The requirements in the standards include 'safety factors' intended to allow for unquantified variations between samples.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Ralph McDiarmid [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 9:22 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PSES] fire safety test methods for different country standards > To >assume a prototype or two accurately represents a field population of say >10,000 >units is an act of faith, and hoping that the odds are with you. > >Ralph McDiarmid >Product Compliance >Engineering >Solar Business >Schneider Electric > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>

