RE: another OATS question

2003-06-23 Thread ssel...@yorkemc.co.uk
Hello Tim At one of our OATS sites we have a pit under a metal hatch in the groundplane, to the rear of the EUT turntable. To do the NSA we put the signal generator down there and connect it back to the control room via a fibre optic/GPIB link. I wrote some software which steps the sig gen

Re: harmonics testing

2003-05-23 Thread ssel...@yorkemc.co.uk
Brian/John I notice that EN61000-3-2(2000) para 6.3 says Where individual self contained items are installed in a rack or case, they are regarded as being individually connected to the mains supply. The rack or case need not be tested as a whole. So, is it a rackfull of systems, or a system

Re: dmax test

2003-02-28 Thread ssel...@yorkemc.co.uk
I agree that switch-on is the most likely culprit in a EMC sense, and that the cooling of mitigation devices (thermistors etc) is important. I was merely pointing out that the standard specifically states: switch off the EUT before the end of the 1 min measuring time intervalI suppose

Re: dmax test

2003-02-28 Thread ssel...@yorkemc.co.uk
Annex B of EN61000-3-3 says that both the switch on and switch off events should occur during each of the 1 minute tests. Steve Seller York EMC Services On 25 Feb 03, at 9:26, djumbdenst...@tycoint.com wrote: We have a HP HFTS (harmonic and flicker test system) 6843A that runs the