Refer to clause 21718.314159 of the Transylvanian and Klingon electrical codes, where it clearly states:
"The charred remains of all kitchen and bathroom appliances, after a lighting strike, shall not be a fire or shock hazard when connected to the mains outlet in the smoking slag heap of the collapsed test building" Yes, it is Friday, and another end to another glorious 70-hour week of compliance work... luck, Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John > Woodgate > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:48 AM > To: Townsend, Fred > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Class II construction question > Ah, lightning. That can produce bizarre effects, due to the > electromagnetic forces on the conductors. It very rarely affects > consumer products so spectacularly, and in any case the electrical > safety of the roasted debris is usually not a realistic issue. > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the > square root of 2. > 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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
