Re: [PSES] Production Line testing for UL60950

2015-06-23 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi John, To my recollection (which gets fuzzier by the day), I think you will find product specific requirements in UL's FUS Report/s. Regards,Art A.E. Michael, Dir. of Engineering Product Safety Int'l 166 Congdon St. East Middletown CT 06457-2107 U.S.A. Phone : (860) 344-1651 Email :

Re: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics)

2014-12-14 Thread Arthur Michael
Re Trust but verify: President Ronald Reagan was using an old Russian proverb, in speaking to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev about an arms control treaty . Although it was a very old adage, Reagan quoted the phrase in Russian to Gorbachev, to underline his meaning. In spoken Russian, the

Re: [PSES] HAR factories for marked cable

2013-04-24 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi Peter et al, Here is a link to the official HAR Fact Sheet [as found on Safetylink.com]; http://www.eepca.eu/dev/page.php?p=203 Best regards, Art Product Safety Int'l Middletown, CT 06457 www.safetylink.com = On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at

Re: [PSES] CE Marking Provoquim

2012-08-18 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello John et al, The English language while blasted by many as difficult, is a marvel in itself. I did not need to look up the invented word Provoquim or Provoquium in any dictionary. It's meaning was obvious at first glance. Very clever of you, John Pearson! What do you think of my

Re: [PSES] Wireless Telephone and Wireless Internet Clash

2012-02-24 Thread Arthur Michael
HI Scott, We had to move a 2.4 GHz cordless phone away from a nearby router and that solved a plethora of problems in our home. We then replaced that phone with a 900 MHz cordless oldie-but-goodie phone and the problems did not reappear. Good Luck, Art

Re: [PSES] Mandatory NRTL certification

2012-01-06 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi all, Regardless of the OSHA requirements already addressed within this list, don't lose sight of the fact that there's The Law of Economics at play here as well. I don't believe any major retailer (Walmart, Target, K-Mart, Sears, etc.) will accept electrical/electronic products without

Re: [PSES] Experts and Wisdom

2012-01-04 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi PSTC-ers, Here is Mark Twain's take on wisdom: A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose. - Mark Twain's Notebook Happy New Year to all, Art A.E. Michael, Dir. of Engineering Product Safety Int'l 166 Congdon St. East Middletown CT 06457-2107

Re: TV-1 ROCKET SWITCH ILLUMINATED

2008-08-22 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello Reginald, Just go to the UL Certifications Database (at www.ul.com) and put TV-1 into the field called Keyword (it's the last one on the data input page). The results yield 4 listings, one for a US company, the others in Japan. Regards, Art Michael http://www.safeytlink.com The web's

Position Open, NECA, Director of Safety

2008-07-24 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello all, This opening crossed my desk earlier today; please contact Earl Hopgood, agency contact listed at the end of this message if interested. I have no further details and I'm passing this along as a courtesy to Earl. Regards, Art Michael www.safetylink.com =

Re: ANSI Z535 Graphics/Label Design

2008-05-09 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello Rick, It has taken me a while to re-locate this valuable resource. St. Claire, Inc. offers their web-based Safety Sign Builder 2.0 at no cost other than a simple registration a request for a donation once you have logged-in. It's very useful and enables on to design ANSI or OSHA safety

Re: Wiring question

2008-05-07 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello David, With respect to U.S. requirements; You may be hard put to find a suitable MIL connector with a NRTL approval - which is generally required on components connected to primary wiring. In my experience, the same can be said for MIL wire. You can always submit the connectors or wire

Re: LVD voltage limits

2003-11-05 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi John, The following article was published in the last issue of Int'l Product Safety News. Enjoy! Regards, Art Michael Int'l Product Safety News A.E. Michael, Editor P.O. Box 1561 INT Middletown CT 06457-8061 U.S.A. Phone : (860) 344-1651 Fax: (860) 346-9066 Email :

Re: Product Safety Society By-Laws

2003-10-03 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi Jacob, I'll get back to you on 31 FEB '04 on that subject. Best regards, Art Michael * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * International Product Safety Bookshop * * Check out our current offerings! * *

Re: Bible for Safety engineers

2003-08-29 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello David, See: www.safetylink.com/bookshop.html for a list of electrical safety compliance and emc resources. Regards, Art Michael On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 david.gra...@realcompliance.com wrote: Hello Group, Does anybody have any recommendations for books on electrical / mechanical

Re: 94V-0 question

2003-08-12 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello Dave, Nomex paper (sheet stock) will do the trick, I believe. Best regards, Art Michael, Editor, IPSN -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |http://www.safetylink.com | |

RE: NARTE safety engineer certification

2003-07-23 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello Peter, I believe the plan is to make the official announcement of the NARTE Product Safety Engineer Cert'n program at the IEEE EMC Symposium (Boston-August). Patience, Little Grasshoppre, Patience. I do agree that the earlier announcement may have been a bit premature (and

Re: Need cheap hotel close to EMC show

2003-07-11 Thread Arthur Michael
Hi Charles, That's a tall order (request). My recommendations, look for hotels in Tewksbury (about 30 miles North and a bit West of Boston). There'e a plethora of hotels, suites,etc. and not a lot of business in those surroundings these days. It's accessible by I-93 and between Lowell and

Re: Need 230VAC-115VAC 500VA Step-down Isolation Transformer with UL, cUL, and CE

2003-03-11 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello Bill, Do you need 1, 10, 1000 or more of these transformers? That'l help me direct you to the right source. And, will this be mounted internally to your equipment, or standing on the floor next to it? Regards, Art Michael A.E. Michael, Dir. of Engineering Product Safety Int'l 166

Re: Looking for Tables of Metric Wire Sizes

2003-02-14 Thread Arthur Michael
Good Morning John, Visit the Safety Link www.safetylink.com and search (Control-F) on the term ILSCO Wire Gauge Comparison Charts - Lots of good info there. While at the Safety Link also search (Control-F) on the term wire charts for resources provided by Alpha Wire. Regards, Art Michael

RE: EU ascensions - Which countries officially accept the CE mark?

2003-01-20 Thread Arthur Michael
Hello David, The link provided by Andre (cut from your e-mail and pasted into my browser) worked! Try it again. (Internet Explorer sometimes lies :-) Also checkout the parent page for the link Andred provided: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/regulation/pecas/pecas.htm Additional info