RE: Fire Retardants

2003-03-18 Thread Wani, Vijay (V)
specimens are to be preconditioned for flammability (94 V0, V1 V2) testing. 1. two sets of five specimens each are to be preconditioned in accordance with ASTM D618 at 23 C, 50 RH for 48 hours. 2. two sets of five specimens each are to be preconditioned in an air-circulating oven for

RE: Fire Retardants

2003-03-18 Thread Gregg Kervill
I agree with John - but the question also raises other issues: * what about plastisizers (SP?) ? * what about hardening agents? * what about fillers? Will sustained heating cause embrittlement or creeping? Will parts have the necessary resilience to impact or yield over their life? That's the

RE: Fire Retardants

2003-03-18 Thread Gary McInturff
Richard, I think that is one of the reason that the flame tests require aging in ovens before UL et al burn them, but I don't know for certain. Gary From: richwo...@tycoint.com [mailto:richwo...@tycoint.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:32 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject:

Re: Fire Retardants

2003-03-18 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in 846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6A04675DB4@flbocexu05) about 'Fire Retardants' on Tue, 18 Mar 2003: If a plastic containing a fire retardant is subjected to high heat (for example, due to a overheated component) for an extended period of

RE: Term in Electricity

2003-03-18 Thread Robert Johnson
It's hard to tell the limits of your inquiry. In simple US NEC terms, there is no special name for the termination of the grounded conductor or neutral at the load. However, you can have star connected three phase loads and view the neutral as a star connection point. It simply is not a code

Fire Retardants

2003-03-18 Thread richwo...@tycoint.com
If a plastic containing a fire retardant is subjected to high heat (for example, due to a overheated component) for an extended period of time (many hours or several days), is it possible that the fire retardant in the plastic will outgas sufficiently to decrease the flame rating of the plastic

Term in Electricity

2003-03-18 Thread Jon Griver
Group Members, My apologies for a slightly off-topic question for the electricians amongst us. Is there a special term used for the zero connection point of neutral conductors at the load end of a three-phase network, i.e. the equivalent of the 'star' connection point at the transformer,

RE2: Dark Fiber and Regulation

2003-03-18 Thread Andre, Pierre-Marie
Marko, Thanks for your comments. My understanding is that a “Dark Fiber” has an other meaning : a service offered by a Telco or a service provider to extend the usage of your fiber LAN for example to increase the distance from one mile to 100 or more. In this case the fiber adapter, in my case