RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations. [Frivolous -- del ete]

2001-11-29 Thread Christman, Timothy (STP)
[Frivolous punchline coming, delete if not interested] There's not difference, actually -- the violin player's head is just much larger, making the relative size of the violin seem smaller to the observer. In truth -- The viola is slightly larger, tuned differently (In 5ths? C-G-D-A?) and has

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread John Shinn
Your'e close. It is slightly larger than an violin and tuned 1/5 octave lower. -Original Message- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of don_macart...@selinc.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:23 AM To: Pettit, Ghery Cc:

November, 2001 EMC/Telco/Product Safety Update Now Available

2001-11-29 Thread Glen Dash
The Curtis-Straus Update is for November, 2001 is now available at: http://www.conformity-update.com The headlines are: FCC: Lies Will Cost You $2.52 Million. Commission Allocates More Spectrum For Advanced Wireless. ACTA Slowly but Surely Taking Charge. OSHA Levies More Fines In Workplace

24 Mo. Warranty for the EU

2001-11-29 Thread Veit, Andy
Forum- I was just informed (without any further details given) that warranty periods for products shipped to Europe going to 24 months, mandated by law. Does someone know the specifics of this, or maybe point me in the right direction? I started digging on the europa.eu.int website, but have

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Ehler, Kyle
I saw a kid use his bassoon like a Louisville Slugger once. The competition for first chair was vicious in the woodwind section... I played the cornet. A really old silver plated one. Funny thing was it always had a terrible hall-filling halitosis. -maybe that is why the conductor was always

Duty cycle - transmitting on power lines

2001-11-29 Thread amund
Hi all, If a product transmit in a time period of 1 second pr hour, should it during conformity testing be in this normal transmit mode, or should it be set in a continuous transmitting mode which will be a kind of worst case situation, but anyway not a realistic situation when installed out on

Re: EMI receiver desensitization and amplitude overhead

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that J.Feldhaar j.feldh...@telejet.de wrote (in 3c0672ab.afbfd...@telejet.de) about 'EMI receiver desensitization and amplitude overhead', on Thu, 29 Nov 2001: I am looking for a URL or graphic that shows the headroom necessary for correct QP emi measurements using an EMI

SV: SV: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread amund
On the CENELEC web they say regarding EN61000-6-1: Note:Supersedes EN 50082-1:1997. What you are telling John, I assume that they should have written Note: Will superseed EN 50082-1:1997. http://www.cenelec.org/BASIS/celis/free/project/DDW?W%3DPR_LSCCOMM+PH+LIKE+%

Re: Hi-Pot OK labels

2001-11-29 Thread Veit, Andy
Forum- We are currently retaining a paper copy of the manufacturing/QC checklist (includes hi-pot/ground-bond data) for each serial number shipped. I am curious to know how NRTL's view the use of an Hi-Pot OK ink stamp on the product in lieu of keeping a paper record? Or is this a common

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Gelfand, David
I played upright bass professionally for 20 years, in big bands and jazz groups, before and while becoming an engineer. Interest in acoustics led me to electromagnetics, it was taught by the same teachers. I still play part time and enjoy it more. David -Original Message- From:

RE: Bellcore 1092

2001-11-29 Thread Dave Lorusso
Dave, Do you mean GR-1089-CORE? I searched the Store on www.telcordia.com and could not find any reference to 1092. Best regards, Dave -Original Message- From: Dave Hutchins [mailto:hutch...@protek-tvs.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:59 PM To:

RE: Hi-Pot OK labels

2001-11-29 Thread Chris Maxwell
I understand that a label is not required. I asked in reference to a component (Telecom DC power cable) that we make in-house. They aren't serialized, so we aren't going to keep a test result database cross-referencing serial numbers ...as we would for serialized products. We also aren't

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Pettit, Ghery
Don, Two options exist for demonstrating compliance with the essential requirements of the EMC Directive. You can create a Technical Construction File with a Competent Body or you can test to the harmonized requirements applicable for the product you are selling. If you go the TCF file, you

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Don_MacArthur
Tuned differently? Pettit, Ghery ghery.pet...@intel.com on 11/29/2001 08:34:10 AM Please respond to Pettit, Ghery ghery.pet...@intel.com To: Pettit, Ghery ghery.pet...@intel.com, 'John Woodgate' j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk, 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org

Re: Mains Cords in the UK and the fuse rating

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Chris Allen chris_al...@eur.3com.com wrote (in 80256b13.004f5079...@notesmta.eur.3com.com) about 'Mains Cords in the UK and the fuse rating', on Thu, 29 Nov 2001: For an IT product there is a restriction in the use of mains cords with a cross sectional area of 0.75mm2 for

Re: Hi-Pot OK labels

2001-11-29 Thread georgea
Chris, As I understand it, there is no standards requirement on how or were or if a OK hi-pot mark is required. An initial factory inspection for a ITE product (UL, CSA, TUV,...) will usually require that the hi-pot process in place ensures no walk-arounds, but does not require marking.

Re: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Peters, Michael mpet...@analogic.com wrote (in 61c1e83d9da9d311a871009027d617f001632...@peaexch1.analogic.com) about 'LISN Calibration', on Thu, 29 Nov 2001: If you have not already done so, I would recommend an isolation transformer. Many factories and office buildings

Re: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Pettit, Ghery ghery.pet...@intel.com wrote (in D9223EB959A5D511A98F00508B68C20C0226B691@ORSMSX108) about 'Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.', on Thu, 29 Nov 2001: That quote refers to the Oboe, not the Bassoon. My musical education is clearly sadly lacking. I

EMI receiver desensitization and amplitude overhead

2001-11-29 Thread J.Feldhaar
Hi all, this is my first post to the list. Greetings to all! I am looking for a URL or graphic that shows the headroom necessary for correct QP emi measurements using an EMI receiver. If my information is correct, there must be up to 43.5 dB in excess of the measurement range for measuring

Re: [Fwd: clearance and working voltage]

2001-11-29 Thread Ed Eszlari
I also agree with the 4.4mm reinforced and 2.2mm basic/supp. calculation. I will assume that there is a creepage requirement also and would use pollution 1 in this application as long as the enclosure does not have openings. Ed From: vit...@aol.com Reply-To: vit...@aol.com To:

RE: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals

2001-11-29 Thread John Juhasz
Interesting thread . . . At the companies for which I managed the regulatory programs over the last 20 years, it has always been engineering's responsibility to release to production a compliant product,and I have always been a member of the engineering department. In the early days, before

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Aschenberg, Mat
I wonder how many of the engineers on here have been or currently musicians. I play clarinet and saxiphone. I figure the bastard that invented the saxaphone made it out of metal because they were always burning the bassoons. -Original Message- From: Pettit, Ghery

RE: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread Chris Maxwell
Hi Joe, I made a homemade LISN using a schematic from Clayton R Paul's book. Our company also bought a pre-compliance LISN from Wayne Kerr. In my experience, both are good enough for pre-compliance work. My calibration is done by measuring products that were previously tested at an outside

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Pettit, Ghery
Oh, and as long as we're picking on instruments in the orchestra... Do you know the difference between a Violin and a Viola? . . . . The Viola burns longer. ;) -Original Message- From: Pettit, Ghery Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:14 AM To: 'John

Re: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals

2001-11-29 Thread Scott Barrows
Hi All, When I was with Xerox, Versatec Division, we were placed in the Engineering Services Dept. with Drafting and Component engineering. This worked very well and gave us input to the purchasing specifications as well as design considerations. Our relationship with Engineering was very good,

Re: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread Ken Javor
There is nothing to go bad in a LISN if it hasn't been physically damaged, which should be obvious by inspection. If there is any concern, a spot check or insertion loss sweep with a tracking generator or a sig gen is perfectly okay for assessing LISN performance. And the analyzer/generator

RE: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread Pettit, Ghery
John, That quote refers to the Oboe, not the Bassoon. Ghery former Bassoonist ;) -Original Message- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 12:15 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

RE: Hi-Pot OK labels

2001-11-29 Thread DUFFY,RON (A-ColSprings,ex1)
Hi Chris, I first would ask way do you need the label? If it is to validate the process, then any label you purchase would be ok. If it is proof that a required safety test was preformed on a product for protection during litigation it is any entirely different matter. Here at the Design

RE: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread Sundstrom Michael (NMP-RD/Dallas)
The only problem I see with not calibrating the LISN is you wouldn't know if / or when it goes bad until you cross check it with a calibrated LISN. I would suggest you run your precompliance lab just like the real lab. This way you'll get the same results as the accredited lab you test with. No

Re: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals

2001-11-29 Thread LeeSchmitz
Hi all, Interesting discussion. Here is my 2 cents. Must be about $1.00 worth by now. I once came upon an interesting compromise as to the organization chart position of compliance. They put it in test or quality, but funded it through the engineering budget. Not perfect, but it

RE: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread Peters, Michael
Joe, For piece of mind. The LISN provides repeatable results for different line impedances. Making sure that the LISN impedance is what it is supposed to be and the insertion loss is satisfactory will give you a better comfort level when going to the test house. If you have not already done

Re: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that marti...@appliedbiosystems.com wrote (in offb519b0f.d5302b2b-on88256b13.3...@pe-c.com) about 'LISN Calibration', on Wed, 28 Nov 2001: I realize that since we are only performing pre-compliance measurements that calibration of the LISN is not required. However, do you

Re: FW: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals - 2

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Charles Grasso chasgra...@hotmail.com wrote (in f32rklpgtfur2iz2mb100022...@hotmail.com) about 'FW: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals - 2', on Wed, 28 Nov 2001: My point is that IF the regulatory agencies allow ( however inadvertantly) products on the market place

Re: Hi-Pot OK labels

2001-11-29 Thread Tania Grant
Chris, I think you have to generate your own labels or buy them to order. Size would be an issue. Proper glue would be another issue depending upon the surface material these labels are to be affixed (metal, plastic), since certain glues do not adhere to certain plastics.These Hi-pot OK

Re: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals

2001-11-29 Thread Tania Grant
My personal experience agrees with John. I prefer to work with Engineering and reporting someplace in Engineering;-- it makes my job easier when compliance is designed right from the very beginning rather than be responsible later to get it past agencies. At that point, it suddenly became

RE: FW: Quality Assurance and Product Approvals - 2

2001-11-29 Thread Charles Grasso
Hi Dan, No arguement here. My point is that IF the regulatory agencies allow ( however inadvertantly) products on the market place that fail then the message managers get is that it can't be that important. Incidentally it is my understanding that the FCC Class B procedures have resulted in

Re: LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread Ken Javor
I would say that if it came calibrated from the manufacturer and has not suffered visible damage it should be okay. It is easy to check a few spot frequencies or use a spectrum analyzer with tracking generator or separate sweeping sig gen to check performance. Either way it is not a big deal.

Re: [Fwd: clearance and working voltage]

2001-11-29 Thread VitoGL
Rich and Xing, No arguments from me about the clearance of 4.4 mm for reinforced. The other 6.4 mm clearance requirement is probably a misapplication of the clarance rules using the 840 v peak row of Table 3H. I think the original question may also need to consider creepage requirements.

Re: [Fwd: clearance and working voltage]

2001-11-29 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Xing Weibing: Here is my answer to the question. Hi group I have a question regarding clearance and working voltage of IEC60950. If I HAVE A AC ADAPTER(AC 100-240V 50/60Hz) ,THE WORKING VOLTAGE MEASURED ARE AS FOLLOWS: Nominal supply voltage: AC240V PRIMARY AND SECONDARY :

LISN Calibration

2001-11-29 Thread MartinJP
We are in the process of setting up a pre-compliance EMC lab. One of the tests that we will be performing is pre-compliance conducted emissions per EN 61326. I realize that since we are only performing pre-compliance measurements that calibration of the LISN is not required. However, do you

Re: Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.

2001-11-29 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that jasonxmall...@netscape.net wrote (in 40555e2a.2ee8b103.73ea6...@netscape.net) about 'Revised EMC standards and CE Declarations.', on Wed, 28 Nov 2001: Two more questions Newgroup Lingo? In the following, IIRC means If I Recall Correctly Yes.