(1) If the IEC 60950 equipment cannot get the distance, doesn't that mean that approved equipment cannot go the distance and that we would have to sell twice as much equipment to cover the distance ??
(2) If that is the case, isn't it true that "public utilities" that do not have to use "approved" equipment could deliver the service for less money and would be advantaged ?? (3) Shouldn't we be talking to our marketing managers how we want to play this ? The UL1950 IAC and the CSA 950 subcommittee, by and large are populated by the same people who represent you in IEC TC74 and are devoted to reducing the number of differences in the North American standard from the IEC standard. The limits in IEC 60950 come from another IEC Committee that governs the maximum voltages, not from IEC TC74. It is that other committee, populated by people who have not yet woken up to the fact that the Telecom Industry has been working safely with voltages that far exceed anything they allow, for many many years, that needs to change. Choices are, sell more equipment, or spend a lot of money on converting the luddites. Rocket science all. Ciao, Vic
