Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-28 Thread Ted Eckert
@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health? And how many hotels have we been to where the plugs fall out of the wall receptacles, especially in the bathroom? Maybe higher ratings should be a requirement in some cases. But the tamper resistant receptacles I've run

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-27 Thread Brian Oconnell
the mfr's conditions of acceptability. Brian From: Crane, Lauren [mailto:lauren.cr...@kla-tencor.com] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 12:50 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] exercising connections for health? I am puzzling over a notion that it is prudent to exercise connectors in power

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-27 Thread John Woodgate
In message ff616e8a3fc0497bab5fcbb17aaa6...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook.com , dated Tue, 27 May 2014, Brian Oconnell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: The immoral of these stories is that a connector, unless specifically rated for a certain insertion duty cycle, should not be subject

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-27 Thread Ed Price
[mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:59 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health? In message mailto:ff616e8a3fc0497bab5fcbb17aaa6...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook. com ff616e8a3fc0497bab5fcbb17aaa6...@blupr02mb116

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-27 Thread Brian Oconnell
in Wonderland, multiple insertion/extraction cycles are indicated. Brian From: Ed Price [mailto:edpr...@cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:17 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health? Without sending anyone off on a long search, does anyone have

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-27 Thread Ted Eckert
: Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health? Without sending anyone off on a long search, does anyone have an idea about the number of mating cycles that the common consumer AC power connectors (like the USA NEMA-15 and Euro equivalents) are rated for? Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-27 Thread Nyffenegger, Dave
[mailto:ted.eck...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:30 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health? UL 498, the U.S. standard for plugs and receptacles, requires testing for 1000 insertion and removal cycles at the rated load. There is an additional

[PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-23 Thread Crane, Lauren
I am puzzling over a notion that it is prudent to exercise connectors in power circuits every once in while (e.g., disconnect and reconnect them). I suppose the underlying idea is to scrape the touching surfaces and potentially disrupt forming oxides or accumulated pollution. I saw the other

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-23 Thread John Woodgate
In message ae63081e283346d9b7801888dd5e2...@blupr03mb119.namprd03.prod.outlook.com , dated Fri, 23 May 2014, Crane, Lauren lauren.cr...@kla-tencor.com writes: Does anyone know of a code of electrical maintenance, or similar, that might support or refute this notion? Official advice to

Re: [PSES] exercising connections for health?

2014-05-23 Thread Ted Eckert
...@microsoft.commailto:ted.eck...@microsoft.com The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. From: Crane, Lauren [mailto:lauren.cr...@kla-tencor.com] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 12:50 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] exercising connections for health? I am puzzling