Hi Folks I agree with John W - and a single fire can (and does!) kill and injure FAR more people than a single electric shock.
Additionally, a large number of products are SELV and/or battery operated where there is no shock hazard but is often a fire hazard - think of the power available from modern batteries, and especially vehicle batteries. John Allen Thales Defence Communications Division Bracknell, UK -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 November 2001 22:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Safety Critical" etc - the future I read in !emc-pstc that CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more... <[email protected]> wrote (in <ABEJKCKDFONELAIPOFHNMEFCEKAA.cetes [email protected]>) about '"Safety Critical" etc - the future', on Mon, 5 Nov 2001: >Those components that encapsulate into one single component the 2 safety >layers >that are normally used to isolate the operator (and others) from a hazard. >In electrical safety land that's mostly an electrical hazard A safety-critical component may be related to a fire hazard, not a shock hazard. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
