The tardiness of this reply is due to my employer's
insistence upon performance of tasks of their choosing to
accommodate remuneration in the locally common monetary
exchange units.
Jim Eichner pointed out a fallacy in my below statement and
I must acquiesce. By operating from memory (but I
Peter Tarver wrote in reply to my comment
The rating of a UL rated fuse is more or less
the current at which it blows. The rating of a fuse to IEC
127 (used throughout Europe) is more or less the working
current of the fuse and the circuit it protects
This may or may not be true. Last I
I don't have the answer to Glenn's question, but do have a
comment on Nick's response.
Nick states: The rating of a UL rated fuse is more or less
the current at which it blows. The rating of a fuse to IEC
127 (used throughout Europe) is more or less the working
current of the fuse and the
31891b757c09184bbfec5275f85d5595fd8...@cceexc18.americas.cpqcorp.net,
Lesmeister, Glenn glenn.lesmeis...@compaq.com inimitably wrote:
Does anyone know if it is common practice or otherwise required to de-rate
products in Europe to 80% (or some other %) of the rating of the branch
circuit as is
current of the fuse
and the circuit it protects. Thus circuits are used right up to the
full rating of fuse protecting them
Nick Rouse
- Original Message -
From: Lesmeister, Glenn glenn.lesmeis...@compaq.com
Subject: Products Electrical Ratings De-rated for Eurpoean Branch Circuits
Does anyone know if it is common practice or otherwise required to de-rate
products in Europe to 80% (or some other %) of the rating of the branch
circuit as is done in the US? Some product standards (such as 61000-3-2)
apply to products rated up to 16A, so it would appear that products can be
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