Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-25 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute wrote (in <200304251532.iaa00...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com>) about 'Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation' on Fri, 25 Apr 2003: >I take this to mean that the group is given the >definition and then asked to identify the sy

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-25 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Pete: > This usually means developing a focus group and getting them to pick it out > of a group of symbols when asked to identify the symbol for 'XXX'. I take this to mean that the group is given the definition and then asked to identify the symbol that matches the definition. Isn

RE: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-25 Thread Pete Perkins
Ok gang, Lots of chatter on this subject, but... We don't randomly pick symbols to represent a message... The US standard, ANSI Z535, allows folks to generate a new symbol, but it must be properly evaluated and verified by use of technical means. This usually means developing

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation

2003-04-24 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Pete Perkins wrote (in <001f01c30a82$2f97a740$1522c6ac@oemcomputer>) about 'Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 - validation' on Thu, 24 Apr 2003: > I'd like to see the validation evaluation for each of the symbols in >IEC

RE: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-22 Thread Price, Ed
>-Original Message- >From: pat.law...@verizon.net [mailto:pat.law...@verizon.net] >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:59 AM >To: EMC-PSTC >Subject: Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 > > > >On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:28:19 -0700, ed.pr...@cubic.com wrot

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-22 Thread pat.law...@verizon.net
;Subject: Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 >> >>Hi Richard: >> >>> You said "We in the product safety industry must be very >>careful that we use >>> symbols in strict accordance with their definitions". No >>issue with yo

RE: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-22 Thread Price, Ed
>-Original Message- >From: Rich Nute [mailto:ri...@sdd.hp.com] >Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 11:49 AM >To: richhug...@aol.com >Cc: peperkin...@cs.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14 > > > > > > &

RE: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-21 Thread Pete Perkins
Richard, Thank you for your ongoing comments on this situation. This issue is mixed between the technical and legal communities. In the US, there have been a number of cases lost where sufficient information was not given to the user on the equipment and the user was seriously

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-19 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Richard: > > Products should be designed so that no safety symbols/words are required > (at least for the user/operator). > > A very laudable viewpoint and one that is easily achievable in the examples > you provided. However, with certain products there has to be a residual

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-18 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Richard: > As you know, standards are not static things set in stone. If you think > that IEC 60417 needs to be changed to improve understanding then join the > relevant committee and make a proposal. No proposal, no change. Even if > everyone on this exploder list were to expre

re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-18 Thread richhug...@aol.com
Hi Rich, > First, do we have clear, unambiguous definitions for our safety symbols? Based on the very short definitions in 417, I think not. > I believe we need much more work on the definitions. As you know, standards are not static things set in stone. If you think that IEC 60417 needs to

Re: Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-18 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Richard: > You said "We in the product safety industry must be very careful that we use > symbols in strict accordance with their definitions". No issue with you > there. However, the paper states that some of these misuses were > perpetrated by people not even connected with ele

Symbols vs. text - was EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-18 Thread richhug...@aol.com
Rich, Thank you for explaining that words were made from letters and sentences were made from a mixture of words (and letters by the way). It's simply amazing how informative these exchanges can be! You said "We in the product safety industry must be very careful that we use symbols in strict

Re: EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-17 Thread ggars...@us.tuv.com
:--) Plus, isn't Chinese the most-spoken language in the world? [I am sure I will be corrected if wrong!] ;--) So having everyone else change to Chinese would inconvenience the least number of people? best regards, glyn This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technic

Re: EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-17 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Pete Perkins wrote (in <01c304f8$70d7d7a0$78d5c6ac@oemcomputer>) about 'EN61010-1, Symbol 14' on Thu, 17 Apr 2003: > As an alternative, perhaps this group would work on the use of a >universal, worldwide language (English, for instance) which wo

Re: EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-17 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Richard: > As you say, this web site provides a discussion on the exclamation symbol. > However, the discussion is slanted in one direction that not everyone in the > safety fraternity would necessarily subscribe to. For instance, I have seen > the 'high voltage flash' sign used a

RE: EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-17 Thread Pete Perkins
Richard, et al; The use of 'universal' markings continues to be controversial. In order for markings to be universally accepted there needs to be considerable training as to the correct interpretation as to what the symbol means. This has been confirmed by several studies. Adding any symbol

re: EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-17 Thread richhug...@aol.com
il 2003 00:01 To: bi...@fastwave.com Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EN61010-1, Symbol 14 For a history and discussion of this symbol, see: http://www.triodyne.com/SAFETY~1/sb_v17n2.pdf Best regards, Rich This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technica

Re: EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-14 Thread Rich Nute
For a history and discussion of this symbol, see: http://www.triodyne.com/SAFETY~1/sb_v17n2.pdf Best regards, Rich This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/

EN61010-1, Symbol 14

2003-04-14 Thread FastWave
All symbols in Table 1 of EN61010-1:2001 are from the graphic symbol standard EN60417 except symbol 14 (exclamation point in an equilateral triangle). Symbol 14 references ISO7000, symbol #0434. I hate to get a standard for 1 symbol. Does anybody have the layout or artwork for this symbol that the