RE: EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller

2002-01-21 Thread Pettit, Ghery
So rather than educating the public on the cause of flicker, we get saddled with a useless design requirement. Typical bureaucracy - don't fix the problem, make it LOOK like you're doing something, at someone else's expense. Just like the harmonics standard - fix a problem that doesn't exist.

Re: Pacemaker

2002-01-21 Thread Ted Rook
cecil.gitt...@kodak.com 18-Jan-02 1:20:16 PM From: Cecil A. Gittens If someone has a pacemaker and wants to use a APS Camera with an internal clock 8MHz on the main CPU circuit board. My question is it safe for that person to use the APS Camera Reply: APS camera is a traditional 35mm

Re: EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller

2002-01-21 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor ken.ja...@emccompliance.com wrote (in 20020121193650.LDSV11289.femail7.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.11.150.27] ) about 'EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller', on Mon, 21 Jan 2002: I have some questions which are just for my own education. I understand Mr.

RE: Zero Crossing Question

2002-01-21 Thread jrbarnes
John, Or another example where different companies' equivalent parts are not equivalent-- this is one that I ran into in 1977. I had designed a Power-On-Reset (POR) circuit using a 555 timer, and had tested the circuit on a solderless breadboard. I was being sneaky in my design, and used the

SV: Company close down due to EMC phenomena

2002-01-21 Thread amund
To all of you who responded, here is the latest info. I have picked up the following: 1. 15000 units have been placed on the marked and 2 complains have been reported to the Telecommunications Authorities. They could not produce any evidence that the PLC made the problems, but they were

Re: EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller

2002-01-21 Thread Ken Javor
I have some questions which are just for my own education. I understand Mr. Woodgate's comments and they make sense to me. But I wonder why there is a problem in the first place. I believe all power in Europe is at 200 Volts or higher, which makes an 800 Watt heater a four Amp device. I don't

RE: Zero Crossing Question

2002-01-21 Thread Allen, John
Hi Folks Could this ON Semiconductors problem be something to do with: a) The fact that the neutral is generally not at ground potential, but has floated up due the current flowing in it? or b) The actual PSU has a filtering arrangement that is non-symmetrical wrt true ground?

RE: Zero Crossing Question

2002-01-21 Thread Scott Lacey
Zero Crossing QuestionJohn, I think you already have the answer to the problem. You stated that Harris or Intersil IC's work properly regardless of the mains polarity. Some years back I had an issue where another manufacturer's replacement was substituted for a Sprague ULN2003 Darlington Array

RE: pacemakers

2002-01-21 Thread richwoods
It is well known in the medical device community that the immunity standards for implanted medical devices and the emissions standards for electrical devices are not compatible. Pacemakers have an operations mode that is used when excessive noise is detected. That mode goes by several names

Zero Crossing Question

2002-01-21 Thread Bouse, John
Hi Group, Our manufacturing personnel encountered a strange problem: when the mains plug used on a 230V/50Hz equipment that has an internal zero crossing reference integrated circuit (specifically, a CA3059) is reversed (this can occur in countries such as Germany, Italy, France and

IEE Guide to EMC and Functional Safety

2002-01-21 Thread CherryClough
Dear all Following comments made in the correspondence on 'EMC-related safety issues' early in January I asked for everyone who was interested to read at least the beginning of the IEE's guide and let me know their opinions. Also to ask their colleagues and anyone else who might be interested.

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-21 Thread CherryClough
Dear John Sorry to be so late replying. I am pleased that you now understand the situation that I attempted to describe earlier, where an HCMOS inverter with an unterminated input was the cause of surprisingly powerful radiated emissions at 200MHz, due to an unfortunate, unlikely, but not

Re: EMC-related safety issues

2002-01-21 Thread CherryClough
Dear Bob Sorry to be so late replying. Thank you for this reference, I was unaware of it. I shall add it to my list of EMC-related safety references. If anyone wants a copy of my list, I'll be pleased to email it to them in Word format. If anyone knows of any books, articles, or papers on the

Query for India reguration

2002-01-21 Thread hasimt
Hi, I would like to know about India reguration for EMC Radio. Please give me the information. Tetsuya Hashimoto A-PEX International Co., Ltd. --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list.

Re: CE rules

2002-01-21 Thread Paolo Gemma
I think that is possible find something on the directive 99/44/CE Ciao Paolo At 16:42 1/17/02 -0500, Michael Gusel wrote: Dear Group, I am looking for CE rules (Directive, Article, ...) for maximum period of time that the manufacturer must provide repair and service after the equipment has