John - It is not the pop rivet, per se, that conducts the fault current, but the joined metal sheets. The pop rivet simply maintains intimate contact between two conductive materials. The same is generally true of screws.
Rivets can be quite reliable and have been used in electrical equipment for many moons. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE [email protected] > From: John Bouse > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:58 PM > > Hello Group, > > I have a general safety-related question that I cannot find > referenced in EN61010-1. > > Is it acceptable from the viewpoint of EN61010-1 that pop > rivets be used to join metal panels that are accessible to > the user? In case the metal panel contacts a hazardous > voltage in a single fault condition, the metal panel would > conduct the fault current through the pop rivets that bond > the panel with other panels and the current would flow to > protective earth ground and blow the equipment's overcurrent > protective device. > > The panels in question are aluminum and the pop rivets are > aluminum. The pop rivets would join one panel to another and > would not be used to mechanically mount any other parts. > > Are pop rivets acceptable in this application? > > Regards, > > John Bouse > PerkinElmer > CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by Sanmina-SCI eShield _______ _____________________________________________________________________ - 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
