No specific limit for the di-electric withstand test. There is no mention of the term "short" in the di-electric withstand type test for I.T.
According to CSA engineering guidelines and some UL (Section General) files, each individual model should have a pre-determined limit. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Robert F. Keller Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:36 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Robert Keller Subject: Current limit for Dielectric Test Hello Group, I have a question regarding the Electric Strength test in 60950-1 section 5.2. It says in that section that you have a failure or the insulation broke down when the current which flows as a result of the application of the test voltage rapidly increases in an uncontrolled manner. So, is there an exact current limit at which it is considered to have "shorted"? And if so, is this printed in any standard? Any insight in this would be greatly appreciated. Best Regards, Rob Keller Senior Engineer Communication Certification Laboratory Ph.: 801.972.6146 Ext.237 Fax: 801-972-8432 [email protected] - 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
