Reply to:   RE>Printed Circuit Board Layout

Doug,

Part 68 makes no minimum clearance.

UL 1950 3rd edition requires clearances much greater than what you have
written.  The path to your exact clearance is complicated, and there are
exceptions for permanently earth grounded hosts and pluggable type B equipment.
 These exceptions are often used by rack mounted commercial gear.

For most PCB's UL 1950 requires creepage and clearance of 2mm = 0.079" T-G,
R-G, T-GSELV, R-GSELV.  

Michael Royer
Senior Agency Compliance Engineer
BABT Approvals Liaison Engineer
N.E.T.  (Network Equipment Technologies)
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Redwood City, CA 94063
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Date: 9/27/96 8:42 AM
To: Michael Royer
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Hello Treggers, 

Our PCB house has given me a conundrum for T1 Ring/Tip/Ground clearances. 
They declare FCC 68 and UL-1950 3rd edition conflict with clearance
recommendations. 

I'm not sure to what they refer - test voltages versus recommended
clearances(?). 

I have always recommended min. of 0.02" between R-T and min. of 0.03" 
between R-G and T-G as I think may have been posted here before.

Before I walk into a rat's nest, 
does someone know what they are talking about specific with each standard?

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