Listees,
We export small commercial food mixers to Japan and have recently been
informed by our distributor there that we must start complying with the
marking and other requirements of the law which supposedly has been in place
since 2001.
We're being told that one of the requirements is for a dielectric
withstand (hi-pot) test which must be conducted for one minute at 1000 V on
all mixers. Each of these mixers is already hi-pot tested for compliance with
UL requirements, but UL permits a one second test at 1200 V. The one second
test is favored by the plant since it saves time. Our importer claims that the
one second test is not permissible, that the test must be conducted for one
minute.
Since we don't have copies of the standards involved, do any of you
have experience with these requirements and is it true that only a one minute
hi-pot test is permissible?
Thanks for any information you can provide on this subject.
Richard I. Pittenger
Agency Approval Engineer
Food Retail Div.
Hobart
Troy, Ohio 45374
Ph: 937-332-2621
Fax: 937-332-3204
http://www.hobartcorp.com - -----------
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