In message <[email protected]>,
dated Sat, 9 Aug 2014, "Kunde, Brian" <[email protected]> writes:
I won't be in my office until until Monday morning to look up the
specific references. And I'm familiar with the method used to determine
the power or current rating of an audio amplifier but I assume there is
one.
There is one and I don't have a problem with it.
The term "steady state current" has been used for many years in IEC
standards I deal with such as the IEC 60950 and IEC 61010-1. I never
gave it much thought if the term is an official IEC defined term or not.
It should be, so that it can be compared with other defined currents
without ambiguity or doubt. Some standards go much too far in defining
terms that are extremely well-known, while others omit formal
definitions where they matter. Some contain both errors!
Again, I don't have my references in front of me but "max continuous
current" is defined in the US National Electric Code in regard to the
125% rule on plugs. We deal with this issue often with NRTLs and with
Canada.
OK, that's the one I would like to know about. I don't have a copy of
the current NEC.
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Quid faciamus nisi sit?
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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