Hi Egon, Hmmmm. I suppose by Energy Hazard we are more concerned with events such as unintentionally "arc welding" a piece of metal between two points in a circuit of different potential. I've heard of a few rather serious accidents related to that phenomenon too. Is this on the right track? If so, it sounds logical as you say that this is more of an instantaneous event. Unless no one is in the room and the victim is attached to the piece being welded, and can't get free--not a rosy scenario!
Thx for correcting my misunderstanding...Tony ---------- From: Egon H. Varju To: Tony Fredriksson Cc: IEEE Subject: RE: How long for continuous? List-Post: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 15, 1996 2:48PM Tony, I think perhaps you are confusing energy hazard with fire hazard. The scenario that you describe is a fire hazard, which is covered elsewhere in the standard, under limited power circuits. A fire hazard can indeed be reduced by judicious application of fuses. My concern is whether an energy hazard can be reduced by fuses. Frankly, I don't think so. Regards, Egon
