In message <[email protected]> "David Gelfand" writes:
> I seem to remember that Australia was changing their nominal voltage > from 240 to 230 V. Is this true? Are there other countries that have > nominal voltages of 240 V? I want to determine the maximum voltage for > leakage current tests. David, you are correct about Australia. Following is a copy of a posting to sci.engr.electrical.compliance last December which may be helpful. Bill -- Bill Lyons - [email protected] / [email protected] Maintainer of the sci.engr.electrical.compliance (s.e.e.c) FAQ Posted to s.e.e.c approx 15th of each month (d.v.), archived at:- HTML: http://world.std.com/~techbook/compliance_faq.html http://member.nifty.ne.jp/tsato/seec-faq/ (Japanese) ASCII: http://www.lyons.demon.co.uk/seecfaq1.txt, seecfaq2.txt From: [email protected] (Bill Lyons) Newsgroups: sci.engr.electrical.compliance Subject: Australian Mains Voltage List-Post: [email protected] Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:57:33 +0000 (GMT) In response to a query by a reader, Loc Vuong <[email protected]> of the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (http://www.ocei.vic.gov.au), has very kindly provided the following information on mains voltage harmonization in Australia. -- Bill Lyons - [email protected] / [email protected] STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY The Australian Standard AS60038: 2000 - 'Standard Voltages' superseded AS 2926: 1987 - 'Standard Voltages - Alternating (50Hz) and direct'. The Victorian Electricity Safety (Network Assets) Regulations 1999 refer to AS 2926: 1987 as this was the current standard at the time of formulation of these regulations. The OCEI, in conjunction with other regulators, plan to adopt AS 60038: 2000 in the year 2003 via an amendment of the Electrical Safety (Network Assets) Regulations. Section two, Table 1 of AS 60038: 2000 states: for 'nominal systems voltage' the frequency is 50Hz with a voltage of 230/400V. The table also recommends that the voltage at the point of supply should not differ from the nominal voltage of the system by more than +10%, -6%. The above standards are available from Standards Australia, which can be contacted via their website www.standards.com.au or on telephone +61 2 8206 6010. The Victorian Electricity Safety (Network Assets) Regulations 1999 are available from the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector's website, www.ocei.vic.gov.au. I trust that this information satisfactorily addresses your queries, however should you require further information please do not hesitate in contacting me on 61 03 9203 97. Loc Vuong SUPPLY SAFETY ENGINEER ------------------------------------------- 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]
