Re: D of C - Who Signs?

1999-11-11 Thread Derek Walton
Dear all, we have been advised by our CB ( and acredidation requires you ) to update key documents when changes occur: I read the D of C to be such a document. Derek Walton John Allen wrote: Hi Folks I disagree strongly with Scott's assessment that the DoC has to be resigned for several

Re: hot-swap disc drives

1999-11-11 Thread Robert Macy
Hi, Hans, Are you thinking of Four Phase ?? Weren't they a competitor to Tandem Computers? Don't know who did the first hot swap disk drives. Patent search tell you? Remember at one time it was really important to be able to pull out a hard drive and secure it away in a safe someplace. Boy,

RE: Railway Crossing Gate

1999-11-11 Thread Alan Brewster
Richard, The Machinery Directive is applicable and would definitely be concerned with the control electronics from a number of points of view. The interesting issue with these types of products are the Human Nature hazards. Will a child hold on to the gate as it opens in order to ride it and if so

Line Filters for test lab

1999-11-11 Thread Charles Martin
Hello all, I am looking for line filters to put in my lab for circuits going to test benches, two circuits: 120vac, 20A 240vac, 20A, for each bench, 5 in total, 10 circuits . Here's a brief description of my lab it's on the fourth floor, we are expanding our

RE: Railway Crossing Gate

1999-11-11 Thread Crane, Lauren
I suspect, but don't know, that such a device may be covered by a different directive concerned with railway issues. I suspect this because I notice exceptions in a few directives for railway carriages. If there is not a directive for railway line equipment then I think the Machinery

RE: EN 55024 and Performance Criteria Applicability

1999-11-11 Thread Guy Story
Sandy, I believe that the performance criteria applies for all voltages on all of the immunity testing. When I used to work at KTL Dallas (the old ICC), that is how we applied the criteria. I have not seen anything in the generic immunity standards to indicate otherwise. The

RE: D of C - Who Signs?

1999-11-11 Thread Scott Douglas
John, Good that you disagree, wouldn't want everybody just following along. I said the DofC should be re-signed for the following reasons: If the original signatory is no longer employed by the manufacturer, then fine. All of the product shipped prior to the departure of the signatory is okay

Re: carbon-impregnated foam pyramids

1999-11-11 Thread Ken Javor
I assume you mean rf absorption. I have never done this test, but this is how I would do it. In principle, you connect a four-port directional coupler (dc) to the output of a signal source, and an appropriate antenna to the dc. Boresight the antenna at a right angle to a bare metal wall.

RE: EN 55024 and Performance Criteria Applicability

1999-11-11 Thread Bailey, Jeff
Interesting question, I have always gone under the assumption that the requirement would be the same for all levels tested up to the maximum voltage. I of course have no hard proof that this is the actual requirement. Regards, Jeff Bailey EMC Technologist SST - A Division of Woodhead

Part 68 Training

1999-11-11 Thread Victor L. Boersma
We have a new engineer learning Part 68/IC CS-03 that we would like to enroll in a seminar or training course. Is anyone aware of any seminars or training courses for Part 68/IC CS-03. Best Regards, Jody Leber jle...@ustech-lab.com http://www.ustech-lab.com U. S. Technologies 3505 Francis

FCC Part 15 Subpart B and Subpart C Emissions

1999-11-11 Thread Sandy Mazzola
To all, With regard to FCC Part 15 Subpart B and Subpart C. An intentional radiator it is certfied to Subpart C which essentially calls for Class B emission performance.If the radio is approved as a module and then inserted into another product and that same product is

RE: D of C - Who Signs?

1999-11-11 Thread SBarrows
I guess a good corollary would be the US currency. When we have a new Secretary of the Treasury, we do not recall all of the old bills. Whenever a shipment of product needs to be made (after the departure of the old signatory), a DOC with the new signature is produced. Scott Barrows KTL -

hot-swap disc drives

1999-11-11 Thread Hans Mellberg
Does anyone recall when the first hot-swap disk drive was used? I recall something in the early 80's for govt and industry by some company named phase-four? or something like that. = Best Regards Hans Mellberg EMC Consultant __ Do You

SCV IEEE Talk on SSO and EMI

1999-11-11 Thread Hans Mellberg
For those of you that missed the presentation by Dr. Richard Wheeler and/or requested copies of his presentation on Simultaneous Switching Noise in the z-direction.. can view the paper on his website: www.wheeler.com = Best Regards Hans Mellberg EMC Consultant

Railway Crossing Gate

1999-11-11 Thread Richard Lanzillotto
Is the machinery directive applicable for the such a gate and it's control electronics? Appreciate any comments. Rich Lanzillotto rl...@concentric.net

EN 55024 and Performance Criteria Applicability

1999-11-11 Thread Sandy Mazzola
To All, With specifics to EN 55024 Information Technology Equipment-Immunity Characteristics-Limits and Measurements and the EN 61000-4-2 ESD requirement. ESD requirement of +/-8 Kv Air Search and +/- 4 KV Contact/Indirect is usually tested gradually for example +/- 2KV, +/- 4 KV and

RE: D of C - Who Signs?

1999-11-11 Thread John Allen
Hi Folks I disagree strongly with Scott's assessment that the DoC has to be resigned for several very important and pragmatic reasons: a) To-date I have yet to see any official EU or other substantive document to support his viewpoint. b) People are always coming and going - it is a fact of

carbon-impregnated foam pyramids

1999-11-11 Thread Tony J. O'Hara
Re:How to measure the absorption characteristics of the carbon-impregnated foam pyramids? This is a very difficult measurement to make! Dr. Robert Johnk at NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) in Boulder, Colorado has recently developed a new method of doing this. He can be

Part 68 Training

1999-11-11 Thread Jody Leber
We have a new engineer learning Part 68/IC CS-03 that we would like to enroll in a seminar or training course. Is anyone aware of any seminars or training courses for Part 68/IC CS-03. Best Regards, Jody Leber jle...@ustech-lab.com http://www.ustech-lab.com U. S. Technologies 3505 Francis

Re: New standards -404 error

1999-11-11 Thread David Instone
Actually in the original posting the line wrap put the remaining characters on the next line so they didn't get included in the 'link'. If you click as before and then when you get the 404 add 't.html' to the end of your 'location' window and hit return it works just fine. In simple terms the

NPSS Vendors' Night (17 NOV) - SOLD OUT!! Dinner ReservationsNeeded

1999-11-11 Thread Art Michael
Hello pstc-ers, The Northeast Product Safety Society Inc's 5th Annual Vendors' Night is SOLD OUT. YES, we've sold all 48 tables (in addition to the NPSS and IEEE EMC Society tables). It's going to be the electrical product safety compliance industry's best show in the country; there's plenty of

Re: Operating Tolerance

1999-11-11 Thread jrbarnes
Jess, Most of my reference sources show the US as 120VAC +/-5% 60Hz +/-0.3% and Argentina as 220VAC +/-10% 50Hz +/-2%. The 1996 World Electricity Supplies shows: * Charlotte, North Carolina as 120VAC +5-2.5% 60Hz +/-0.06%. * Detroit, Michigan as 120VAC +4-6.6% 60Hz +/-0.2%. * Los Angeles,

Re: D of C - Who Signs?

1999-11-11 Thread Brian Kunde at LECO
Tony, Very good question. The person that signs the DOC is doing so as a representative of the company he/she works for. If he/she ends their employment the replacement person does not have to re-issue the DOCs. It is the company that is making the declaration, not the individual. The

RE: D of C - Who Signs?

1999-11-11 Thread Scott Douglas
The DoC must be re-signed. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com ECRM Incorporated Tewksbury, MA USA -Original Message- From: reyno...@pb.com [mailto:reyno...@pb.com] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:16 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: D of C - Who Signs? Importance: Low Hello!

RE: Operating Tolerance

1999-11-11 Thread Crabb, John
BSI World Electricity Supplies quotes +/-10% for overhead cable and +/-7% for underground cables for 220V in Argentina. For the US, there are tolerances quoted for some cities. Worst is +/-10% for Pittsburgh for power as opposed to lighting. Regards John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product

Operating Tolerance

1999-11-11 Thread Jasmine TAN
Hi, Could someone please advise if the supply voltage tolerance for US Argentina should be +6-10% or +/-10% of 120V for US 220V for Argentina ? Thanks in advance! Jess - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to

Re: Manuals

1999-11-11 Thread Nick Williams
Annex 1 section 1.7.4 of the Machinery Directive contains as good a basic desciption of what should be contained in an instruction manual as I know of (although it's only in very general terms, of course). You can get the full Annex free from

Re: carbon-impregnated foam pyramids

1999-11-11 Thread Robert Bonsen
Hi Lucian, I'm assuming you're talking about the wide-band pyramidal absorbers usually found in anechoic chambers. Their attenuation characteristics are typically measured one of three ways, depending on the frequency range of interest: a. coaxial waveguide: for very low frequencies, from DC to

carbon-impregnated foam pyramids

1999-11-11 Thread Yao
Hello group, Does anybody know how to measure the absorption characteristics of the carbon-impregnated foam pyramids? And is there any standard related to this? Thanks in advance. Lucian Yau

Re: Humidity Test

1999-11-11 Thread Matthew Meehan
Can anyone steer me to an appropriate standard that would specify Humidity tests for a heavy industrial product? Best Regards, Bill Jacowleff Bill, Appropriate covers a lot of ground. Especially since you didn't specify your market (country, equipment category (e.g. semiconductor

FW: re: Data acquisition for AST

1999-11-11 Thread Barry Ma
Hi EMC-PSTC group, Some of Compliance Engineers in this group would be interested in Reliability tests. AST = Accelerated Stress Test. Barry --- From: “Bailin Ma” b...@anritsu.com, on 11/10/99 4:09 PM: Hi Harry, You said that STRIFE is HP's HALT. Actually there's a slight

Re: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive

1999-11-11 Thread Paul Cook
Kevin Listmates I broke down and decided to check out EN 50103-4. Here is what I found: CENELEC EN 50130-4:1995 Alarm systems - Part 4: Electromagnetic compatibility - Product family standard: Immunity requirements for components of fire, intruder and social alarm systems There is an

RE: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-11 Thread Munford, Stefen
There is a web site for RTCA which lists the current revisions and the prices, http://www.rtca.org/nonmember/ from just checking the site, the latest revision is DO-160D. Stefen J. Munford EMC Engineer Gateway Regulatory/Compliance 610 Gateway drive MD Y-03 N. Sioux City, SD 57049 Phone -