RE: high immunity

2003-03-31 Thread Robert Johnson
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. I assume this will wipe out all humans with pacemakers either by direct electrocution or by destruction of their pacemaker. Bob Johnson ITE Safety From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of

RE: IEC60950 (1992) 2nd edition

2003-03-31 Thread John Lach
RE: IEC60950 (1992) 2nd edition 3/31/03 I do know that for Telecom Power Distribution Units that Listed Circuit Breakers will now be required in place of Supplementary Protectors which were allowed under UL1950. John Peter L. Tarver wrote: Amund -

Re: CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0 Vote Results

2003-03-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in 846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6A04675E3A@flbocexu05) about 'CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0 Vote Results' on Mon, 31 Mar 2003: Voting on CISPR/I/67/FDIS for CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0 ended 2003-03-21. Does anyone know the results? It usually takes a lot longer

RE: CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0 Vote Results

2003-03-31 Thread Pettit, Ghery
Richard, CISPR/I/67/FDIS passed by 1 vote. We now are waiting for the IEC Central Office to publish CISPR 22, 4th Edition. Ghery Pettit From: richwo...@tycoint.com [mailto:richwo...@tycoint.com] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:56 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0

RE: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread Stone, Richard A (Richard)
Mark mentioned reports, a paper trail...or is it? Vendors doing the EMC/EMI ?, who might a vendor be for say IBM or Dell? would think the mfr'r would have an associate there during testing like most of us do. Seems it would be easy to look at the report, from which test lab did it, are they

Re: Help wanted with succinct subject description for non-special ists

2003-03-31 Thread Ken Javor
I agree with Mr. Woodgate. Leading off with the Forrestal, without adequately explaining the failure mechanism, gives an unrealistic and misleading introduction to the subject. There was a degraded shield termination that allowed rf to couple to EED leads. For an entity whose emission challenge

RE: PC EMI

2003-03-31 Thread drcuthbert
Good points. Perhaps the units to be tested need to be given a simulated shipping ordeal prior to testing. Dropping, shaking, heating, and cooling. Dave Cuthbert From: Gary McInturff [mailto:gary.mcintu...@worldwidepackets.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:35 AM To: lfresea...@aol.com;

CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0 Vote Results

2003-03-31 Thread richwo...@tycoint.com
Voting on CISPR/I/67/FDIS for CISPR 22 Ed. 4.0 ended 2003-03-21. Does anyone know the results? Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at:

RE: Crossed out wheelie bin symbol (WEEE Directive)

2003-03-31 Thread Crabb, John
In directive 93/86/EEC (relating to batteries containing certain dangerous substances), it says the symbol shall cover 3% of the area of the largest side of the battery or accumulator, up to a maximum size of 5 cm x 5 cm. For cylinrical cells the symbol shall 3% of half the surface area of the

Re: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread Mark Kirincic
Some of these units are so far out that the variation from site to site is the least of their problems. Mark J. Kirincic mkirin...@houston.rr.com - Original Message - From: lfresea...@aol.com To: rsto...@lucent.com ; drcuthb...@micron.com ; mkirin...@houston.rr.com ;

Re: Lab integrity (was: RE: OK, what's going on?)

2003-03-31 Thread lfresea...@aol.com
In a message dated 3/27/2003 9:34:03 AM Central Standard Time, peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com writes: While I can't speak for all OEM pc manufacturers or intend to contradict your personal experience My personal experience has only had me visit 2 OEM's Both were exceptional. You don't

Re: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread Luke Turnbull
John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk 03/28/03 04:11pm If products that exceed a limit by 20 dB don't cause an unacceptable increased level of complaints, why retain the stringent limit: cui bono? Just a thought about this argument about complaints. Having worked in the EMC business for

EU standards applying to Furnaces

2003-03-31 Thread David Sproul
Dear all, Can anyone advise what directive and standards we should be applying to industrial furnaces. I am quite confident in covering the safety requirements of the associated control and electrics, but I have no idea on how to approach a furnace with vacuum inside to remove impurities from

Anyone know when EN62040-1-1 will be published in the OJ?

2003-03-31 Thread Jim Eichner
This standard covers safety of UPS systems, and I guess it replaces EN50091-1-1 at some point. I need to know when EN62040-1-1 will be published in the OJ (if anyone knows), when EN50091-1-1 ceases to be useful for new approvals, and when products approved to it have to be updated to the new

RE: high immunity

2003-03-31 Thread Price, Ed
-Original Message- From: drcuthbert [mailto:drcuthb...@micron.com] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:00 AM To: 'robert Macy'; drcuthbert; 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' Subject: RE: high immunity Robert, I figured 5 kV/m for a distance of 100 meters, over ground. Using commonly

Administrative message: allegations of non-compliance

2003-03-31 Thread Rich Nute
The recent string with the subject OK, what's going on? alleges that a named manufacturer's product does not comply with a requirement. We feel that, in the case of a negative or derogatory comment or allegation (in this case non-compliance), the manufacturer (or individual) should NOT be

Re: EU standards applying to Furnaces

2003-03-31 Thread don_borow...@selinc.com
Everyone know you can't clean a vacuum - there is nothing there to clean! Don Borowski Schweitzer Engineering Labs Pullman, WA John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk@majordomo.ieee.org on 03/31/2003 09:22:42 AM Please respond to John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk Sent by:

RE: Help wanted with succinct subject description for non-special ists

2003-03-31 Thread Bill Morse
When the missile launched it struck another aircraft, the pilot was John Mccain, now Senator John McCain. Bill From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:37 PM To: boconn...@t-yuden.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Help wanted with

Re: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread Mark Kirincic
Richard, I can live with a couple of dB failure that is in the minutia. What I am talking about is a signature that can be broad band in nature and having a class B product fail class A miserably. This is just a blatant disregard for the standards. Mark J. Kirincic mkirin...@houston.rr.com

Re: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread lfresea...@aol.com
In a message dated 3/28/03 10:05:02 AM Central Standard Time, rsto...@lucent.com writes: what do you do to the company that passes site A oats,then fails site B...go to site C?...best 2 out of 3? HI Richard.. As an assessor, we have been taking great steps to get this problem down to

RE: Calibrating police radar guns

2003-03-31 Thread Price, Ed
-Original Message- From: Hjálmar Árnason [mailto:hjal...@mi.is] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:14 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Calibrating police radar guns Hi Forum I can recall back in November 2000 there was some discussions here in this group on how to fight

RE: Demonstrating compliance with Human Exposure to EMF requireme nts

2003-03-31 Thread John Allen
Charlie I passed your question to a collegue of mine at ERA, Dr Parvinder Bansal, who specialises in this area as well as in antenna modelling, EMF exposure advice and EMF site surveys. You will see below that I am passing on his comments as he is not on EMC-PSTC, and he may be able to assist

Max Juice from Various SELV Interfaces

2003-03-31 Thread peter merguerian
Dear All, I am looking for a source that specifies the maximum voltage, current and VA which may be drawn from various standard SELV interfaces, like the AUI port of the network termination card on a computer. Thanks _ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum http://rd.yahoo.com/pl

Re: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread Mark Kirincic
I guess now its my turn to put in my two cents. The major reason that you are having a hard time finding units that pass is that all these major computer companies rely on their vendors to test the products to FCC and CE limits. Since the majority of these companies have suppliers in the Taiwan

RE: NEC-2 simulations

2003-03-31 Thread drcuthbert
Tim, what is CEM? Dave Cuthbert From: Wan Juang Foo [mailto:f...@np.edu.sg] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:34 AM To: drcuthbert; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: NEC-2 simulations I use NEC-2 in a limited way. Good to hear that there are others on the PSTC list that does

Lab integrity (was: RE: OK, what's going on?)

2003-03-31 Thread Peter L. Tarver
Earl - While I can't speak for all OEM pc manufacturers or intend to contradict your personal experience, without question, Sanmina-SCI's Calgary and San Jose facilities DO NOT hedge on EMC or in any other compliance discipline. We have an excellent 10 m indoor semianechoic chamber in San Jose,

Re: high immunity

2003-03-31 Thread robert Macy
If GW, wouldn't that voltage be more like 600KV/m, or at least 30KV/m? - Robert - Robert A. Macy, PEm...@california.com 408 286 3985 fx 408 297 9121 AJM International Electronics Consultants 101 E San Fernando, Suite 402 San Jose,

RE: IEC60950 (1992) 2nd edition

2003-03-31 Thread Peter L. Tarver
Amund - Neither CSA nor UL will accept new product certifications using CSA 22.2 No 950-95/UL1950, 3rd ed, as of 1APR2003. You will need to submit against CSA 22.2 No. 60950-00/UL60950, 3rd ed. The implication is that any reports you may have for the power supply are probably inadequate in and

RE: Crossed out wheelie bin symbol (WEEE Directive)

2003-03-31 Thread richwo...@tycoint.com
The directive says The symbol must be printed visibly, legibly and indelibly. No minimum size is specified. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International From: James, Chris [mailto:c...@dolby.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:27 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject:

RE: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread John Allen
Doug Is the CuBe catalog available on the web as I would like to have a look at it? Thanks John Allen From: Doug Smith [mailto:d...@emcesd.com] Sent: 28 March 2003 04:51 To: George Stults Cc: Cortland Richmond; lfresea...@aol.com; ieee pstc list Subject: Re: OK, what's going on? Hi George

RE: Demonstrating compliance with Human Exposure to EMF requireme nts

2003-03-31 Thread drcuthbert
Charlie, 1/2 lambda is 7.5 cm at 2 GHz. At this distance the field strength is 67 V/m assuming far field. So, no near field calculations are needed as long as the distance is greater than approximately 10 cm. The actual field is not that difficult to calculate anyway. Or, just use NEC to simulate

Help wanted with succinct subject description for non-special ists

2003-03-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor ken.ja...@emccompliance.com wrote (in baa8f534.2522%ken.ja...@emccompliance.com) about 'Help wanted with succinct subject description for non-specialists' on Thu, 27 Mar 2003: It is interesting, nonetheless, to note that the disaster occurred in

Italian Homologation process

2003-03-31 Thread Gandler, Mark
Hi, do you know if is it any homologation process involve in order to sell in Italy? The product does not have any telecomm ( phone/DSL ) interfaces, but it should be installed in Central Office type environment. Should DoC and Environmental testing (ETSI 300 019) be enough? Is any protocol

Re: OK, what's going on?

2003-03-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Luke Turnbull luke.turnb...@trw.com wrote (in se87afb4.056@gwisegwc) about 'OK, what's going on?' on Mon, 31 Mar 2003: Half a year later I finally worked out that my cheap (CE marked) carphone charger was causing the problem. I was going to complain to trading standards

Re: EU standards applying to Furnaces

2003-03-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that David Sproul david.spr...@alexanderlynn.co.uk wrote (in lnepkcgaigehccdompbbgekgchaa.david.spr...@alexanderlynn.co.uk ) about 'EU standards applying to Furnaces' on Mon, 31 Mar 2003: Dear all, Can anyone advise what directive and standards we should be applying