RE: Creepage

2002-10-07 Thread Peter L. Tarver
Richard IEC 60664-1, -2, -3 are the reference standards used to establish creepage and clearance distances. Individual standards committees do with them what they will, so that will explain the differences. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE Product Safety Manager Sanmina-SCI Homologation Services

RE: Creepage

2002-10-07 Thread POWELL, DOUG
Rich, The physical fundamentals of low-voltage coordination by Dr. Klaus Stimper, publ. 1991 VDE-Verlag GmbH, Berlin und Offenbach. English language paperback is 103 pages. It is by far the best book that I have ever seen. It gives scientifically based rational that really makes sense. It is

Re: Creepage

2002-10-07 Thread Ted Rook
Rich, your name sake at HP, Rich Nute, posted a message on this subject recently which I have taken the liberty of cutting and pasting because I thought it covered the basic principals well, although it was written to address creepage inner layers of multilayer pcbs. Hi Chris: To me,

Re: Creepage

2002-10-07 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Richard: What is a good source that explains the rational for the values for creepage distances? There was a good deal of research done in the late '70s and early '80s on creepage distances and the deterioration due to deposition of foreign materials and the effects of humidity.

Creepage

2002-10-07 Thread richwoods
What is a good source that explains the rational for the values for creepage distances? Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list.