At 14:19 26/08/2003 +0100, Gibling, Vic wrote:
>Did you get a satisfactory answer from the forum? I ask as I just been told >by a test house that the ITT-Canon CGL Industrial power connector we had >wanted to use as a primary coupler is not suitable - apparently should only >be used with secondary circuits. ( I believe this is the connector my >colleague (boss) proposed to you via the forum ) > >We had assessed it against the 309 connectors for leading earth, creepage, >clearance and isolation voltage. Alas the test house stated "You will >find that the contacts will quickly deteriorate if you were to carry out a >mating/unmating endurance test at maximum current rating." > Were you going to use the contacts at maximum current rating? 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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc

