Re: [PSES] Do We Need Flame Retardants in Electronics?

2019-09-30 Thread Peter Tarver
Not quite so long ago as high voltage vacuum tubes, I am aware of one incident where a small "fire" (more accurately, smoke escaped and the enclosure melted) occurred in in a TV. IIRC, this was a case where the production of the molded plastic yielded material too thin, but this was on the

Re: [PSES] fire enclosure requirements for small Lithium battery

2019-09-30 Thread John Allen
Which is possibly why there a "few" phone fires, especially when charged from the host of "cr*p"/dangerously poor 3rd-party chargers that are widely available (I am very careful with both the phones and the chargers that - occasionly, every 3-4 years - I buy). John E Allen W. London, UK

Re: [PSES] fire enclosure requirements for small Lithium battery

2019-09-30 Thread Boštjan Glavič
Hi Rich, All mobile phones constructed in such a way. Enclosure made of HB. Best regards Bostjan On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 7:52 PM +0200, "Richard Nute" mailto:ri...@bendbroadband.com>> wrote: “Many manufacturers consider outer tape around battery, that's meet min. V-1, as fire enclosure.”

[PSES] fire enclosure requirements for small Lithium battery

2019-09-30 Thread Richard Nute
"Many manufacturers consider outer tape around battery, that's meet min. V-1, as fire enclosure." This construction may meet the letter of the standard, but is not effective as a fire enclosure. If the battery overheats, it will melt the tape and. Best regards, Rich -

[PSES] Oct 2nd - TUV SUD Ottawa seminars and open house

2019-09-30 Thread S Drysdale
Dear fellow IEEE EMC-PSTC members, For those able to make it, TUV SUD Ottawa would like to invite you to our open house on the afternoon of Wednesday Oct 2nd, where we are offering multiple free technical seminars. For further details and registration see below: