Re: [PSES] Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1 - A little history

2013-05-27 Thread John Woodgate
In message <34C449781DB0418B8509F64FA4FA3967@Pete97219Compaq>, dated Mon, 27 May 2013, Pete Perkins writes: The large, flat British plug seems to follow the 'perversity of nature' rule and drop 'butter side down' with the pins in the palm of your hand most of the time - thereby providing the

Re: [PSES] Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1 - A little history

2013-05-27 Thread Pete Perkins
Brian, et al, A histerical, er - historical, review... In an internationally harmonized standard all expected issues must be considered. The primary driving factor for the cap discharge test on the power input pins has been driven by the British over the years. The la

Re: [PSES] Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1

2013-05-26 Thread Richard Nute
, Rich On 5/21/2013 9:33 AM, Kunde, Brian wrote: What we call the Capacitor Discharge Test in the IEC 61010-1 standard section 6.10.3 says that voltage across the pins of the power cord must not be Hazardous Live 5 seconds after disconnection from the supply. Most labs simply check to see if

Re: [PSES] Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1

2013-05-22 Thread Kunde, Brian
] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:50 PM To: Kunde, Brian; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1 A few decades ago when an intern, called co-op back then, a customer complaint came in that they had been shocked by the power plug after pulling it from the wall

Re: [PSES] Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1

2013-05-21 Thread Bill Owsley
details were for the Safety engineers. > > From: "Kunde, Brian" >To: "EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG" >Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:33 PM >Subject: Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1 > > >What we call the Capacito

[PSES] Capacitor Discharge Test IEC 61010-1

2013-05-21 Thread Kunde, Brian
What we call the Capacitor Discharge Test in the IEC 61010-1 standard section 6.10.3 says that voltage across the pins of the power cord must not be Hazardous Live 5 seconds after disconnection from the supply. Most labs simply check to see if the voltage across the pins are 60 volts or less at

RE: Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-14 Thread ron_duffy
, 2001 01:32 To: 'marti...@appliedbiosystems.com'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Cc: Marcus Murphy Subject: RE: Capacitor Discharge Test Martin Having read several other contributors comments on your question, I have to say that I totally agree with them (test with the switch in both posi

RE: Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-14 Thread Serge Bousquet
- From: owner-emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Allen, John Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:32 PM To: 'marti...@appliedbiosystems.com'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Cc: Marcus Murphy Subject: RE: Capacitor Discharge Test Martin Having read several other cont

RE: Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-14 Thread Allen, John
ision Bracknell, UK -Original Message- From: marti...@appliedbiosystems.com [mailto:marti...@appliedbiosystems.com] Sent: 11 May 2001 17:31 To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Capacitor Discharge Test We evaluate our laboratory equipment to UL 3101-1, CSA 1010.1 and EN 61010-1. Section 6

Re: Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-11 Thread David Heald
Greetings Joe and everyone, I can't speak for lab equipment, but I know that for UL 1950 (EN 60950/ IEC 950) my former employer (a recent NRTL who works/worked closely with the biggest) would always test with the mains switch both on and off. If you think about it, it makes sense to test with

RE: Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-11 Thread Scott Lacey
...@appliedbiosystems.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 12:31 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Capacitor Discharge Test We evaluate our laboratory equipment to UL 3101-1, CSA 1010.1 and EN 61010-1. Section 6.10.3 of UL 3101-1 states "If plug pins of cord-connected equipment receive a c

Re: Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-11 Thread ed . rauch
) Subject: Capacitor Discharge Test We evaluate our laboratory equipment to UL 3101-1, CSA 1010.1 and EN 61010-1. Section 6.10.3 of UL 3101-1 states "If plug pins of cord-connected equipment rece

Capacitor Discharge Test

2001-05-11 Thread MartinJP
We evaluate our laboratory equipment to UL 3101-1, CSA 1010.1 and EN 61010-1. Section 6.10.3 of UL 3101-1 states "If plug pins of cord-connected equipment receive a charge from an internal capacitor, the pins shall not be HAZARDOUS LIVE 5s after disconnection of the supply". We have always perf