Jerry Martin wrote - We are designing a product that will be used in a Network Interface Device (NID) that mounts on the outside wall of a house. The enclosure will be a 5V material and the customer will not have access to the network circuitry.
We would like to submit the product to UL 1459 (knowing that it will be replaced by UL 1950 in April, 2000). With so much energy available during the overvoltage test, we're concerned that etch will open. Is it o.k. if the etch opens and we pass the dielectric strength test afterwards? The enclosure will be covered with cheesecloth and there is no way for flaming particles to get out. Thank you for your replies, Jerry ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I believe that the construction would comply with the safety requirements, but what good is a unit that becomes inoperative and needs to be replaced whenever there is a lightning storm? Would you accept that in your TV set? Gabriel Roy Personal opinions only, of course, not those of Hughes Network Systems MD (18)
