Back in 2015, in my paper at the Institute of Physics in Southampton, England, I showed how 800 Volt ESD or EFT events can break over a 1500 VRMS (~2100 V peak) barrier in a power supply involving ringing in the EMC power line filter. This would be a low energy discharge, however it may degrade the barrier over time as 800 Volt EFT events on the power line are very common. Even a single small spark can trigger a large one and cause a safety issue, a single event!
I think there is a safety problem here that is a disaster waiting to happen. Thoughts! Doug Smith Sent from my iPhone IPhone: 408-858-4528 Office: 702-570-6108 Email: [email protected] Website: http://dsmith.org - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
