Re: Re[2]: assist me

2001-01-03 Thread Robert Macy
The accurate volume is about 1/3 by 1/3 of the outside dimensions. At least that's my measured experience. Just means one has to make a rather large Helmholtz for a large sensing coil. And my recollection of most sensing coils in that range are that they're over 1/2 meter in diameter. I've

Re: Leakage Current Measurements

2000-10-04 Thread Robert Macy
Actually, most meters average the waveform, then apply a rote formula converting that average to an rms reading which is more likely to err on the side of too low a reading. For a square wave it will read too high by 6% (actually worked this out, but forgot the actual number, but you have the

Re: Probing power plane with analyser.

2000-09-28 Thread Robert Macy
We made a probe using rigid coax with its built in SMA connector. Solder a pin to the side of the coax and file it diagonally to create a sharp point. To increase the loading impedance we used an SMA collar that had been filed out to place a series chip resistor of 470 ohms in series with the

Re: Argentina IRAM

2000-09-22 Thread Robert Macy
Uh, isn't the national language of Argentina Spanish? Not Portuguese. The web sites may still not be helpful, but at least aren't they in Spanish? - Robert - -Original Message- From: George Sparacino george.sparac...@bostonacoustics.com To:

Need Test Lab set up to test for ETS 300 342-1 (Mobile phone ancillary equipment)

2000-09-14 Thread Robert Macy
Does anyone know labs set up to measure mobile phone ancillary equipment? located in northern California area? Specifically Silicon Valley, San Jose area. Just need to test for radiated susceptibility at 3 V/m of a hands free headset equipment when attached to a cell phone. Yes, any chamber

Re: Electrical safety of firearms

2000-07-28 Thread Robert Macy
Guessing the best place to look would be in the electronic detonator requirements. They must have some really stringent compliance requirements to prevent mishaps. - Robert - -Original Message- From: pgodf...@icomply.com pgodf...@icomply.com To:

Re: ism band phones

2000-07-22 Thread Robert Macy
Ron, Interferernece? You need to find out about the specs for others then. That frequency band is allocated for microwave ovens, which obviously have lots of power. Watch out in a metropolitan area around lunch time when all the restaruant and office microwaves start operating, you'll see

Re: Global Engineering Change Process

2000-05-27 Thread Robert Macy
Many things to cover: Mechanism for approval process over a distributed area. Coordination of notification over a distributed area. Is this a true ECN, or do you still need approvals? If you need approvals, you might end up getting a change to your ECN Therefore, you'll need to split the

Re: Stroboscopic light sources

2000-03-29 Thread Robert Macy
Not sure where to look. But it is my understanding that the frequency of an impulse stimuli can lock a person's alpha brain wave inducing trance-like states. Guess at around the 5Hz to 10Hz range. In particularly susceptible people, certain pulsating frequencies can induce epileptic seizures.

Re: StripLine

2000-03-29 Thread Robert Macy
I've got a copy of DimStrip which calculates their characteristics. Either electrical properties from dimensions, or dimensions from required electrical characteristics for stripline, or microstrip. Runs under DOS and also has adjacent line capability. Is there a place I can post it so people

Fw: Dithered clocks and EMC - BEWARE

2000-03-17 Thread Robert Macy
Of interest, so I forward this to the group: - Robert - Robert A. Macy, PEm...@california.com 408 286 3985 fx 408 297 9121 AJM International Electronics Consultants 619 North First St, San Jose, CA 95112 -Original

Re: EMC and product safety split?

2000-03-13 Thread Robert Macy
Ditto, robertm...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Davis, Mike mike_da...@adc.com To: 'cdup...@cs.com' cdup...@cs.com; rl...@tectrol.com rl...@tectrol.com; emc-p...@ieee.org emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:38 AM Subject: RE: EMC

Re: Horn Antenna

2000-03-06 Thread Robert Macy
Derek, The horn antenna is an impedance matching device for getting between 50 ohm lines and 377 ohm free space while launching TEM mode wave fronts. You could use the commercially available one which has an awful antenna factor. It's broadband as a result of the ribs placed in the horn. Just

Re: Debugging EN61000-4-2 Techniques

2000-03-06 Thread Robert Macy
Keith, Without looking at the specifics. Disruption from a discharge can be caused by direct high voltage gradients, localized breakdown which then applies direct high voltage, and the often forgotten current injection where the discharge makes enough current flow that the flow induces a

Re: Fwd:Re: UL 891

2000-03-03 Thread Robert Macy
Wouldn't BABT have such a facility, too? - Robert - -Original Message- From: Jim Bacher jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com To: emc-p...@ieee.org emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 3:51 PM Subject: Fwd:Re: UL 891

Re: Searching for a Design for EMC email list

2000-03-01 Thread Robert Macy
Jose, I've seen software go by on sci.engr.electrical.compliance newsgroup. I think more depth is discussed here than there, though. You might take a look at Douglas Smith's web site www.dsmith.org Or Charles Grasso's web site:

Re: conducted emissions test setup

2000-02-24 Thread Robert Macy
, especially if the peak is just starting near 30MHz. -Original Message- From: Gert Gremmen cet...@cetest.nl To: Robert Macy m...@global.california.com; Muriel Bittencourt de Liz mur...@grucad.ufsc.br; Lista de EMC da IEEE emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date

Re: conducted emissions test setup

2000-02-23 Thread Robert Macy
Muriel, Without a ground plane you will not have the necessary parasitic capacitance to the body of your EUT. It is this third path that often causes failures up passed 1 MHz. Definitely if you do your test in a proper setup versus a chamber you will see differences in the 20MHz to 30MHz

Re: conducted emissions test setup

2000-02-23 Thread Robert Macy
Gert, The connection (Wire A) the ground connection from the EUT to the ground plane is indeed quite long and inductive and does not exist However, the three wires HOT, Neutral, and GND form a 3 winding transformer which has a core impedance in the range of 7uH for a six foot length of Belden

ASDL Modems FCC Part 68

2000-01-26 Thread Robert Macy
Do SDL modems need to meet all the part 68 specs? Or can they violate just a little (and where) and obtain a waiver, but still be certified? - Robert - - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to

Re: Magnetic field immunity in the Arctic regions

2000-01-25 Thread Robert Macy
to be used for mapping electrical brain activity. And those specs are going to make a chamber look like a sieve. -Original Message- From: Robert Tims (EMX) emxrt...@am1.ericsson.se To: 'Robert Macy' m...@california.com List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:40

Re: Magnetic field immunity in the Arctic regions

2000-01-25 Thread Robert Macy
Are fields stronger there? The geologic survey people should have those numbers. In California the fields are about 50microT which is pretty insignificant. If you took a loop of wire that was 1 sq meter area and flopped it over in the earth's field you'd have to do it within half a second even

Re: E-Field Probe Question

2000-01-25 Thread Robert Macy
At first that looked like what is asked for is the ability to pass signals with a bandwidth of 10Hz. Given what they're looking for, stating frequency would make it easier to understand. But isn't the risetime 1/2pi F?? Or, are they just saying that the readings pop out at least 10 times per

Re: EMC Circuit Board Design

2000-01-23 Thread Robert Macy
Here are a set of rules worth recommending: Engineering design checks: 1 Avoid spaghetti logic block diagram. Make certain there's a good flow of functionality across and around the PCB. This includes using the concept of transferring INFORMATION not ENERGY (except where one must, like with

Re: Lead Banned in Europe Japan?

2000-01-19 Thread Robert Macy
Just my $.02 worth It seems the problem is that willy-nilly use of lead in products leads to the undesirable effect of lead migrating into the environment. However, lead acid batteries are not banned, because there is strict recycling. Hmmm put those two together and the problem is

Re: EN 61000-4-2

2000-01-18 Thread Robert Macy
Yes, we were applying the discharges too rapidly. Faster than 1 per 10 seconds did not allow adequate discharge. faster than 1 per 60 seconds still did not allow adequate discharge. So that's 10 minutes a discharge pointand still the test was not adequate for the intent of the test.

Re: EN 61000-4-2

2000-01-18 Thread Robert Macy
True. Same experience. To legitimize the test we had to discharge the case/structure between discharges. Or, to really aggravate the test, we went from - to + to - to + which often caused a failure. But the point to test at all voltage levels is well made. The discharge wavefront (and

Re: Luminaire Ballast

2000-01-13 Thread Robert Macy
My opinion based upon working with 20KV, 200KV: You need to have the outer shroud rated for 4KV also. First, suppose the lamp doesn't strike? Then the 4KV is there a long time. Second, insulation is a tricky thing. Its ability to hold off voltage doesn't add, unless the materials are *very*

Re: Y3K

2000-01-12 Thread Robert Macy
In my notes from university (when cps was prevalent) I see that originally kcps was written and even mcps (handwriting was terrible hard to tell whether the m was capital or not, the m for millivolts was always written mV), then when the change to Hertz came about (that probably should be hertz)

Re: transient suppression

2000-01-12 Thread Robert Macy
Ken, Rule of thumb which hopefully is accurate: MOV's have a discrete lifetime (like 10 cycles at full rating) before they're gone. In order of joules absorbed versus package size: Glass tubes, MOV's, silicon (from huskiest to weakest) For turn on time: silicon, MOV's, glass tubes (from

Re: Radiation levels.

2000-01-11 Thread Robert Macy
David, Measured 3 to 7 V/m around and inside a building that is within 200-300 feet of the 10KW AM station's three towers. The towers are phased and the amplitude you measure will change based upon time of day as the station changes that phasing. Amplitude is greatly affected by materials,

What is Fire-wire?

2000-01-11 Thread Robert Macy
Heard of this high speed interface? Anybody know about it? Need information, please. Something about IEEE1394 Is the cable defined *very* well? like CAT-5? - Robert - - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send

Re: Common Mode or Differential Mode

2000-01-04 Thread Robert Macy
Generally, low frequency is dominated by differential mode caused by the current demand of the switcher being imprinted across the impedances of the components; then in the midrange its anybody's guess, but usually common mode, because the capacitors and series impedance elements start to take

Re: Network efficiency

1999-12-29 Thread Robert Macy
There is a way to do this. *IF* you really want quantitative answers, you can go through a laborious process (but kinda fun, too) of characterizing each step of your system's block diagram and the impact you find along the signal path. You have to start microscopic then get to the macroscopic

Re: Cell Phone Hazards?

1999-12-08 Thread Robert Macy
I'll ask our county supervisors (they occupy this building, too) - Robert - -Original Message- From: Bailin Ma b...@anritsu.com To: 'Robert Macy' m...@california.com; Edward Fitzgerald edward.fitzger...@ets-tele.com List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wednesday

Re: Warning Label Overkill

1999-12-06 Thread Robert Macy
Also, filling liquid to very close to the top prevents the bottle from storing as much energy. - Robert - Coca Cola used to lose glass bottles until they reduced the air at the top. -Original Message- From: Mark m...@cjbdev.demon.co.uk To: emc-p...@ieee.org

Re: warning label overkill?

1999-12-05 Thread Robert Macy
Isn't there a little wire basket that keeps the cork in? Once that's removed, it's essentially an armed explosive device. I've been at parties where people removed the wire retainers and left the bottles sitting in the ice, supposedly to make it easier to have their corks removed later. Our

Re: Cell Phone Hazards?

1999-12-04 Thread Robert Macy
Near our building near downtown San Jose, in what are called the county buildings, one county building wing had 15 cases of very rare form of brain tumors. The incidence of a single case is very rare but to have so many in one building and only in one wing of that building is statistically

Re: A-t/m vs A-t/cm

1999-11-23 Thread Robert Macy
The tricky part is making sure that the conversion is the right direction. 1 A/m = 0.01 A/cm If you have oersteds and want amperes per meter, multiply by 79.577 If you have amperes per meter and want oersteds, multiply by 0.01257 - Robert -

Re: Floating Circuits - Protection Against Electric Shock

1999-11-18 Thread Robert Macy
Is this article in *.pdf format for any to pick up? - Robert - -Original Message- From: John Juhasz jjuh...@fiberoptions.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org; 'ri...@ieee.org' ri...@ieee.org Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 12:09 PM

Re: Printed Wiring Board Design for Safety Compliance

1999-11-18 Thread Robert Macy
Good question. Have you posted tosci.electronics.cad group to see what their answers were? - Robert - -Original Message- From: Rains,Mike mra...@foxboro.com To: 'emc-p...@ieee.org' emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wednesday,

Re: DC Power Applied to an AC Rated Switching Power Supply

1999-11-17 Thread Robert Macy
BE CAREFUL ! ! ! If this PS does not have Power Factor Correction Many switching power supplies comply with the conducted emissions limits BECAUSE of the conducting angle of the AC diodes. Simply said, the AC rectifying diodes only come on for 15--18% of the duty cycle. therefore the noise

Re: Grounding Questions

1999-11-17 Thread Robert Macy
, but install it oneself?) - Robert - -Original Message- From: Matthew Meehan mee...@i-kk.co.jp To: Robert Macy m...@california.com; emc-p...@ieee.org emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:49 PM Subject: Re

Re: 60 Hz Power Line Impedance

1999-11-16 Thread Robert Macy
For our building we used a 1500W glowing (resistive impedance load) heater. Measure before, then turn on measure after and calculate the impedance. Also measure adjacent branches to get a feel for how much impedance was in the branch and how much was at the transformer and drop. This is more

Re: 60 Hz Power Line Impedance

1999-11-16 Thread Robert Macy
. Bob Martin, PE, NCE Sr. Technical Manager Intertek Testing Services (978)263-2662 fax(978)263-7086 r...@itsqs.com The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employer. -Original Message- From: Robert Macy [mailto:m...@california.com] Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 6

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: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-10 Thread Robert Macy
Take a look at Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Document No. DO-160B, Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment The copy I have is dated July 20, 1984 Wow time flies! The cover page is ISO 7137 if that's any help. Basically, RTCA/DO-160 is

Re: Conductive Coating

1999-11-04 Thread Robert Macy
A small pedantic point here: Coatings are usually rated in ohms per square which is dimensionless. Looking at the resistance formula: R = rho * length / Area = rho * length / ( width * thickness ) Given fixed rho and fixed thickness (of the coating) you can see that you're left

Re: Device Specifications

1999-10-14 Thread Robert Macy
Insertion loss measured in a 50 ohm system could give you misleading performance expectations in your real world applications. For example, free space impedance is 377 ohms, knowing the impedance of the bead will tell you how much attenuation to expect.Or, many sources, like those from the

Re: Conduit entry dimensions

1999-10-13 Thread Robert Macy
Anaconda Sealtite is 12.6mm I/D, 17.8mm O/D; Mark, thanks for the details, but are you certain about that 17.8mm diam? Seems like that would really interfere with most holes. - Robert - -Original Message- From: Mark m...@cjbdev.demon.co.uk To: emc-p...@ieee.org

Re: Coatings for Ferrite Tiles? (Magnetic Wallpaper)

1999-10-07 Thread Robert Macy
Thanks for the details. Just in case you accidentally permanently affect your monitor ( like I did after playing with one of those really strong space magnets); use a cheap electric pencil sharpener to degauss your screen's metal mask when the power-on degausser isn't strong enough. You're

Re: Inductor

1999-10-07 Thread Robert Macy
I've got some toroids sitting on the bench (about 2 inches in diameter) that would accomodate that with around 20 turns of doubled up 12 Awg wire. You need them? - Robert - -Original Message- From: Derek Walton l...@rols1.net To:

Re: Coatings for Ferrite Tiles?

1999-10-02 Thread Robert Macy
Light colored, self adhesive shelf liner? - Robert - -Original Message- From: WOODS, RICHARD wo...@sensormatic.com To: 'emc-p...@ieee.org' emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 3:44 PM Subject: RE: Coatings for

Re: Magnetic Field Testing

1999-10-01 Thread Robert Macy
Deflect 2 degrees? Hmmm. The earth's magnetic field is around 50uT. To deflect the compass 2 degrees would take 1.7uT at a right angle, right? Therefore, you could set a level of 1 uT residual magnetism for your testing requirement and have some margin. With that quantized number, you could

Re: Bonding Meter

1999-09-24 Thread Robert Macy
That pretty much takes a four point measurement. However, if you're after only reading about the right value, or side by side comparisons of the esr of a cap, try Dick Smith's esr meter. Less than $60 in kit form from Australia. Is easy to put together and extremely functional for measuring

Re: spectrum analyzer/receiver for pre-compiance and diagnostic testing

1999-09-17 Thread Robert Macy
You can use the HP 141T (storage scope mainframe) and the analyzer plugins: The 8552 IF section, 8553 (low frequency analyzer), 8554 (up to 1GHz), and/or 8555 (way up there) Some of these systems have been floating around for less than $1500, can't get much cheaper if you want qantitative data.

Re: Sweeping components and filters

1999-09-16 Thread Robert Macy
Message- From: Robert Macy [SMTP:m...@california.com] Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:09 PM To: Jim Eichner; 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: Re: Sweeping components and filters I use that HP Network analyzer that goes to 500MHz. On a component by component basis. Then shove that all into a PSpice

Re: Sweeping components and filters

1999-09-13 Thread Robert Macy
I use that HP Network analyzer that goes to 500MHz. On a component by component basis. Then shove that all into a PSpice circuit which allows me to add parasitics, etc. Then I can play games with waveforms, risetimes, components, etc and pretty much predict what the filter will do. Sometimes

Re: Amplifier for measurements above 1GHz

1999-08-26 Thread Robert Macy
My experience with the HP spectrum anaylyzers is that it has about 35dB NF. You can calculate this from observation *and* from their data sheets. So if you want the analyzer to not contribute, you need a lot of gain in front. I'd recommend two stage amplifiers. Plus, you really have to make

Re: Concrete as an insulator???

1999-08-21 Thread Robert Macy
Not sure, but check into Light Rail. They use 600Vac (I believe) and use the natural insulating qualities of concrete (where the rails are placed) to give fairly good isolation from ground. From memory - the rails are the return terminal. - Robert - - Hello

Re: PC Power Supply w/ PFC

1999-08-18 Thread Robert Macy
Try Digital Power Corp in Fremont, CA 510 657 2635 or their VP Mktg: bh...@digipwr.com - Robert - We are looking for a supplier of 300 Watt PS2, PC power supplies that have PFC (Power Correction Factor). Here is the spec: It must

Re: NSA

1999-07-29 Thread robert Macy
Have you checked the resonance size of your ground plane? Or, multiple resonance size? Perhaps, the area where the turntable sits just aggravates all this. - Robert - On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, WOODS, RICHARD wrote: Thanks for all the comments. Some

RE: Precompliance Testing

1999-05-04 Thread Robert Macy
Absolutely, *PLUS* you pick up the advantage of natural shielding (the ground plane) between you and the RD going on down below. - Robert - On Mon, 3 May 1999, Gary McInturff wrote: I'll agree with Brent, and others, the headaches of a metal room or the

Re: RE Harmonics

1999-04-23 Thread Robert Macy
. In Robert Macy example of a 25% duty cycle perfect square wave not containing a fourth harmonic is just a twice the fundamental square wave. If you apply the Fourier series math are a Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, on his illustration, the fundamental frequency will be higher and the second

Re: Harmonics

1999-04-22 Thread Robert Macy
OOPS! On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Robert Macy wrote: Can't make a general statement. A perfect square wave of 50% duty cycle is missing all the even harmonics. A perfect 25% duty cycle is missing every harmonic that's a multiple of 4 with even harmonics higher

Re: RE Harmonics

1999-04-22 Thread Robert Macy
The amount of harmonic content in a waveform is weather it is an even or odd or somewhere in between function. A triangle waveform has all harmonics decreasing in a 1/N function. A square waveform has harmonics decreasing in a 1/(N*N) function. A perfect square wave (centered around zero value

Efficacy/cost value of used EMC Chambers

1999-04-20 Thread Robert Macy
Anybody know what it takes to use a 15 year old chamber and whip it into shape for maximum certification capability (3 m range only)? We're talking modular chamber with glued on cones to be dismantled and reassembled (no doubt all the old cones will be lost) Has anyone done this?

Re: Noise Figure

1999-04-13 Thread Robert Macy
I am trying to determine the maximum noise figure that I can have for my 1-16.5 GHz EMC receiver system which includes the horn, mixer for above 18 GHz, preamp, cable and spectrum analyzer. I know the following: * Signal level received by the horn * Gain through the system *

WTB: RF Chamber suitable for 3m test of rack mount size

1999-04-08 Thread Robert Macy
Anybody out there have a chamber for sale? Need at least 3m testing of a small refrigerator size. - Robert - - This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line:

RE: EMC for automation control - Electricity utilities (UNIPEDE )

1999-03-31 Thread Robert Macy
IMHO the magnetic fields go right through the watch case and either disrupt what's going on or can even magnetize the parts. Either way, the parts are like stuck together and the watch won't run well. Also, my father could never wear a watch, a great gift watch always would stop. The same watch

Re: Xenon Short Arc Lamp, Theatre Movie Projector, EMC Issues?

1999-03-20 Thread Robert Macy
Two issues of emc will hit you. 1) the trigger for the arc This one is a pulse that is used to fire the arc. Usually, 20-30KV spikes that hit once a second until an arc generation is detected. The noise from these can be quite impressive, but at least they're not that broadband. 2) the

Re: Wanted Dead or Alive: LOW COST Antenna Mast and T/T -- Reward

1998-12-18 Thread Robert Macy
If you have time, you can make the turntable (assuming light load) from a drain pipe pvc (large diameter) which is attached to an antenna rotor (those used in people's homes who live in fringe area). The thing was all strapped and glued which had to be inexpensive. Although uncalibrated

Re: MPRII, TCO95 or 99, Egronomics

1998-11-19 Thread Robert Macy
I've got copies of the MPRII rules. They'd have to be out of date by now, (circa 1990) but at least it's good reading. I should have the origin of the MPRII printouts somewhere, but not off the top of my head. If you strike out, give me a call: Robert Macy 408 286 3985

RE: ANSI C63.4

1998-11-13 Thread Robert Macy
The ferrites remove the cable from the fields to some degree. No matter how perfect the baluns are the cable still represents a conductor out in the middle fo the fields you're working with. - Robert - On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, WOODS, RICHARD wrote: Hans,

Re: Heat Warning

1998-10-28 Thread Robert Macy
If this temperature is the absolute value, not much of a problem. But if this is the rise above ambient, big problem. That means you get about 24C rise and if that's operated in a hot office space like at 35C then thee base plate gets *very* hot. Once in our non-airconditioned office on a

Re: EMI Limit Margin Summary

1998-10-27 Thread Robert Macy
Sorry, to not get this in before your summary. When Sony (video div) was my client, they had an internal spec margin requirement of 8 dB. That's right! 8 dB below Class B limits. After going though that I'm convinced to use Sony equipment as support electronics. g

Re: Required Margin for EMI?

1998-10-26 Thread Robert Macy
It is my understanding that this margin is a carryover from VDE requirements where for statistical reasons you need 2.2 (?) dB margin in order to infer that from a single unit test, your other units will also comply. It is also my understanding that that margin was waived when 3-8 units were

Re: Doubt on LISN utilization

1998-10-22 Thread Robert Macy
Yes, you're doing it right. With the transformer between the AC mains and the LISN it is essentially out of the loop. The spectrum analyzer looks through the LISN at the EUT's conducted emissions. You see, there is quite a filter between the LISN and the AC mains, so adding the transformer

Re: Apology

1998-10-22 Thread Robert Macy
I only got around 43KB also. - Robert - On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Scott Douglas wrote: Hello again, Someone complained that I sent 35 MB worth of disk consuming attachments along with my e-mail regarding Euro-Lex. In fact, the two attachments were total 43

Added paragraph

1998-10-08 Thread Robert Macy
Is there anyway to remove the paragraph emc-pstc adds to the msgs? I archive all the msgs and it's starting to look like 30-40% of the text are those paragraphs! It's really noticeable when a quoted msg has a quoted msg with a quoted msg. Don't get me wrong. That paragraph is really handy.

Re: Radiation Monitors

1998-09-22 Thread Robert Macy
Check with your local AM-FM Radio Station Engineers. Can't remember the name, but they brought one with them when we had a problem with a local AM station getting into all the data terminal lines. - Robert - On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 slong...@masoncom.com wrote:

Re: Power Supply Design Question

1998-09-17 Thread Robert Macy
My experience with power supply design treats both hot and neutral with equal care. That is, you could reverse hot and neutral and not endanger any characteristic of the supply. So the conclusion is that if you ran a properly designed poweer supply from 208 you'd have no problems.

Re: Power Supply Design Question

1998-09-17 Thread Robert Macy
rbus...@es.com wrote: My company manufactures systems which incorporate power supplies from various manufactures. Typically these supplies have ratings such as 100V-140V/200V-240V and are designed to operate on a single phase input. Some of my customers have the US 208V 3 phase power

Re: Water Damage to Chambers

1998-09-02 Thread Robert Macy
Look into aircraft extinguishers. They can put out a fire without hurting the electrical equipment, leaving no (or little) residue. I've got three small ones. But they're freon, I believe. May not be able to get such again. - Robert - On Tue, 1 Sep

Re: Info on EMI Filters

1998-08-26 Thread Robert Macy
On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Muriel Bittencourt de Liz wrote: Hello, I'm working with EMC at the field of power electronics and i'm interested in developing filters for conducted EMI. I've looked for designs at some books, but they aren't very practical. Could anyone send me some information

Ultrasound compliance requirements

1998-08-25 Thread Robert Macy
Need to find the RFI/EMI emissions requirements for the US market for a microprocessor controlled, noninvasive ultrasonic diagnostic equipment. Was told that since FDA got involved that *all* emissions requirements are waived for this product line. Is this true? If not true, exactly what

Compliance Requirements for Therapeutic X-Ray Equipment

1998-08-25 Thread Robert Macy
Need to find the compliance requirements for medical therapy equipment that uses high power X-Rays to destroy tumours. Both for US market and the European market. I specifically need to find the RFI/EMI emissions requirements for the US market and the electrical compliance requirements for

RE: RF fields and biologi

1997-06-27 Thread Robert Macy
cc: ed.pr...@cubic.com EDFrom: ed.pr...@cubic.com EDSubject: RE: RF fields and biological effects EDroat, a researcher had to stand in front of the horn antenna, peering into t EDantenna throat with his face pressed up against the bell jar glass. The writ EDsaid that the researchers would trade

Distance of Measurements

1997-06-12 Thread Robert Macy
For measuring emissions per CISPR 22B what is the proper distance for the placement of the antenna? Is it 3m? or 10m? [I'm running across reputable labs that claim there is nothing wrong with measuring everything at 3m, just like FCC B.] - Robert -

Re: MIL-STD-461/462D, RE102, noisefloor

1997-05-09 Thread Robert Macy
cc: Heck, Stefan cc: emc-p...@ieee.org STFrom: Heck, Stefan stefan.h...@dnv.com STSubject: MIL-STD-461/462D, RE102, noisefloor STSystem requirements for RE102 STWhen performing the emission test RE102 according to MIL-STD-461/462D we STobserve that the test system noise floor is at some

Re: PFC on PS2 power supplies

1997-04-30 Thread Robert Macy
cc: Paul Herrick cc: emc-p...@ieee.org 00From: Paul Herrick 0007515...@mcimail.com 00Subject: PFC on PS2 power supplies 00Does anyone know of a power supply manufacturer that presently has a power 00factor corrected, PS2 form factor, (or ATX form factor) power supply? Digital Power

Re: Blue Angel

1997-03-20 Thread Robert Macy
cc: Grasso, Charles (Chaz) GRFrom: Grasso, Charles (Chaz) gra...@louisville.stortek.com GRemc-p...@ieee.org GRCan anyone point me in the direction of any information on this subject... The original: The Blue Angel was a movie made in 1930 (German Production) directed by Josef von Sternberg

Input power connections w

1997-02-07 Thread Robert Macy
BRFrom: Bob Brister bris...@mail.dec.com BRSubject: Input power connections with removable cord set. BRI may have inquired of this forum on this subject before, I can't BRremember. I BRam interested in what your experience has been with overheating of BRremovable cord sets at the equipment input

Re: DC Power entry

1997-01-07 Thread Robert Macy
emc-pstc newsgroup cc: Robert Johnson ROFrom: Robert Johnson robe...@ma.ultranet.com RODoes anyone know any reason why the IEC 320 C-14 connector style cannot RObe used for DC power? Specifically, we have an application for primary ROpower entry in the 48-70 Vdc range, typical of telecom

Re: PE Grounding UL 1950 ITE

1996-09-24 Thread Robert Macy
TJFrom: Terry J. Meck tjm...@accusort.com TJWe have a product coming up in which it has been TJproposed the PE Ground be terminated through an TJanodized coating by a bolt, `star washer' and nut TJclamping onto a channel. TJI disagreed. I feel for PE to be `reliably connected' ( TJUL1950 Sec.

EMI verses RFI

1996-08-22 Thread Robert Macy
KAFrom: kathy@eng.sun.com (Kathy Toy) KASubject: EMI verses RFI KAFrom: moses.naji...@ccmailsmtp.ast.com ??? KAI am a safety person who needs to answer a question KAfrom one of our sales people on the question of KAEMC verses RFI. KAIs there anyone out there who can explanation the

esd protection at 900MHz

1996-08-02 Thread Robert Macy
- AVFrom: avxsc...@ms3.hinet.net (Scott Chiang) AVI'm looking some advices from the ESD protecting on antenna AVmatching network. I have put ESD protection device (TVS,contains ~50pF AVcap) in parallel with existing matching circuitry,

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