RE: FW: Compliance of a USB telephone

2000-11-13 Thread Gary McInturff
Allen, I agree fully with you. The response below, and in particular "Only when it is IMPOSSIBLE to reach a public network, ..." is wrong for a couple of reasons, but principally ignores the obvious. The USB (and IP) phone is nothing more than a computer peripheral just like a printer or m

RE: FW: Compliance of a USB telephone

2000-11-13 Thread Gorodetsky, Vitaly
Allan - Thanks for your efforts in summarizing the discussion. Adding to the final segment of your conclusion a term "Peripheral" (applies to Network equipment not to Terminal/Peripheral equipment) would, I believe, further clarify the demarcation between applicability of the EN 300 386-2 vs.

Re: Thank you from the Safety Link - A Special Offer

2000-11-13 Thread Bill Lyons
In message Art Michael writes: > > Hello PSTC-ers, > > Today marks a milestone in the history of the Safety Link > > > >Our 250,000th visitor will arrive!!! And many, many congratulations for this magnificent effort, Art! Best wishes from y

Re: FW: Compliance of a USB telephone

2000-11-13 Thread Allan G. Carr
Theo I thought I should post the consensus of our discussion on the applicability of the R&TTE Directive for the avoidance of doubt by other readers of this newsgroup. The R&TTE applies to TERMINAL equipment - that is equipment connected on the subscribers side of the NTTP (Network Test and Term

Thank you from the Safety Link - A Special Offer

2000-11-13 Thread Art Michael
Hello PSTC-ers, Today marks a milestone in the history of the Safety Link Our 250,000th visitor will arrive!!! Since going online in 1995 with a handful of links, the Safety Link has grown to become the web's most comprehensive collection of elect

Re: CSA C22.3 #42-99

2000-11-13 Thread Ted . Eckert
UL 498 covers attachment plugs and receptacles and section 114 gives the specifics on the plug retention tests. For UL, retention is tested with a whole plug and there is no requirement for testing each pole separately in this standard. If the receptacle is designed for either a two wire or thr

Forum Invitation and Looking for Electrical Photos

2000-11-13 Thread Electrical-Safety - Bill Addiss
Hello All, please excuse me for this solicitation: 1. I would like to invite any parties interested in/or with questions related to Electrical Safety, the NEC, Code Violations. etc. to make use of our new message boards area (just a short registration to post) - It is fully-Featured ( - and e

SEMIS2-0200 Form Report

2000-11-13 Thread Peter Merguerian
Dear All, Does anyone have a form report for the the subject standard? Peter Merguerian Managing Director Product Testing Division I.T.L. (Product Testing) Ltd. Hacharoshet 26, POB 211 Or Yehuda 60251, Israel Tel: 972-3-5339022 Fax: 972-3-5339019 e-mail: pmerguer...@itl.co.il website: http://w

Insulation failure - recent data

2000-11-13 Thread Pete Perkins
PSNet We don't seem to get published data based upon testing to the standards with which we normally work. Dr Pfeiffer (whom we know from the 28A/664 work) and his colleagues have performed an evaluation of the failures of equipment to impulses as defined in 61000-4-5, which are in agre