[PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Oconnell
Received a newsletter from UL. Said that they are looking into updating standards to account for DC di-electric withstand vs AC. I can understand that the physics of dc arcing and tracking could be different from ac, but why would the dc di-electric withstand be more onerous than ac? Perhaps they

Re: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC

2011-11-30 Thread Ralph . McDiarmid
| CANADA | Regulatory Compliance Engineering From: Brian Oconnell oconne...@tamuracorp.com To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Date: 11/30/2011 09:47 AM Subject: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC Received a newsletter from UL. Said that they are looking into updating standards

Re: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC

2011-11-30 Thread Sundstrom, Michael
, 2011 11:45 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC Received a newsletter from UL. Said that they are looking into updating standards to account for DC di-electric withstand vs AC. I can understand that the physics of dc arcing and tracking could

Re: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC

2011-11-30 Thread Richard Nute
Hi Brian: Hmm. I wonder if UL knows what UL knows. Mr. Flore Chiang of UL's Taiwan office has given several papers at the PSES Symposia on the physics of clearance, creepage, and solid insulation breakdown. These are classic papers and should be studied by all product safety professionals.

Re: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC

2011-11-30 Thread John Woodgate
In message CEBCB02AF4974380921E3EC70FF83CBC@RichardHPdv6, dated Wed, 30 Nov 2011, Richard Nute ri...@ieee.org writes: Mr. Chiang has presented his papers to the IEC TC108 committee so that the committee can prepare insulation requirements that are in concert with the physics of

Re: [PSES] UL assessment of plastics - DC vs AC

2011-11-30 Thread Richard Nute
Hi John: Mr. Chiang drew his material from a number of sources, especially IEC sources, with attributions. Take a look at his bibliography. Best regards, Rich -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Wednesday,