The routine voltage test on mains is mandatory, but the method has options. This is how I read the standard.
-- Thanks, -doug Douglas E Powell doug...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:04 PM, John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In message > <**64D32EE8B9CBDD44963ACB076A5F6A**BB0261DE06@Mailbox-Tech.**lecotech.local>, > dated Thu, 10 May 2012, "Kunde, Brian" <brian_ku...@lecotc.com> writes: > > F.3.2 says, "...test of F.3.1 can be carried out.....". Because it says >> "can" and not "shall" does this make this test optional? >> > > It seems, from the limited context you give, that the *method* is > optional, but *a* test is mandatory. > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > Instead of saying that the government is doing too little, too late or too > much, too early, say they've got is exactly right, thus throwing them into > total confusion. > 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 < > emc-p...@ieee.org> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-**pstc.html<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/<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<http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html> > List rules: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/**listrules.html<http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html> > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>