Ralph, IEC 61000-3-5 is an older technical report giving direction for making flicker measurement on products greater than 16A. Whereas IEC/EN 61000-3-11 is a current standard and is a requirement (for the EU market place) for products rated greater than 16A.
Regards, David Spencer EMC Engineer Xerox Corp. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph McDiarmid Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: IEC61000-3-5 and -3-11 (Flicker) These two standards appear to be identical, at least in scope with both applying to equipment rated 75A and below. Does anyone know why this is so? Ralph McDiarmid, AScT Compliance Engineering Group Xantrex Technology Inc. - 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

