Hello everyone, I have a question in reference to the generic immunity standard EN50082-1. If I am not mistaken, as of now the "adapted" version is 1992. If this is so, the document clearly calls out IEC 801-2:1984 as the ESD test procedure. Here is my question:
If you are testing an all metal device, and are using the waveform from IEC801-2:1991, and you are following the soon-to-be-adapted 1991 version (or using the 1000 series document), then you would simply perform 4 kV contact discharge and be done with it. However, while I was employed by a commercial test house, I was informed by a CB that this is not OK, because you are not meeting the 8 kV requirement as called out by EN50082-1. So my question is this - Do I really have to do 8 kV air discharge testing all of the user accessible conductive parts? Or, should I be doing Contact discharge to 8 kV? It seems to me that I could just ignore the CB and test to the new ESD procedure. Anyone have any input?
