----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Rouse" <[email protected]> To: "WELLMAN,RON (A-PaloAlto,ex1)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:52 PM Subject: Re: skinny power cords.
> Earlier on in the thread it was not about arcing across the pins of a plug > but about the dangers or having a power cord rated lower than the > protection in the supply. Damage to the cord such as squashing it under > the legs of furniture or repeated flexing or overloads in simple unfused > equipment like table lights can cause overheating in the cord that will not > trip out the circuit protection. > Fused plugs do allow thin power cords to be used safely from supplies that > have a high rated current, In the UK power outlets are on a ring protected > by a 30A or 50A fuse or breaker. > > Nick Rouse > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "WELLMAN,RON (A-PaloAlto,ex1)" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 3:05 PM > Subject: RE: skinny power cords. > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > Earlier on in this thread it was eluded that this problem was leading to > the > > need of fused power plugs, similar to what is done in the UK. However, > based > > on the analyses of several people, I do not see how a fused plug would of > > prevented the failure that Robert experienced. > > > > Regards, > > +=================================================================+ > > |Ronald R. Wellman |Voice : 408-345-8229 | > > |Agilent Technologies |FAX : 408-553-2412 | > > |5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., |E-Mail: [email protected]| > > |Mailstop 54L-BB |WWW : http://www.agilent.com | > > |Santa Clara, California 95052 USA| | > > +=================================================================+ > > | "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age | > > | eighteen." - Albert Einstein | > > +=================================================================+ > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > 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.
