A personal history, as intern/coop student, circa 1980-81, I was tasked with
trying to capture the cap voltage just after disconnect. Because a consumer
complained about getting shocked. Engineers general thoughts were it decays
fast enough to not be a problem, and that ought teach the
Correction – IEC 620/60620 should of course have read IEC 320/60320 – my
failing memory! ☹
From: John E Allen <09cc677f395b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ieee.org>
Sent: 29 October 2022 20:39
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [PSES] Measurement of X and Y capacitors for electric shock
I had a similar customer complaint when working for HP in the late 1980’s – on
that occasion it was from the pins of the IEC 620 (now 60620) power connector
of a rather large & heavy’ish (c 18kg!) unit - which the user then dropped on
his foot!
I did some investigation and discussed the
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