread David Spencer
Hi All, Thanks Laura for excellent directions! To help the direction impaired, the direct link is http://www.sma.gov.au/standards/emcbook/index.htm if you don't want to make the journey on foot ;-) Dave Spencer Oresis Communications -Original Message- From: Laura Leyba-Newton [mailto:ln

RE: AS/NZS 4251.1.1.1999

2000-06-02 Thread Maxwell, Chris
Ok, 1. I could not find a current link to The SMA Handbook for Suppliers that I originally downloaded in 1996. I explained in an earlier email that, since that time, administration of the Australian Framework for EMC switched over from the Australian Spectrum Management Agency (SMA) to the Aust

RE: Looking for Inrush Current Standard

2000-06-02 Thread Mark Gill
Thanks for the information Horst. Regards, Mark Gill, P.E. EMC/Safety/NEBS Design Nortel Networks - RTP, NC, USA > -Original Message- > From: innova...@t-online.de [SMTP:innova...@t-online.de] > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 1:53 AM > To: Gill, Mark [NCRTP:0S33:EXCH] > Subject: Re: