There isn't, almost certainly, a single reason, and we must take care that
evidence that standards need to change isn't swamped by a greater body of
evidence of non-compliance.
For example, we recently had, in Britain, many tumble-dryer fires. The standard
may allow a warning in the instruction
Hi John:
Thanks for your additional comments.
> Could it be that the scenarios which the standards
> committees envisage are not "the real deal"
In my opinion, this is the case.
> OR that the
> products which cause the fires just don't comply with the
> standards?
Of course, counterfeit and n
Rich.
Could it be that the scenarios which the standards committees envisage are not
"the real deal", OR that the products which cause the fires just don't comply
with the standards?
IMO (not IMHO on this occasion !) the latter may well be the actual case,
because, in opinion, the number of
Our most common and serious safety issue is that of product electrically-caused
fire. I subscribe to "In Compliance" weekly recall notices; most are fire.
As Gert Gremmen has stated, no fault-testing has resulted in a product fire in
the test lab, yet product fires continue to occur in the
My response will be in regards to Information Technology Equipment (ITE)
specifically, but it may have some applicability to other product types.
IEC 62368-1 has a significantly different approach to fire enclosures than IEC
60950-1 has. IEC 62368-1 allows the designer much more flexibility in f
Gert
In many instances I think you are probably on the right track - but mainly
w.r.t. to 61010 kit for professional / semi-professional use, as opposed to
60950 where a lot of the kit certified (?) is low cost consumer kit of
potentially "dubious" origin. So, maybe, the latter group deserves a
I was wondering if these type of fire propagation tests are still of any
relevance.
Nowadays most electronic designs have been built with compliant (be it UL or
VDE or any other reputable test house)
and wiring is HAR or better. Enclosures are most standard -off-the-shelf- types
with a decent f
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