Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-04 Thread JPR3
In a message dated 2/4/2002, Chris Maxwell writes: What would happen (assuming 60950) if you had AC on the component side of a board and SELV on the solder side. (assuming that any through holes were properly cleared out). Hi Chris: That usually works out fine, since the board is

RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-04 Thread Chris Maxwell
...@aol.com'; rbus...@es.com Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance Just some anecdotal info . . . There was an occassion at a previous employ where, due to a brief mental hiccup on the part of several folks, a printed circuit get fabricated

RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-02 Thread CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more...
]On Behalf Of rbus...@es.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:41 PM To: rpick...@hypercom.com Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance Thanks for the response and yes I was referring to EN60950. My apologies for not stating that in my message. I guess I was thinking

Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread Mike
- Original Message - From: John Juhasz To: 'j...@aol.com' ; rbus...@es.com Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance Just some anecdotal info . . . There was an occassion at a previous employ where

Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread JPR3
In a message dated 2/1/2002, John Juhasz writes: In short, they noted that while possible, it is difficult to maintain the pollution degree 1 in a printed circuit. Typically the pollution degree is applied to 'potted' items. Hi John: In the first edition of EN 60950 there was little

RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread John Juhasz
...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance In a message dated 1/31/2002, Rick Busche writes: Does the application of a solder mask allow for a change from pollution degree 2 to pollution degree 1? I understand that conformal coating requires significant testing when

RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread Ron Pickard
...@hypercom.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:22 AM To: Rick Busche Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance Hi Rick, I am assuming (ugh) that you are referring to EN60950 2nd Edition. If so, clause 2.9.6 clearly addresses your question by requiring hermetic

Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread JPR3
In a message dated 1/31/2002, Rick Busche writes: Does the application of a solder mask allow for a change from pollution degree 2 to pollution degree 1? I understand that conformal coating requires significant testing when used to reduce spacings per table 7, but in this case I am only

RE: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread rbusche
: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance Hi Rick, I am assuming (ugh) that you are referring to EN60950 2nd Edition. If so, clause 2.9.6 clearly addresses your question by requiring hermetic sealing or such enclosing to prevent the ingress of dirt and/or moisture. IMHO, solder mask does

Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-02-01 Thread Ron Pickard
Hi Rick, I am assuming (ugh) that you are referring to EN60950 2nd Edition. If so, clause 2.9.6 clearly addresses your question by requiring hermetic sealing or such enclosing to prevent the ingress of dirt and/or moisture. IMHO, solder mask does not and cannot provide this type of

Re: Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance

2002-01-31 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that rbus...@es.com wrote (in 1D0833CB3B1D7244B617A 0DC8399C27E174905@vega) about 'Pollution Degree vs. Creapage Distance', on Thu, 31 Jan 2002: I am wading through the creapage and clearance requirements for secondary circuits using the values in tables 5 and 6. Tables 5