Re: [PSES] AW: [PSES] Safety: 60335-1 conflicting clauses question - earthing (or not) of handles

2023-04-12 Thread James Pawson (U3C)
Hello Bernd, Thank you for the links to the additional material on the IEC website. I didn’t realise there was such a wealth of material in the documents from the subcommittees. Also, thank you for taking the time to write a considered reply. I understand your interpretation and the

[PSES] AW: [PSES] AW: [PSES] Safety: 60335-1 conflicting clauses question - earthing (or not) of handles

2023-04-12 Thread Dürrer Bernd
In my understanding this is just an informative note to the decision of the international IEC committee that the national committee of Australia and New Zealand has modified clause 22.35 in their nationally adopted version of 60335-1 (as can be seen on the Standards Australia website AS/NZS

Re: [PSES] AW: [PSES] Safety: 60335-1 conflicting clauses question - earthing (or not) of handles

2023-04-12 Thread Elliott Martinson
For Australia and New Zealand; which have a reliable earthing system; it was agreed at the EL-002 (TC61 national committee) meeting in Wellington, February 2009 that this requirement does not apply to handles, levers and knobs, other than those of electrical components, provided that they are

Re: [PSES] How to Measure Surface Conductivity?

2023-04-12 Thread Stultz, Mark
Hi Brian, You may want to consider repeating test #3 after environmental conditioning. The true test of a plating is corrosion resistance over time. Best of luck, Mark Stultz | CMSE | Sealed Air | Automated Packaging Systems | Streetsboro, OH | 330-342-2402 From: Brian Kunde Sent: Tuesday,

[PSES] AW: [PSES] Safety: 60335-1 conflicting clauses question - earthing (or not) of handles

2023-04-12 Thread Dürrer Bernd
Hello James, Thank you for providing this additional information and the sketch. My conclusion that the handles are a class II construction was based on your statement in your original post that the handles are not "reliably earthed". As I understand now from your additional information they