Re: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-15 Thread Ken Javor
-on ferrite to attenuate cm spikes. -- From: John Barnes jrbar...@iglou.com To: George Stults george.stu...@watchguard.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 5:16 PM A very basic precaution is to put ceramic capacitors

RE: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-15 Thread Bill Ellingford
One clear piece of evidence is that safety standards committees always specify much larger creepage and clearance distances for externaly supplied hazardous voltages than for those generated within a product. A good example are the two sets of tables in IEC or EN 60 950. This is to accomodate

Re: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-14 Thread John Barnes
George, I discuss problems with powerline-spikes in chapter 8, Designing Power Supplies, of my bookElectronic System Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques (Prentice-Hall, 1987, now out of print). For equipment that will be used indoors, you should try to design your equipment to

Re: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-14 Thread Ken Javor
. -- From: Roman, Dan dan.ro...@intel.com To: 'George Stults' george.stu...@watchguard.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 2:04 PM George, The ACTA for Part 68 has issued an advisory for Customer Information

Re: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-14 Thread Patrick Lawler
Hi George: Take a look at IEEE standard C62.41 ('Recommended Practice on Surge Voltages in Low-Voltage AC Power Circuits'). It has summaries of transient voltage surveys done by other people around the world. Other portions of the standard suggest specific types of surge tests test levels.

RE: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-14 Thread Roman, Dan
George, The ACTA for Part 68 has issued an advisory for Customer Information documentation for Part 68 devices. It suggests a warning be included suggesting the use of an AC surge arrestor. This is on page 7 of 8 of a PDF file downloadable from http://www.part68.org/. It claims that telephone

Re: Voltage Spikes on Power Lines etc

2002-03-14 Thread Dan Kwok
Hi George, One suggestion I have is to put a line viewer or recording device on an unprotected power circuit to record power disturbance events over a period of time. You should be able to rent these recorders if you need hard evidence. There are also some interesting stories at the Oneac site