Ray: We have been told by several of our European distributors that the "pig-tail lead" approach (your "loose leads" method) is not allowed in Europe. I don't know what set of rules this is based on. As far as I know each country has their own electrical wiring rules. I would dearly love to see a pan-European electrical code book similar to the NEC or CEC to help us all get this sort of thing right!
Regards, Jim Eichner Statpower Technologies Corporation [email protected] http://www.statpower.com Any opinions expressed are those of my invisible friend, who really exists. Honest. > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell, Ray [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 12:44 PM > To: 'IEEE PSTC' > Subject: AC Mains Termination > > Greetings, > > We sell some larger motor driven units to Europe, and are evaluating > them to EN 60204. I believe that Sec 5.1 specifies that if a line cord > > is not included then a terminal block has to be provided. Although my > experience has seen several applications that have loose leads inside > of the junction box. Also, many motor vendors are claiming compliance > with the loose lead approach. My questions are: > > 1. Are there alternative acceptable practices? > > 2. If a line cord is supplied, are crimped on connectors > acceptable? > > > Thank you for your comments, > > Ray > > [email protected]
