A point of clarification here. UL Recognized AWM isn't required to be surface marked at all. The marking is perfectly legitimate if it is on the spool the wire is taken from.
Yet another voice chiming in that it was probably not traceable as being R/C AWM. Regards, Peter L. Tarver Nortel [email protected] > ---------- > From: [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 4:53 PM > To: emc-pstc; DOUGP > Subject: Re: Ground Wire Markings > > Hi Doug, > > It sounds to me that the grn/yel wire that was removed was not UL > Recognized > wiring. As you may know, UL Recognized wire products are required to be > marked > along the wire insulation with such things as UL Recognition mark, > voltage & > temperature rating, wire gauge, UL wire style, UL file number, etc., etc. > This > is a condition of UL Listing and I'm fairly sure that other Listing > authorities > have the same requirements. > > Not sure about the resistance or max current markings. > > Just guessing, but maybe this fellow employee did not have all the facts. > > Best regards, > Ron Pickard > [email protected] > > > ______________________________ Reply Separator > _________________________________ > Subject: Ground Wire Markings > Author: <[email protected] (POWELL DOUG)> at INTERNET > Date: 6/23/98 9:00 AM > > > > Hello Group, > > I was recently speaking with one of my fellow employees who previously > worked at Dell Computer. He claims that at Dell they had to remove a > large > amount of their grn/yel ground wire from products and replace it with wire > > that is marked in some way with its loading capacity. Things like > resistance, maximum voltage. maximum current marked directly on the wire. > He also says this is a North American requirement. > > My company produces industrial power supplies for thin film processing > equipment and I have never run across a requirement like this. Is there > someone who can tell me what the scoop is? I have a feeling that this may > > have been a special case and a test lab requirement rather than a > standards > issue. > > Thanks, > > Doug Powell > Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. > Ft. Collins Colorado USA > > > > >
