RE: Looking for test house to perform surge testing

1998-03-06 Thread Korn Heide Aas
Hi Keith, Try Mikes Product Service (part of TUV Product Service) Ohmstrasse 2-4 P.O.Box 28 D-94340 Strasskirchen Germany Phone +49 9424 9407 0 Fax +49 9424 9407 60 It's an excellent test house! They do the works within EMC testing. Best regards Korn _

Re: FCC Questions.

1998-03-06 Thread Mike Palmer

RE: FCC Questions.

1998-03-06 Thread Todd Robinson
One additional point about the FCC accepting CISPR data. The CISPR 22 measurements should be tested with ANSI 63 test set-ups for the EUT (Equipment Under Test). -Original Message- From: ron_pick...@hypercom.com [SMTP:ron_pick...@hypercom.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 1998 2:37

RE: Metric Directive in Japan??

1998-03-06 Thread Mike Hopkins
I've run across a similar problem: We provide an H Field monitor made by Walker Scientific that reads in Gauss and our Japanese rep (Toyo) told me a couple of weeks ago that he could no longer accept delivery on meters unless we change the scale to read in Tesla... His argument was a Japanese

RE: EN50092-1:1997

1998-03-06 Thread Mel Pedersen
What is the point? - Mel -- From: CTL[SMTP:c...@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 12:22 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject:EN50092-1:1997

Delta transformer grounding (was: RE: GFCI in IT (three phase) Ne tworks)

1998-03-06 Thread Peter Tarver
Doug - Delta-delta transformers are popular with the utilities for economy's sake (they are less expensive than WYE transformers) For similar reasons, some industrial applications distribute and use power within their plants on delta feeds. In office environments, however, it's typical to use a

Re: conductive coatings

1998-03-06 Thread Doug McKean
Yes Eric, I have worked with conductive coatings on plastic with no problems as long as some things are kept in mind - There's a whole UL thing to it that I can list if enough people want me to. The coatings cannot withstand repeated removal from the product. The coatings are very

dow and dop

1998-03-06 Thread Alan E Hutley
Pryor This extract from the EMC+LVD Yearbook 98 Standards section, which will be published early March may help you. More info from web site below Certification Clauses The European Commission has declared the certification clauses in ENs to be illegal. These clauses were used to extend the

Looking for test house to perform surge testing

1998-03-06 Thread Keith Goshia
I am looking for a testing house to perform surge testing to meet IEEE Recommended Practice on Surge Voltage in Low Voltage AC Power Circuits, IEEE C62.41 - 1991 to Category C2 10kV 5kA with an 1.2/50 - 8/20 combination waveform ===

Bellcore Fire Resistance

1998-03-06 Thread Parviz Boozarpour
How do you verify that material, component, wiring, and cables used in component power supply meet Bellcore NEBS TR-NWT-63 requirement for Fire Resistance in section 4.3.3. Is there any similarity between UL flammability and Bellcore fire resistance? Parviz Boozarpour, P. E. Electronic

Re: Looking for test house to perform surge testing

1998-03-06 Thread deteninty
Keith, Don't know of any test houses that have a Surge generator with 2 Ohms of source impedance. Haefely-Trench make one, called the PSURGE 30.1. Their phone # is (703) 494-1900. Ask for Leo Makowski. When I bought one for Fluke, it was about $90k. It will

RE: Bellcore Fire Resistance

1998-03-06 Thread Mel Pedersen
Hello Parviz: One way to verify that your supplier is in compliance to the Bellcore specifications is to ask for a Certificate of Conformance (C of C), stating compliance to these requirements. The more specific you are the better. As suppliers of magnetics to the telecommunications

Re: conductive coatings

1998-03-06 Thread Cortland Richmond
Eric, I'll chip in my two cents here, having had some experiences with conductive coatings. I've seen emission problems from products with both nickel coatings and copper. Problems have been due to incomplete coverage, failure to fill details, and unauthorized vendor mechanical changes. You

RE: Delta transformer grounding (was: RE: GFCI in IT (three phase) Ne tworks)

1998-03-06 Thread Peter Tarver
George - The answer to your question is: yes. However, in the US, this is type of system is used to deliver power to homes and there are either no or very few homes supplied with three-phase power. Such a system would be abhorrent to any user of all three phases, who would prefer the

RE: RUSSIA

1998-03-06 Thread Robert F. Martin ITS/QS-Box
Russian certification is done through GOSSTANDART. The GOST certificate is based on testing which is similar to the rest of the world (e.g. IEC 950, CISPR22, etc.). CE marking does not however satisfy the requirements. There are a few companies that can offer the GOST certificate. One of them is

abstract: emc susceptibility of slotted screens article

1998-03-06 Thread Peter E. Perkins
PSNet Susceptibility Analysis of Arbitrarily Shaped 2-D Slotted Screens Using a Hybrid Generalized Scattering Matrix Finite-element Technique by J V B Tejedor, L Nuno M F Battaller , Spanish authors in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol 40, No 1, February 1998

Partial Discharge Test

1998-03-06 Thread F.Goto
Dear Group, Is there any in the group that is familiar with the Partial Discharge Test? Have started to read IEC 664 Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems, but find some details lacking. Thanks Sincerely, Frank Goto A-pex International

[1]RUSSIA

1998-03-06 Thread Tony Fredriksson
[1]RUSSIA2/27/98 Hi, I am on Jury Duty call for the work week starting Monday, 3/2 and ending 3/6. For urgent issues, please contact Tim Stover. Otherwise, I will respond to your e-mail as my schedule permits. Regards, Tony Fredriksson

IEEE Activity in Local Chapter: Course Offering at Reduced Cost

1998-03-06 Thread Richard Haynes
To encourage activity in IEEE local chapters I have decided to make an offering of my courses at reduced cost to those who are active or will become active soon. Please pass this information to all. Richard Haynes is offering two courses at the NMi USA Inc in Tinton Falls(near Freehold), NJ

[Fwd: Message from Internet]

1998-03-06 Thread Georg M. Dancau
Hi folks, something seems not to be OK with the list server. I got twice this message. What does it mean? Anybody else got similar messages ? Greetings George -- ** * Dr. Georg M. Dancau * HAUNI MASCHINENBAU AG * *

RF choke in protective earth

1998-03-06 Thread rlanz
Good Morning. Seeking opinions on use of RF choke in protective earth. Due to invertor circuitry, rf noise is tripping GFCI. Series coil in P.E. appears to solve problem. RF coil will not effect 10-25 A PE safety test done at 60 Hz. Also coil shall be equivalent to AWG of PE conductor to pass

RUSSIA

1998-03-06 Thread Paul Smith
To: the whole group, Does anybody have any information regarding EMC and safety requirements in Russia. I know that in the past equipment could only be imported with a certificate of conformity prepared by SGS, and that the general EMC requirement was CISPR based (I think!) as to safety I'm

RE: Antenna Factors of 3 Antennas

1998-03-06 Thread Matejic, Mirko
Look for ANSI C63.5, telephone: 212.642.4900, http://www.ansi.org Mirko Matejic -- From: Bailin Ma To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Antenna Factors of 3 Antennas List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 11:33AM Hi, Is anybody kind enough to give me a hint

Antenna Factors of 3 Antennas

1998-03-06 Thread Bailin Ma
Hi, Is anybody kind enough to give me a hint where I should go to find information on how to calibrate antenna factors of three antennas by using those three antennas themselves. Thank you. Best Regards, Barry Ma 408-778-2000 x4465 408-778-0239 Fax

Precipitation Static

1998-03-06 Thread BruceJS
I realize this may be slightly out of scope for this group, but maybe someone has experience in this matter. I need to analyze how adding antennas to an aircraft will affect p-static dissipation for the aircraft. Specifically I would like to know how the number of dischargers required for a

Country indication

1998-03-06 Thread kbj
Dear all, I find it a little wast of time to read about seminars and job's in parts of the world where I never will come. Could we all try to include an indication in the beginning of the mail of where in the world jobs and training happens. Also for you Americans I'm not familiar with

Re: Publishing QAs

1998-03-06 Thread Alan E Hutley
Bill Thanks for your reply. Our intention is to publish a few of the more interesting QAs as a service to our UK readers. At the suggestion of Rich Nute we will do this having first obtained permission and we will naturally give full credit to all sources, which hopefully should result in

ESD Protection for 100BASE-T?

1998-03-06 Thread donnellm
Folks, How does one provide ESD immunity for 100BASE-T ethernet ports without interfering with the signal? Thanks for listening. Mike Donnelly

fw:Nortel Job Opportunities in EMC Product Safety

1998-03-06 Thread Nathan Belsher
---forwarded-message Feb 24 15:07 1998 To:'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' (BNR400) From: Nathan Belsher:0H32(BNR) BNRTP BNR Subject: Nortel Job Opportunities in EMC Product Safety Nortel (Northern Telecom), a leading global manufacturer of

Publishing QAs

1998-03-06 Thread Alan E Hutley
Hello Everyone We publish the UK EMC Journal and would like to publish some of the QAs that appear here. Does anyone out there have a problem with this. Your comments would be welcomed. We want to build up a list of FAQs which will also be published on our web site. Best Regards Alan E

Australian Medical Approval

1998-03-06 Thread Todd Robinson
I am working on an electronic medical device certification for one of our customers. The product has already passed CE (EMC)requirements, EN60601-1-2, including CISPR 11 Emissions testing. From an EMC standpoint, do we need to do anything besides emissions for AS/NZS 2064, 12? It doesn't

conductive coatings

1998-03-06 Thread Eric Henning
anybody have any opinions on conductive coatings on plastic for rfi/emi protection? we've been very successful at designing our products to be quiet and immune even in plastic boxes but i've been asked to look into conductive coatings for further protection. i've ordered some spray/brush on

Three Product Safety Openings In Boston Area

1998-03-06 Thread BBurks
American Power Conversion currently has three openings for Product Safety Engineers in Billerica, Mass. The candidate(s) should be familiar with IEC 950. Knowledge of UL 1778, CSA 107.1, EN 50091, and the Low Voltage Directive is a plus. Ability to process paperwork and an attention to detail

Re: Ground Hog Day. -Reply

1998-03-06 Thread Doug McKean
Hate to be another ditto but I'm also seeing this effect with emc-pstc and some other listservers with which I'm subscribed.

ABNT standards/license in Brazil

1998-03-06 Thread Egon H. Varju
Greetings, This is in follow-up of the thread started last week, regarding standards requirements for Brazil. There were numerous requests for the address for the ABNT, so I'm sending this to the entire forum, rather than answer individually. Comitê Brasileiro de Eletricidade - COBEI Associação

EN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2

1998-03-06 Thread Benoit Nadeau
Bonjour de Montreal, I just read in the ERA Safety and EMC Newsletter that Part 1 (emissions) and Part 2 (immunity) of EN 55103 Audio, video, audio-visual entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJ).

Re: EN50082-1:1997

1998-03-06 Thread Mark Briggs
Pryor - The 1997 version of the standard cannot be used as sefl-certification standard until it is referenced in the Official Journal (OJ). The idea was that the OJ would list the standard and also list the date of withdrawal (dow) of conflicting standards (in this case the 1992 edition),

Re[2]: FCC Questions.

1998-03-06 Thread tania . grant
however, for FCC Rules, Part 68 (telephony) requirements, Registration is the only choice. Many persons confuse the two. Tania Grant, Lucent Technologies, Octel Messaging Division tgr...@lucent.com __ Reply Separator

CE question

1998-03-06 Thread Cefalo, Lisa
I have a question regarding a unique piece of equipment to be shipped to the EC. It is is a training system used specifically at schools for vacuum training courses. Several components which make up this system are CE marked while a few are not. My question is Is

RE: CE question

1998-03-06 Thread Ing. Gert Gremmen
Dear Eric, I do not think that you should interpret the list as mentioned below as a list of equipment falling under the EMC-directive. It is a list showing which apparatus might get disturbed by a not-EMC apparatus, and showing the relative importance of the EMC-directive related

FW: EMC/safety Requirements in South America?

1998-03-06 Thread Frazee Doug
I am resending this inquiry, due to the very limited responses, if you have information that can help me, please pass it along. Thanks! -- From: Frazee Doug[SMTP:dfra...@windermeregroup.com] Sent: Monday, March 02, 1998 3:15 PM To: 'emc-p...@ieee.org' Cc: Banchero, Bill

job opportunity

1998-03-06 Thread Timothy P. OShea
BABT Product Service is currently looking for a lead EMC Engineer for our facility located in Santa Clara California. The requirements include a strong technical background with skills in providing customers with EMC solutions through troubleshooting or design techniques. This person must

FDA classification for electrocardiographs

1998-03-06 Thread regrsfi
We have submitted a 510(k) file for one of our ECG devices. The indication for use is to be used by a physician to analyze cardiac performance and in the description we say: can be equipped with a resting interpretation program offered to the physician on advisory basis only. We classified it

Re: Seminars:EMC/EMI/ESDRelated to Corrosion and Material Reliability Issues

1998-03-06 Thread Richard Haynes
-Original Message- From: Richard Haynes vale...@pluto.njcc.com To: emc-p...@ieee.org emc-p...@ieee.org; t...@world.std.com t...@world.std.com; e-saf...@dorado.crpht.lu e-saf...@dorado.crpht.lu Cc: Michael J Azar mja...@emc-turntech.com; Tom Tortoriello tomtort...@aol.com;

Re: Seminars:EMC/EMI/ESDRelated to Corrosion and Material Reliability Issues

1998-03-06 Thread Richard Haynes
EMC/EMI/ESD Issues Related to Corrosion and MaterialsReliability Greetings, Presentations on the above named subject matter are scheduled for various times through this year in California, New Jersey, Mass. and Ga. If interested in details, please contact by private e-mail to: NJ:

fu: GTEM cell abstract

1998-03-06 Thread Peter E. Perkins
PSNet Thanx to Mirko Matejic for pointing out this acceptance of GTEM's which is useful for products evaluated to US requirements. Ideal correlation between GTEM and OATS is not expected. Few years ago in a Public Notice FCC laid out conditions for

RF Wiring to NEC Requirements

1998-03-06 Thread WOODS, RICHARD
What article of the US National Electrical Code specifies the wiring installation requirements for rf outputs of commercial transmitters (not amateur) from the transmitter output to the antenna? The best I can find is Article 820 but that may be a stretch.

RE: abstract: GTEM correlation paper

1998-03-06 Thread Matejic, Mirko
Ideal correlation between GTEM and OATS is not expected. Few years ago in a Public Notice FCC laid out conditions for accepting final compliance data from GTEMs. Mirko Matejic The Foxboro Company Foxboro, Massachusetts

Metric for Japan EU

1998-03-06 Thread eric . lifsey
[fixed date below] Recently there was two seperate comments on this list server about a new metric-only requirement for Japan with a possible deadline of 1-1-199[9]. In chasing down this issue, I have the following tentative and marginally useful info (in other words, normal internet banter) to

IEC 364

1998-03-06 Thread WOODS, RICHARD
Does anyone know what chapter(s) of IEC364, Electrical Installations of Buildings, covers signalling and control circuits? These circuits may be called band 1 and band 2 circuits.

EMI room filters

1998-03-06 Thread Robert F. Martin ITS/QS-Box
I am looking for 10 - 12 pre-owned filters for shielded enclosures. The filters should be: 277VAC 60 - 100 A 100dB DC-18GHz If you have any of these items that you are trying to get rid of, please contact me directly. Bob Martin ITS - Northeast Boxborough MA (978)263-2662

RE: RF choke in protective earth

1998-03-06 Thread Matthias R. Heinze
That is the very choke that one would look for during a laboratory assessment. For (conducted) emission measurements with open, 400 uH, ground the safety ground, PE, is still connected (at 50 Hz). Such component does not violate any safety standards that I can think of. Matthias R. Heinze TUV