Sorry, te syntax of my question was incorrect. Let me try again. Is there anyone that disagrees with the following statement? Inrush current is a requirement under the amended standard.
> -----Original Message----- > From: WOODS, RICHARD > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:55 AM > To: 'emc-pstc' > Subject: EN 61000-3-3 A1 > > There has been controversey over the intrepretation of EN61000-3-3 as to > the need to consider in-rush current. HP had concluded that it was not a > measurement requirement and had not included the measurement in their > software. However, my reading of the new A1 indicates that measurement of > in-rush current is a requirement. See, for example, the new added > paragraph in clause 6.1 which says: > > "For voltage changes caused by manual switching, equipment is deemed to > comply without further testing if the maximum r.m.s. input current > (including inrush current) evaluated over each 10 ms half-period between > zero-crossings does not exceed 20 A, and the supply current after inrush > is within a variation band of 1,5 A." > > Is there anyone that disagrees that limited inrush current is not a > requirement under the amended standard? > > > Richard Woods > Sensormatic Electronics > Tyco International > ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
