RE: Power Outages

1997-08-13 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Tom I used to work for a telecom UPS company and we used data on lighting that I think was compilied from the National Weather Service. We used this data because there was such a strong correlation between lightning activity and incidence of power outages. Florida was definitely the highest in

RE: CD ROM's

1997-07-23 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Richard, It is my understanding that the FDA requires any product incorporating a laser to be registered with the CDRH. I have a similar situation with a remote we manufacture that incoporates a laser as a pointing device. Even though our supplier has the laser registered, we must still register

RE: GFIs, Hairdryers, and Bathtubs ...

1997-09-02 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
This seems to be a rather morbid subject, but here is my theory. Human skin is somewhat of an insulator. Once this barrier is broken down very low voltages can cause lethal currents. When people are in a tub the skin barrier is broken down (through body cavities?) and the body becomes a low enou

RE: FDA Requirements

1998-08-27 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Mike, I posed this question to the group a few weeks back. See the archive postings for July 28 and 29 for responses. I also did research and could not come up with any written requirements for stainless steel. It seems to just be a commonly accepted practice. Darrell Locke Advanced Input Dev

RE: CMOS Driver Chips.

1998-09-02 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Most of our hard failures during ESD testing has been SCR type latch-up with all makes of CMOS Devices. See Fairchild Semiconductor Application Note 600 (AN-600) for a pretty good discussion of CMOS latch-up. Darrell Locke Advanced Input Devices -- From: chris_olli...@case.co.uk To: t...

Power Switcher IC

1998-10-07 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
We have a new display panel design that requires a a small switcher for power. The end product must meet Class B emissions. We are planning on using the Linear Technology LT1376 IC which contains the control circuitry and switch. It operates at 500KHz and is rated at 1.25 amps. Has anyone had a

DS-2

1998-10-23 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Dear Fellow Members, We have a Mil-Spec requirement on one of our products that requires chemical resistance to DS-2. Does anyone know what DS-2 is? Thanks Darrell Locke Advanced Input Devices - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send

RE: water-cooled electrodes

1998-11-13 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Jeff, Items 2 and 4 are probably correct. It is a very specialized subject that most compliance people do not deal with. You have a list of 10 questions that are quite general like "are water fittings inherently unsafe?". These probably require detailed answers that take some research. Most qu

Plastics Cert Documentation

1998-11-18 Thread Darrell Locke (MSMail)
Dear Fellow Members, We have a plethora of plastic subassemblies, produced by outside vendors, that are received and stocked in our factory. We must keep certs of flammability on file for each shipment of every plastic part to satisfy UL, CSA, and TUV factory inspectors. This involves sorting an