And not just western manufacturers; there's increasingly more power electronics design done in China and Taiwan.
Ralph McDiarmid, AScT Compliance Engineering Group Xantrex Technology Inc. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian O'Connell Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: California 2006 Appliance Efficiency Regulations Some important design factors for these units (one was mentioned) are the core materials and gapping technique, and switching freq. I can understand an increased price, but am not certain why the unit would be larger. Most (western) smps manufacturers are offering units that have both higher eff and smaller size. luck, Brian - 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
