RE: Earthing through screws.

2002-10-21 Thread Stone, Richard A (Richard)
...@worldwidepackets.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:02 AM To: Chris Maxwell; David Sproul; Doug McKean Cc: EMC-PSTC Subject: RE: Earthing through screws. The primary screw has the ground symbol (upside down Christmas tree) in a circle, all other locations you want to indicate as ground, called

Re: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-17 Thread Doug McKean
[ John Woodgate wrote ] Oh, come on! There are dozens of safety standards; surely you don't expect me to search and list them all? [ Doug McKean wrote ] You can't possibly be serious. I was more interested in the fact that since this forum is basically ITE, Medical, Test, and SEMI that

RE: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-17 Thread Gary McInturff
: EMC-PSTC Subject: RE: Earthing through screws. David, Your question isn't so stupid as you say. It is correct that the primary grounding screw (the first screw connected to the ground wire from the AC inlet) shouldn't be used for any purpose other than grounding. However, the standards do

RE: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-17 Thread Chris Maxwell
singing their own song long enough to hear yours :-) -Original Message- From: David Sproul [SMTP:david.spr...@alexanderlynn.co.uk] Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 5:46 PM To: Doug McKean Cc: EMC-PSTC Subject: RE: Earthing through screws. Hello Doug, I believe you

Re: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-17 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Doug McKean dmck...@corp.auspex.com wrote (in 006101c25dec$2b8d49e0$cb3e3...@corp.auspex.com) about 'Earthing through screws.' on Mon, 16 Sep 2002: [ Doug McKean wrote ] I wasn't aware that primary grounding securements could be used for another purpose. [ John

Re: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-17 Thread Doug McKean
[ Doug McKean wrote ] I wasn't aware that primary grounding securements could be used for another purpose. [ John Woodgate wrote ] It depends on the applicable safety standard; some allow it, some don't. [ Doug McKean wrote ] Then since you've got my curiosity up, which ones allow for

RE: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-17 Thread David Sproul
...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Doug McKean Sent: 16 September 2002 18:58 To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Re: Earthing through screws. I wasn't aware that primary grounding securements could be used for another purpose. Regards, Doug McKean

Re: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-16 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Doug McKean dmck...@corp.auspex.com wrote (in 003e01c25daa$8da4b380$cb3e3...@corp.auspex.com) about 'Earthing through screws.' on Mon, 16 Sep 2002: I wasn't aware that primary grounding securements could be used for another purpose. It depends on the applicable safety

Re: Earthing through screws.

2002-09-16 Thread Doug McKean
I wasn't aware that primary grounding securements could be used for another purpose. Regards, Doug McKean --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: