Re: Dentori mark

referring to the Japan mark authorized by MITI. Lately I have seen this spelled as Dentory, even on foils presented by Japanese companies. I am confused. Which is the correct spelling: Dentori or Dentory George Alspaugh __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju

Re: New Brazilian Safety Requirments???

_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/Email:kathy@eng.sun.com M I C R O S Y S T E M S __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815

Re: German to English Translation

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RE: modest proposal

respect the willingness of the non-Americans to put up with our arrogance and to converse with us in our limited capacity. Thanks to all of you. Jim Allan Senior Compliance Engineer Milgo Solutions Inc. E-mail james_al...@milgo.com __ Egon H. Varju, PEng

RE: modest proposal

babacas. Geralmente, este forum é bom, mas as vezes tem tanta boçalidade ... :-) Cheers, Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815

RE: Certification of Products and other emerging countries

get on with your job, without having to put up with any more bitching from all those bean-counters and pimple-faced MBAs. Just my 2 yen's worth ... Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710

RE: Y3K

:-) Beam me up Scotty. There is no intelligent life on this planet. __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL E-mail: e

Re: Y3K

H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL E-mail: e...@varju.bc.ca eva...@compuserve.com egon.va...@csa-international.org

RE: Shielded Enclosure Fire Hazard

Tewksbury, MA USA __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL E-mail: e...@varju.bc.ca var...@csa.ca

Re: 90V 47Hz - Is this a realistic combo

. My question is.. Is this a reasonable test combo? Does anyone know of a country that falls in this range? __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815

RE: Multi-Standards Haze

Engineer Milgo Solutions Inc. E-mail james_al...@milgo.com __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. CSA International Pacific Region Tel: 1 604 244 6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1 604 244 6600 E-mail:eva...@compuserve.com

Re: Status of IRAM ITE cerification?

. __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL E-mail: e...@varju.bc.ca var...@csa.ca

Re: Grounding Bond Test

, so I have no doubt that all US safety agencies are diligently performing the CSA tests. Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815

Re: Grounding Bond Test

by the CSA requirements of 30A and want to know your ideas on basis of a longer experience than mine. I appreciate any response to this e-mail. Thank you. Best regards, Carmen Filimon Safety Test Eng., Leitch Technology Int'l, Toronto __ Egon H. Varju, PEng

Re: Concrete as an insulator???

is it doing so near the top? One would expect a leak at the bottom, where the water pressure is highest. Does not compute ... Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710

RE: Concrete as an insulator???

carriers in concrete (be they water-based, or other). Hmm ... So, not only will we have to keep the garden hose away from that 200 kW power supply, but it may also need a warning label: FOR USE ONLY IN NUCLEAR-FREE ZONES. Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju

RE: Concrete as an insulator???

. Disclaimer: Like I said before, I'm not a snivel engineer. Regards, Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL

RE: Concrete as an insulator???

to refrain from hosing it down very often. Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada HAVE MODEM Tel: 1 604 985 5710 Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL E-mail

Re: CSA -US mark acceptance

for this (optional) change is that US is a bit more comprehensible to the average consumer than some meaningless acronym like NRTL. Regards, Egon __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada HAVE MODEM Tel: 1

Re: Egon Vargu, where are you?

Maintainer of the s.e.e.c FAQ - archived at: HTML: http://world.std.com/~techbook/compliance_faq.html ASCII: http://www.lyons.demon.co.uk/seecfaq1.txt, seecfaq2.txt __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North

US FDA LED Requirements

, Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel: 1 604 985 5710 Fax: 1 604 273 5815 E-mail: e...@varju.bc.ca __ - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list

RE: EMC and ESd equipment from Japan

/Internet:www.inep.ufsc.br __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:eva...@csi.com var...@csa.ca e

RE: Supply Frequency Variations

At 09:13 AM 10/11/1998 +, James, Chris wrote: Some S American countries quote +/-10%, whether they actually do vary that much I don't know. No, they don't vary that much. I grew up in Brazil and I certainly would have noticed if my TV acted up and kept dropping out of sync. Also my record

Re: Supply Frequency Variations

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Re: IEC-320 coupler in non-standard use

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Re: IEC-320 coupler in non-standard use

a poor design. I would strongly *recommend* another connector. Regards, Egon __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:eva...@csi.com

Re: Crepage/Clearance On Telecom Modem design

to the telecommunication network is a TNV-1 circuit or a TNV-3 circuit; and - 800 Vpeak if the circuit is connected to the telecommunication network is a SELV circuit or a TNV-2 circuit. __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada

CENELEC Decisions on EN 60950

on it above. If you're really hopelessly computer-challenged, send me an e-mail, and I'll send you a copy. Hope you find this to be useful information. Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE

Re: HP spect. anal. 8558B/182T

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Re: US NRTL required ?

As a general rule, products powered from a (NEC, CEC) Class 2, (IEC) SELV, or battery power source need not be certified for safety. The general rule (e.g., NEC, LVD, et al) exempts products operating at ELV, e.g., 50 volts or less. Just a comment: one notable exception is patient-connected

RE: Argentina Approvals 2

(if any) there is with CSA. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:eva...@csi.com var...@csa.ca e

RE: Are all these agencies really necessary?

Less seriously, I still favour the proposal to use DIC (drive-in certification) in WC (World Certification mark), that some twit suggested in this forum early last April. Egon :-) __ Egon H. Varju, PEng E.H. Varju Associates Ltd. North Vancouver, Canada Tel

PHS/Cellular Phones

Is anyone familar with the Safety and EMC requirements or have contact information for the following countries? Yes. Your help is appreciated. No problem. Egon :-)

Converting IEC symbols to fonts

Jim, What would it take to convert symbols to characters in a font set, so that inserting them in a Word document would be as simple as changing the font and hitting the right key? Some time ago, I downloaded a program called ScanFont. Sounds like the kind of thing you are talking about, but

New UL/CSA DIC Program

Announcement: UL/CSA Launch New DIC Program Pumuskie, 1 April 1998. Under unrelenting pressure from industry, and in a continuing effort to improve certification times in North America, UL and CSA have developed the most innovative concept since the inception of third party certification. In a

RE: Precipitation Static

Precipitation static is a phenomenon that occurs on aircraft in flight. Friction between liquid water and also ice crystals, sand, dust and particulates and the aircraft skin causes charge to build up. I don't think so ... My understanding is that the electrostatic charge buildup is due to

ABNT standards/license in Brazil

standards. Hope you find this info useful. Regards, __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. February 23, 1998 @ 10:53 AM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:eva

RF choke in protective earth

Rich, Actually, it is not uncommon (or unsafe) to wind the PE conductor around a ferrite toroid. This solution is a bit more elegant (and cheaper) than adding a separate choke. Regards, Egon Varju

Re: CE Marking in Canada???

Diverging only slightly from the topic, I've noted that Canadian customers are the most vocal and insistent on CSA or C-UL approvals on electrical equipment they buy from us, presumably products used in the workplace. I'm left with the opinion that Canadian workplace safety is either (1) more

ABNT standards/license in Brazil

an address for ABNT with me here (I'm on the road), but I can send them to you later if you want (just send me a private e-mail). __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. February 16, 1998 @ 8:15 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM

Chart of EMC standards?

computer. It might possibly be from CSA's EMC lab in Toronto, but I'm not sure. Obviously, I can't attest to its accuracy, but I hope this helps you. Regards, __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. December 12, 1997 @ 8:27 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel

Y capacitors and Supplementary Insulation

PS: Usual disclaimer: This is an unofficial private effort. Not sanctioned by CSA or CENELEC. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. September 28, 1997 @ 11:58 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1

Re: EN 60950 and component heating

Mark: I don't really think that you'd want to have a shiny, conductive piece of aluminium foil bouncing around inside your power supply, shorting things out and compromising your spacings. These self-adhesives don't last too long under ageing ... Cheers, Egon :-)

RE: Acceptability of Spliced Termination Leads

From a safety point of view, there is nothing wrong with extending AC or ground leads, as long as it's done properly. Properly has already been explained by others in this thread (crimp the wires and insulation, tie-wrap, etc.), so I won't bore you with repetition, but please note that soldering

Y capacitors and Supplementary Insulation

spacings than IEC 950, then obviously there is no problem using such a capacitor in your ITE unit. Yes, the end-product standard prevails, so just use IEC 950 spacings on your PWB. Hope this helps. Cheers, Egon __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng

Re: Graphics in posts

, or I'll get might hostile. :-) Egon __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Friday, 18 July 1997 @ 9:29 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:eva...@compuserve.com

Canadian Safety Listing/Certification Requirements

Could someone please help answer these questions with regards to Canadian Safety requirements. I can try ... 1.) Are telecommunications products shipped into Canada required to be Certified by CSA or Listed by UL using the CUL mark or have another NRTL equivalent mark? If yes, is it by

Re: Agency symbol

Hi Bob, Agency markings are not a requirement of the applicable standards, but rather internal agency requirements. Some agencies feel that this is a useful service to the end user, since it facilitates traceability. Other agencies do not have mandatory marking requirements. In the case of

Re: UL Marks and Repair of

Hi Hans, Who has certified the LA city Safety laboratory? are their equipment calibrated? etc. etc? Other than political authority, do they have any recognizable credibility? Just Curious! Hans Sorry, but I don't know personally. We had to register with them and they put us through the

Re: UL Marks and Repair of

sounds odd. Is the City of Los Angeles running a NRTL? Heck, if I'd known that I would not have bothered sending for UL. Yes, they have their own testing laboratory and labelling service. I don't think it's an NRTL; it's just for local approvals. To be able to sell products in the city

Replacement Labels?

George, The whole issue of repairs is a big problem for both the agencies and the manufacturers. As you pointed out, most markings can only be applied at the registered manufacturing site. But there is good reason for this; it's not just bureaucracy on the part of the agencies. At the

Input power connections w

BACKGROUND: In our bedroom near our bed, we have a UL approved multi outlet plugin unit (converts 2 outlets to 4) Plugged into that adapter outlet is a high quality UL approved extension cord that then supplies power to a bedside lamp and a DeLonghi portable heater - both were *NOT* being

EU / USA regulatory law

to contact me personally. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Wednesday, 22 January 1997 @ 12:19 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:eva...@compuserve.com var

Re: DC Power entry

Hi Hans, Egon, The dashed clause pertains only to the CSA version of 950, nest ces pas? Mais non, ce n'est pas. It applies to IEC 950 and all known clones. Gotcha! Egon :-)

Re: DC Power entry

Greetings, Please note that in Std. 950, the fourth dashed paragraph of Clause 2.3.8 says: -- SELV CIRCUITS shall not use connectors compatible with those specified in IEC 83 or IEC 320. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Saturday, 11 January

Re: EN 60950 A3

to IEC 950 and is available in English. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Wednesday, 18 December 1996 @ 3:54 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:73132.2

Energy Hazard (was: How long for continuous?)

Rich, I like your analisys! I agree completely. You may recall that my initial opening statement was that there is no intelligent answer (at this time?). What I find really curious is the official 1 minute interpretation. How are we supposed to actually apply this? I mean, UL/CSA fuses are

RE: How long for continuous?

Tony, I think perhaps you are confusing energy hazard with fire hazard. The scenario that you describe is a fire hazard, which is covered elsewhere in the standard, under limited power circuits. A fire hazard can indeed be reduced by judicious application of fuses. My concern is whether an

Re: Up-to-date standards

As far as CSA standards are concerned, it is really easy to make sure your copy of the latest standards is complete. All you have to do is to subscribe to the CSA E-Code CD. The CD includes ALL standards, bulletins, notices, etc. Every 3 months a complete new, updated CD is sent to you. No

Re: NAFTA Tariffs

and accurate duty rates, tell your customer to contact the nearest Canada Customs office. Abroad, the best bet is to contact the nearest Canadian Embassy or Consulate. Regards, __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Thursday, 7 November 1996 @ 9:31 PM CSA

Re: IEC1000-4-3: Class A vs. Class D

: Opinions expressed above are strictly personal and don't necessarily reflect the official position of the Canadian Standards Association. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Thursday, 31 October 1996 @ 9:09 PM CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244

Re: Earth Grounding methods

to disturb as little as possible. __ Egon H. Varju, P.Eng. Tuesday, 17 September 1996 @ 7:59 PM Senior Engineer CSA Pacific Region Tel: 1-604-244-6640 HAVE MODEM - WILL TRAVEL Fax: 1-604-244-6600 E-mail:73132.2

Re: Magnet Wire

Just received a correction from a good friend in Japan. The correct Internet e-mail ID for Mr. Yamaguchi is: qwl01...@niftyserve.or.jp Thanks Fuji! Regards, Egon

RE: UL labels, Graphics

Greetings, CSA can provide all the CSA logos on diskette or photo-ready sheets. Just ask anybody at CSA. Also, several years ago, I bought a diskette with Windows type True-Type fonts made by Agfa. It includes a couple of fonts called Industry Eng. which have such goodies as logos for CSA,

Re: Transformer requirements in IEC950

Hi Jim, 1. To the best of my knowledge, you would have great difficulties convincing ALL the agencies that any form of varnish impregnation reliably complies with Clause 2.9.7. This is not to say that the concept is invalid; it's just that many agencies are not convinced ... 2. On the other

Re: Routine Hipot testing

Kaz, On 1996.5.5 you wrote: I believe that the harmonized, 3rd edition of UL 1950/ CSA C22.2 N0. 950 has pulled the requirement for 100 % hi-pot testing out of the standard. Not to say that this is no longer a requirement. A comment from a UL rep. was that such factory testing is included

Re: Routine Hipot testing (Status of prEN 50116?)

Just to keep the record straight, CSA are not the only safety agency requiring 100% production line hipot (electric strength) testing. In fact this is required by practically all agencies. Many standards, such as 950 and 1010, have this requirement built right in. Even if an agency is not

Re: Merger of Component Man

I think most safety agencies would be more than glad to cooperate in making such transitions as smooth as possible. Peter Tarver brings up a good point. In the case of major changes, notices do go out to the FUS staff. But a big problem is in the logistics caused by multiple changes by multiple

Re: Safety Test

Mr. Lee: For a multimedia computer, there are two areas that you must address in addition to the considerations of a normal PC. 1. The modem. It must comply with the telecom requirements of Std 950. Also, in Canada, the modem must be approved by Industry Canada. In Europe, it must be