Depending on your EUT and ratings you’ll need something to control the supply input voltage and perhaps frequency, such as a Variac (voltage only) or inverter. You’ll need a sound level meter if EUT is machinery.
-Dave From: IBM Ken [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 3:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety lab basics Hi David! I think you have to start by going through the Standards, picking out the applicable tests that have to be performed on your products, and then determining which pieces of test equipment you'll need to perform those tests. Don't forget to consider the minimum accuracies required in OD-5014: https://www.iecee.org/documents/refdocs/downloads/od-5014_ed.1.1.pdf For 60950 and 601010, you might start with the following basic items: -DMMs -a DSO (does not need to be high bandwidth. If you already have one for EMC, it will be more than capable enough for Safety) -steel rules, caliper, micrometer -hipot tester and bonding tester -If you choose to measure temperature with thermocouples, you'll need some thermocouples and a way to read them -Stopwatch There are a lot of other items you may need, and the list varies widely based on your product(s) and what tests apply, but I find these are used very frequently. Some specialty items might be: -High impedance probe for measuring capacitor discharge curves -Test finger, test probe, and/or test pin as specified in the Standard(s). If you have a good in-house machine shop, you can make these, but in my humble opinion, it's easier to purchase them -Touch current meter (such as a Simpson 228) -Tilt table -Impact tester -Ball Pressure tester -Thermal chamber -Ken A On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:38 PM David <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, I'm in need of guidance for doing first time setup of a safety lab. I'm versed in EMC, but only peripherally aware of safety requirements. Are there books, websites, or other materials (besides this list) that you would recommend? I've been provided an equipment list for pricing and purchase but does this august group have any particular recommendations for the most valuable items required in a lab? This would be primarily for IEC 62368, IEC 61010, and IEC 60601-1. Sincerely, David - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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