Perhaps the U.S. Federal Dept of Agriculture could answer the question? Ralph Cameron EMC Consulting and Suppression of Consumer Electronic Equipment (After sale)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: RE: safe voltage limits for cattle ( cows horses etc) > > I remember being told once that cows are particularly susceptible to > electric shock, although it was in one of those conversations which > was completely unattributable. > > ISTR there is something in the EN60335 series which covers this. > 60335-2-71 (Appliances for breeding and rearing animals) is not quite > the right thing (I have a copy in front of me) since it deals mostly > with heating appliances (heat lamp, incubators) but it does (in > effect) specify an upper limit of 24V for parts with which animals > might possibly come into contact (section 6.1). > > I can't add further to the information already supplied w.r.t > electric fencers, but have you thought about looking at milking > machine standards? > > Hope this helps > > Nick. > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
