BUT...regardless of consumer vs military vs industrial, testing to the pins is a good idea from a reliability point of view. Depending on the product standard used you may not have to judge the results against any Performance Criteria but your own, but it's still good to know what happens.
Jim Eichner, P.Eng. Compliance Engineering Manager Xantrex Technology Inc. e-mail: [email protected] web: www.xantrex.com Any opinions expressed are those of my invisible friend. Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EN61000-4-2:1995 Question In message <[email protected]>, dated Wed, 5 Apr 2006, "Price, Ed" <[email protected]> writes >Looking for another opinion, I looked at the REO Handbook 9 >(http://www.reo.co.uk), where it referred to a list of exempt and >non-exempt connector pins. However, I can't seem to find such a list in >BS EN61000-4-2:1995. There isn't. Such a specific list would be out of place in a Basic EMC standard. It is something that should (but may not have been) addressed in product standards. The general rule for civilian equipment is that ESD is not applied directly to connector pins. See the third dashed item in clause 8.3 of BS EN 61000-4-2:1995, and the first four paragraphs of clause 8.3.1. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - 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/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: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [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/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: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
