In message <[email protected]>, dated Fri, 23 Jan 2009, John Woodgate <[email protected]> writes:
>>Based on these, my colleague insists groundplanes are not required >>when perform measurement on relay switches and dimmers. Do you agree >>with the argument? > >Well, 8.1.3 and Figure 5 apply, and I can't see any reference to a >ground plane. So your colleague APPEARS to be right. But I suspect that >there is a problem with the standard, because the AMN is always used >with a ground plane. I have *unofficial* agreement that the current CISPR 15 does not call for a ground plane in 8.1.3. However, this does seem to my colleagues to be an error, and the standard may have to be amended. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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]>
