Hi Gary, I cannot find any 3rd Edition of IEC 61000-4-2 as published or in development on the IEC website under SC 77B I believe (if anyone knows differently, please let us know). As such, you might want to validate the 3rd Edition requirement from your customer.
Also, most regulatory-based immunity standards that I am familiar have ESD requirements of up to 4kV/8kV, while IEC 60601-1-2, 2nd Edition (latest that I have) has ESD requirements of up to 6kV/8kV. And, the much higher ESD threshold requirements as you've indicated generally originate from specific industry or customer requirements. So, those higher ESD thresholds are quite likely not regulatory requirements, but if anyone knows if the ESD requirements from IEC 60601-1-2, 3rd Edition, please let us know. You might want to verify these thresholds from your customer. IHTH. Best regards, Ron From: McInturff, Gary [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] 61000-4-2 3rd edition I'm trying to track down a customer requirement for a piece of medical gear and apparently I'm a revision behind. They have a requirement for 15 and 30 kV air and contact discharge and they reference the 3rd edition standard. My current standard doesn't have levels that go that high. Normally I would look at 60601-2 medical electrical equipment ....EMC compatibility.... But it only requires 6 and 8kV. The standard is going through all the time consuming purchase request channels, until then can someone with the 3rd edition help me understand when the 15 and 30kV is required. The device itself is used in patient monitoring and could be used in an operating theater. We'll meet their requirements I'm just trying to figure out the paper trail that would lead them to that requirement, could be nothing more than a desired goal but I would like to understand it with your help Thanks Gary McInturff Reliability/Compliance Engineer Esterline Interface Technologies Featuring ADVANCED INPUT, MEMTRON, and LRE MEDICAL products 600 W. Wilbur Avenue Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815-9496 Office:208-635-8306 Cell: 509 868 2279 Toll Free: 800-444-5923 X 1238 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.esterline.com/interfacetechnologies<http://www.esterline.com/advancedinput> Technology, Innovation, Performance... - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> David Heald <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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]>
