Doug, We test wireless base stations to EN 60950-1, and declare compliance to EN 60215 in a supplementary manner. There is not a lot of meat in EN 60215 to test against, but you want to comply with the standard for completeness.
You need to read through EN 60215 or IEC 60215 (they are identical), but you may find the most significant section the definitions clause 3.2, "Electrically Safe". It looks a lot like the Limited Current Circuit section of EN 60950-1 (clause 2.4). Because it has a sliding scale for allowable current relative to decade of frequency (up to 100 kHZ), you may find this useful in the evaluation of your RF transmit outputs. In other words, your RF outputs may technically be hazardous voltage (above 30 V rms or 42.4 V peak), and too high of a power level to call TNV-3, and creepage and clearances, and insulation requirement "may" be used above 30 kHz but are actually useless in RF circuits. Limited current circuits would be the best way to judge the RF output in this case, and EN 60215 defines them as "electrically safe". Not that you want to touch the center conductor of a transmit output. The best way to judge RF burns is still to ask RF engineers with many years of experience how bad it hurts at various power levels. Regards, Don Gies, N.C.E Senior Product Compliance Engineer Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Doug Beckwith Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:26 PM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Applicable safety standard for mobile satcom equipment Hi All, Someone asked me what safety standard applies to mobile satellite communication equipment. At first I thought it was 60950, but after looking at the scope of 60950, I am not so sure. Does anyone know? Regards Doug ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
