RE: Transient/Surge/Lightning Standards for DC power equipment

1998-12-09 Thread Mike Hopkins
IEC 1000-4-5 is written with DC supplies in mind. In fact, generic and product standards in the EU require testing DC supply lines using IEC 1000-4-4 and 1000-4-5. Most surge simulators designed for surging AC lines can also be used for surging DC lines (some require an option to work on DC lines;

Re: Transient/Surge/Lightning Standards for DC power equipment

1998-12-09 Thread Rob Stirling
Sarmad, I think you've already nailed it -- for Europe anyway!! According to the Generic Immunity Standards, EN61000-4-5, formerly called IEC 1000-4-5, is to be applied to DC input power ports for most CE Mark compliant products. The only way you CAN use another standard to apply this test is if