Re: [PSES] Surges on Ethernet ports under 62368-1

2021-07-09 Thread Joe Randolph
Subject: [PSES] Surges on Ethernet ports under 62368-1 Good morning. 61368-1, Table 14 (2nd ed) or Table 13 (3rd ed) discusses transients to be applied to conductors considered external circuits. Whereas in 60950-1, these tests generally applied to conductors falling under Clauses 6 or

Re: [PSES] Surges on Ethernet ports under 62368-1

2021-07-09 Thread James Pawson (U3C)
Hi Peter, It would align with the guidance in IEC 61000-4-5 for applying surges to 'long distance lines and outdoor lines' which would include Ethernet leaving a building. The built in voltage isolation of the Ethernet magnetics handles 1kV surges just fine. Main risk is a poorly implemented c

[PSES] Surges on Ethernet ports under 62368-1

2021-07-09 Thread Peter Tarver
Good morning. 61368-1, Table 14 (2nd ed) or Table 13 (3rd ed) discusses transients to be applied to conductors considered external circuits. Whereas in 60950-1, these tests generally applied to conductors falling under Clauses 6 or 7, the scope of the applicability of the testing appears to h