Mel,
The requirement can be found in CSA C22.2 No. 950/UL 1950 (Bi-National
Standard) in Annex NAE, Clause No. 3.2.4.
Maximum cord length: 4.5 m
Minimum cord length: 1.5 m (with some exceptions)
These are North American deviations based on the National Electrical Code
and
Hi Vic:
You have mentioned the CTE directive and that is a subject that has
had no mention of lately.
I attended the CommEd conference on March 26th - 28th and the main
topic was supposed to be the CTE directive. Well, we received little
to no
Mel,
I am not familiar with any national regulatory restrictions, but I do know, at
least a few years ago, some local electrical codes caused us some heart ache
due to restrictions on cord length.
Regards,
Bob Brister
Digital Equip. Corp
Hi Mel,
the only restriction to length of power cords I see in IEC 950 is in
sub-clause 3.2.4 in the conditions to Table 11. This restrictions in
length apply only if you choose the smaller cross-sections in brackets.
There is no restriction in IEC 950 in the use of extension cords of any
Bob Newall asks if you must have an approved
quality system to self declare compliance. I take it
by this he means without a certificate from an
approved body for that directive, since declarations
of conformity are always made by the manufacturer
or his authorised representitive. The answer is
Your customer seems to want to gain all the kudos of
being the manufacturer without incuring any of the liabilities
that this involves. There are limits to which this can be done
I can give some guidance on UK law in this respect and I
suspect other EU countries will have similar requirements.
I attended a conference in Amsterdam on March 18th (had to dump my
poor wife in a motel on Cocoa Beach for the week-end to do it) where
Mr. Joergen Richter of DG XIII introduced a draft for the new
Connected Telecommunications Directive (CTE). The gist of the
story is that the Commission is
You might want to contact Hanse Technology. I just attended an excellent
seminar on accelerated life testing. Unfortunately, this particuliar subject
was not discussed.
Phone: (616) 686-0330
Hope this helps
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Hello Bill,
Hey, that's great, for the UK! Maybe? What about other EU Member States? Also,
how do you flag a NPF product to the local custom authorities?
Regards,
Ron Wellman
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|Ronald R. Wellman
and a response...
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To: Multiple recipients of list SAFETY
From: Safety on Thu, Apr 25, 1996 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: Laptop Travel Protection
Thanks for the tip, since it applies to a lot of things. I do not put my
fyi
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To: Multiple recipients of list SAFETY
From: Safety on Thu, Apr 25, 1996 11:43 AM
Subject: Laptop Travel Protection
The following is a safety alert published for BLM employees on travel
status. I'm passing it
Hello Vic,
The way you will protect yourself is DUE DILIGENCE. As a matter of
fact, that is really the way you protected yourself in the past. The
only reason you were getting certifications is that they were legally
required of you. The certification house
Mail*Link(r) SMTP FWDIEC 1010-1 :
CREEPAGE/CLEARANCE/,Ratings...
Dan T. says:
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: 4/26/96 11:44 AM
From: D. Teninty
I have been asked to investigate an issue of Interpolation of CREEPAGE
AND CLEARANCE regarding the ratings of handheld
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