We are not far apart Rich, However - I agree with the concept of teaching engineers to open their eyes and seeing what is before them - that is how we make progress. I do not believe that setting down even more rules will help the situation - it will cause only opportunities to deviate from the accepted standards and to reduce safety.
I use standards because they are well defined - well thought out tools to do my work and are the SUM TOTAL of hundreds/thousands of years experience. I do not and would not feel comfortable to say FOLLOW ME I KNOW THE WAY after all I have only 15-20 years of R&D and 10 + of product safety (and reliability) so what do I know. However I do believe that there are many GENERAL PRINCIPLES that are common to all designs - but the way that they manifest themselves will alter events. Similarly I agree that the skill of the user has an enormous impact. I watch as Monitors are designed with improved access restrictions (e.g. they pass the chain test of 065) and become more suitable for children to use. It was only a few years ago that I wrote LVD justifications for a SEMI plant based upon the fact the 950 "Users" were actually trained "Service Personal". So I do agree that there is commonality. I hope that I write like that in the documentation and material that I produce. Best regards Gregg ------------------------------------------- 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.
