RE: Do UL 1950 Recognized PS's Need Fire Enclosures

1996-10-16 Thread Scott Deutch
er of these subclauses would seem to exclude primary circuits tested according to clause 5.4 from having a fire enclosure. Regards, Scott

esd protection at 900MHz cordless phone

1996-07-30 Thread Scott Chiang
but this is impossible to the device makers. Your idea or comment in providing the solution is very appreciated. Scott Chiang Application Engineering AVX/Kyocera Taiwan

RE: Distance of Measurements

1997-06-13 Thread Scott Drysdale
labs. Any comments or suggestions are certainly welcome. Scott D. Drysdale EMC Technician KTL-Certelcom Laboratories Inc. Ottawa, Canada --- The opinions expressed in this message are exclusively mine and do not necessarily reflect those of KTL-Certelecom.

Re: Language Requirements

1998-08-17 Thread Scott Douglas
and intent mean another, and we all make our choices as to the best way to maximize profits and minimize the risks involved. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com with the

Re: Peripherals

1998-09-01 Thread Scott Douglas
it, i.e. your product. If you find that changing the support equipment can make the "system" pass, then either you have a marginal product or a too-sensitive support equipment. In this case, you have a decision to make, and a tough one at that. Sorry I am not more help on this one. Regard

Re: UL Ratings for Wires

1998-09-01 Thread Scott Douglas
C insulation. The other two numbers are not in my Alpha or Belden catalogs. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (wi

Fwd: Re: Packaging rules

1998-09-03 Thread Scott Douglas
; "Cushioning for Europe: How to Save on Fees" This is not an endorsement of the seminar, just a summary of the fax I received. For further information contact: Raymond Communications 5111 Berwyn Rd. #115 College Park, MD 20740 (301) 345-4237 e-mail registration: sh...@raymond.com

Laser Diode Analyzers

1998-09-04 Thread Scott Douglas
analysis. We have an ancient and problematic analyzer we would like to replace with something more current. Typical sources like HP, Tek, Telogy, etc. have nothing remotely close to this. Any help from the group is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is

Re: RE: Are all these agencies really necessary?

1998-09-11 Thread Scott Douglas
t up with.) Off the soap box now. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com p.s. This is the only time I have ever said that the above is my own personal opinion and should not reflect on my employer. This is part of the don't ask, don't tell policy. So please don't tell him I said this. --

Re: One Mark discourse

1998-09-11 Thread Scott Douglas
look at every way possible to be more productive and less wasteful. Spending the time and money for three or four or more marks is one of those things that gets looked at. > >I will duct now and watch your fireworks. >Oh, one last thought. This diatribe is not to be misconstrued as having >

Compliance for Argentina

1998-09-16 Thread Scott Douglas
like: Where can we find the standards mentioned? What products are covered? What does this DofC look like? Does the Argentine government have a web site that we can get further information from? Thank you in advance for your help in clearing this up. Best Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com -

Re: Safety concerns w/ Reed Switches

1998-09-17 Thread Scott Douglas
because of the 8 mm creepage/clearance issue. Generally reed switches had trouble meeting that requirement. The other issue was no mechanism to force open welded contacts. But that was all a real long time ago (12 years I think). Things may have changed since then. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.

Re(2): Query: US safety required for ITE?

1998-09-17 Thread Scott Douglas
low NRTL's. Finally, it may not matter what the law says, if a customer wants a specific something, and you want to sell your product to them, you will generally get that something for them. If that something happens to be a mark of some sort, then so be it. Scott Douglas s_doug...@ecrm.com

Re(2): Liability of OEM

1998-09-18 Thread Scott Douglas
) taught me that I will make due diligence my work habit but that it will not protect me from suit-happy free-loaders. Due diligence does, however, make it easier to defend myself and has served to have a couple of suits turned into shorts, except when insurance companies settle rather that fi

Argentina Approvals 2

1998-09-18 Thread Scott Douglas
4100 Equipos de tecnología de la información, incluidos los >equipos eléctricos de > oficina. Condiciones generales de seguridad. (Equivalente a la >IEC 950) Again, I don't' tread Spanish so was winging it here. FWIW. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com > > - This mess

Fwd: Safety Requirements Argentina

1998-09-22 Thread Scott Douglas
To emc-pstc group: Many thanks to Walter Fricke for passing along the information below. It is, by far, the best summary I have seen to date. I would add my translation here but would prefer to let you form your own. Any comments will be welcome. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com

Re: RE: Safety Requirements Argentina

1998-09-22 Thread Scott Douglas
n my printer. Rather than tie up the listserver, I will send the file to anyone that requests it. Scott - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (witho

Re: Re[3]: Safety Requirements Argentina

1998-09-22 Thread Scott Douglas
kshad...@cusa.canon.com writes: > > Scott: > > I would appreciate a copy of the .zip file. Do you know who created > this program? Was it IRAM or S.I.C.&M (or other)? Can you confirm > whether the resulting document will be acceptabl

Re: National approval markings

1998-09-23 Thread Scott Douglas
d sometimes TUV marks on our products. We do nothing special for the countries you mentioned. Now, if our dealers in those locations do something extra, I don't hear about it. Regards, Scott - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, se

Re: re: Doubt on Measuring with Spectrum Analyzer

1998-09-24 Thread Scott Douglas
recall there was once some interest by various military outfits in EM cancellation. Can't recall enough to comment otherwise. I will say that if someone knows of such a system or product, I surely would like to look at it to help solve some problems with my lab. Regards, Scott s_doug...

Argentina Resolution 92/98

1998-09-25 Thread Scott Douglas
your own interpretation. I am sending it to each of the individuals that requested the zip file. If you don't get it and want it, send me a direct request for the sort-of-English version. It is in Word 6.0/95 format. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc

Argenitine Follow-up

1998-09-25 Thread Scott Douglas
To emc-pstc group, Below is an email I just received from Ing. Osvaldo D. Petroni of IRAM. It sheds a little bit more light on the topic of Resolution 92/98. And for those of you wishing to visit IRAM's web site, put on your Spanish glasses first as that is the only way to see the sights.

Re: NEC 800-4 Query

1998-09-29 Thread Scott Douglas
you travel to the NFPA home page. They are responsible for the NEC and there is a complete section devoted to it. Maybe there is some way to forward your comments and questions to them. National Fire Protection Association = http://www.nfpa.org/ Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - Th

Re(2): Conducted Emissions, average method.

1998-09-29 Thread Scott Douglas
ff in left field and can sleep tonight knowing I am OK. Please? Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes).

Re(2): Plugs for China

1998-10-21 Thread Scott Douglas
.com Ed, Don't really know what for. But can say that I have used them to loop a wire through to pull extension cords to places where they are probably not supposed to go and to hang an equipment by it's cord. Don't ask why... Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message i

Re(2): EUR-Lex user feedback

1998-10-21 Thread Scott Douglas
documents on-line. Thought you all might find it useful information. Scott euro...@opoce.cec.be writes: >> >> Feedback submitted by: Scott Douglas >> Email address: s_doug...@ecrm.com >> -- >> Opinion about the site: >>

Dutch NEN3410

1998-10-21 Thread Scott Douglas
Hello, We have been asked by one of our dealers if our product complies with NEN3410 which is a local Dutch regulation. Can anyone tell me what this regulation is? Thanks in advance. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your

Apology

1998-10-21 Thread Scott Douglas
information would be useful. For those running Unix having to scroll through the "long" attachments, I offer my apologies. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.or

Re: SCSI on internal unshielded cables

1998-10-23 Thread Scott Douglas
makes the best I have seen so far, from the performance, quality and EMC aspects. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com gra...@louisville.stortek.com writes: >Hello! > >Has anyone successfully run SCSI internally using >unshielded flat cables? > >There is some controversy as t

Re(2): SCSI on internal unshielded cables

1998-10-23 Thread Scott Douglas
orporated line buffers in the product interface. If they did anyting in firmware to correct for any problems, I do not know. Hope this helps. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org w

Required Margin for EMI?

1998-10-26 Thread Scott Douglas
any of the standards, i.e. EN 55022 or FCC Part 15, etc. and if so, where is it in writing? I understand about measurement errors, product to product differences and repeatability of testing issues. Just want to know if the 2dB margin is actually written into law. Thanks for your comments. Scott s_doug..

Fwd: Re: Indicator color standard

1998-10-27 Thread Scott Douglas
ion is that you can find colors in IEC 73, Colors of Lights and Buttons. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quot

EMI Limit Margin Summary

1998-10-27 Thread Scott Douglas
is an under-current of trying to get uncertainty included in the official requirements but that is meeting resistance and not happening very fast. I have included below snippets from some of the comments I received. I found them interesting, enlightening and confirming. Thanks for your replies.

Re: Electronic Documentation

1998-10-30 Thread Scott Douglas
ly pop-up and have to be canceled or OK'd or scrolled through. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (wi

Serial Numbers

1998-11-04 Thread Scott Douglas
, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monar

RE: Cable Shielding

1998-11-04 Thread Lacey,Scott
. The PCB functioned as a plate capacitor, with several small ceramic capacitors connected between the planes to increase coupling. It worked quite well in our application. I hope this may help Scott Lacey Test Engineer The Foxboro Company sla...@foxboro.com -Original Message

Fwd: Re: Burning Card Module

1998-11-06 Thread Scott Douglas
still provides other parts that were not involved in this particular problem. Re-reading your note makes me think that the outdoor antenna may also play a role here in terms of lightning. Probably not connected but lightning does strange things to equipment. Any possibility for that? I hope this h

RE: Burning Card Module

1998-11-06 Thread Lacey,Scott
capacitors. Scott Lacey sla...@foxboro.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gw

Re: Laser pointers

1998-11-10 Thread Scott Douglas
one have so far as I know. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com jeanmarie.vandenbul...@barco.com writes: >Dear group, > >FYI: > >For reason of consumer protection, laser pointers of class 3 and higher, >according to EN60825-1, are banned for a period of one year from the >Belgi

Re: Emissions testing with support equipment

1998-11-11 Thread Scott Douglas
l not guarantee its performance with our product. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For

Re: RE: Laser pointers

1998-11-12 Thread Scott Douglas
on't want to be surprised by a bright red light pointing in my eye when I don't know it's coming. This makes me uncomfortable with Class III pointers in the hands of kids playing tag. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To

Re: RE: Laser pointers

1998-11-11 Thread Scott Douglas
kazimier.gawrzyjal.k...@nt.com writes: >Hi Scott, > >I have a question for you: > >The e-mails below refer to IEC 825 or EN60825 which I've seen before but >are >there any US federal requirements (CFR??) you're aware of that have to be >met when trying to categ

RE: Laser Pointers

1998-11-11 Thread Lacey,Scott
liary Vehicle Lighting Hand Held Mirrors Visible & Infrared Fiber Optic Transmitters Infrared is especially dangerous, even at low power levels, because we can not see it. It is possible to look into an IR source for hours without even knowing it. For what it's worth

Laser Safety

1998-11-13 Thread Scott Douglas
://www.laserinstitute.org/safety/ for the safety bulletin. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For

Laser Pointers

1998-11-12 Thread Scott Douglas
This will be my last comment on this topic. The following bulletin came from the CDRH web page: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/radhlth/index.html HHS NEWS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services P97-45 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEA

Re: RE: ANSI C63.4 -- ferrites

1998-11-16 Thread Scott Douglas
ed such a cable? > >Might there be some practical way to fabricate a flexible "add-on" >absorptive sleeve, possibly like the urethane foam thermal barriers >placed on water and refrigerant pipes? > <> Ed, Yes. Try this website: www.emceupen.com. They make such a f

Fwd: Re: RE: ANSI C63.4 -- ferrites

1998-11-17 Thread Scott Douglas
under the outer jacket. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com Ed, Yes. Try this website: www.emceupen.com. They make such a ferrite coating for RG-59, RG-59 and RG-214 among others. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your

Re: LED Reqs under A11 to EN60950

1998-11-20 Thread Scott Douglas
ose kinds of applications would perhaps necessitate application of standards such as EN 60950 or EN 60825. After all, LEDs and laser diodes are the same thing, right? But until I need something other than status indicators, I have other problems to deal with. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com

Radiated E/H Field Emissions Extrapolation

1998-11-20 Thread Scott Lemon
considered doubling the emissions results (6 dB) from the two shelves, but feel this may be too conservative. Any thoughts/input appreciated. Regards, Scott Lemon (esn 351-4487, 919-991-4487) Product and Network Dependability Nortel Networks RTP, NC - This message is coming from the emc

RE: Questions on Plug Adapters

1998-12-04 Thread Lacey,Scott
Craig, - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger

Need Suggestions for Inducing Harmonic Distortion

1998-12-04 Thread Lacey,Scott
the output? I hope one of the group has had some experience with this type of test. This test can not be waived as the instrument being tested uses the ac waveform as a reference signal. Thanks in advance for any help Scott B. Lacey sla...@foxboro.com - This message is coming from the

Neutral - Earth Voltage

1998-12-03 Thread Scott Douglas
that it can be something not Earth. I should (and think I do) know the answer to this. But I would like to hear from others. Thanks in advance for your replies. Regards, Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send

Re: Questions on Plug Adapters

1998-12-03 Thread Scott Douglas
e was to have the distributors provide the cordset. They could either order them from us or from their own sources. Good luck. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single

fw:Telecommunication Directive

1998-02-11 Thread Scott Lemon
Group, I have heard that the requirement for the crossed hockey sticks with a line through it (for the purpose described below) has not really been enforced in the EU and therefore is rarely used. Does anyone have any experience one way or another?? Regards, Scott Lemon Nortel

fw:Telecommunication Directive

1998-02-11 Thread Scott Lemon
Group, I have heard that the requirement for the crossed hockey sticks with a line through it (for the purpose described below) has not really been enforced in the EU and therefore is rarely used. Does anyone have any experience one way or another?? Regards, Scott Lemon Nortel