Re: [PSES] EU Regs on live work

2015-09-28 Thread Nick Williams
Doug, This would be covered by employer occupational safety legislation which remains a Member State level competence (albeit with a minimum level of performance mandated by directives issued under article 153 of the TFEU). In the UK, the relevant Regulations are the Electricity at Work Regula

Re: [PSES] EU Regs on live work

2015-09-28 Thread John_e_allen
Doug Each country has its own regs - PUWER is just only for the UK. John Allen W.London, UK Sent from my Xperia™ tablet Douglas Nix wrote >I’d like to verify the regulations relating to live work on electrical control >panels in the EU. Is it permitted? If yes, what are the limits?

[PSES] Recycle mark on plastic bags/parts

2015-09-28 Thread Scott Xe
Most of plastic bags/parts have the recycle mark on them. Do they require by any regulation? Thanks and regards, Scott - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a messag

[PSES] EU Regs on live work

2015-09-28 Thread Douglas Nix
I’d like to verify the regulations relating to live work on electrical control panels in the EU. Is it permitted? If yes, what are the limits? A reference to the applicable regulations would be helpful. I’m expecting it’s covered in the PUWER regs, but would like confirmation from someone who kn

Re: [PSES] EMC Chamber Filter Issue

2015-09-28 Thread Robert Dunkerley
Hi, The interference is seen on the lcd monitors. The chamber lights are either halogen or sodium (they take a minute to ‘warm up’ so maybe sodium). If I remove the RF cables connected to the Chamber, the interference disappears. These RF cables were connected to a receiver, which in turn, was

Re: [PSES] EMC Chamber Filter Issue

2015-09-28 Thread Kunde, Brian
Rob, RF Filters used on power to a chamber are usually very broadband kick butt filters. These filters can have quite a bit of leakage current and controlling the path of this current is important. RF Filters are passive, to just applying power to them should not generate any interference othe

Re: [PSES] EMC Chamber Filter Issue

2015-09-28 Thread Ken Wyatt
Sounds more like a “ground loop” issue to me. Ideally, shielded rooms should be isolated from earth and then single-point grounded to earth using a ground rod. It sounds to me as if there may be multiple grounds, possibly via multiple AC line circuits. Are the AC line circuits to the monitors di

[PSES] EMC Chamber Filter Issue

2015-09-28 Thread Robert Dunkerley
Hi, Has anyone ever had problems with EMI filters supplying EMC chambers before? When mains is applied to the filter for the chamber lights, there is interference seen on the computer monitors outside the chamber. This happens even if the lights are turned off in the chamber, but power supplied

Re: [PSES] Low Power exemption for ATEX / IECEx

2015-09-28 Thread Helge Knudsen
Maybe a clarification sheet for IEC 60079-15 is needed. Best regards Helge Knudsen Denmark From: John Cochran [mailto:jcoch...@strongarm.com] Sent: 28. september 2015 03:31 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Low Power exemption for ATEX / IECEx In IEC 60079-15 Clause 1