Phil -- It is typical for many standards to run voltage sensitive tests (temperature rise, for example, as I recall) at the labeled voltage PLUS a percentage (6 to 10 %, as I recall). That percentage is intended to cover the utility supply tolerances.
So a product labeled 100-240 Vac will often face a test at 264 Vac. Occasionally one might find a product labeled 85-264, but in my opinion that is most likely a mistake, because it would need to be tested at 290 Vac for a standard that requires a 10% overvoltage test, and I am not aware of any supply tolerances that would allow 290 Vac. Word to the wise: Australia's nominal voltage is now 230 Vac, but it has legacy systems that still supply at 240 Vac. So a typical national difference for Australia is to perform your tests AS IF the rated voltage was 240 Vac. This means an extra test or two if you're taking a product rated for 230 Vac for the EU market and want to sell it in Australia. Mike Sherman Sherman PSC LLC > On 05/06/2023 4:09 AM CDT Agar, Philip (Leonardo, UK) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Please could someone advise me on what standard, if any, might compel a > manufacturer to rate the operating voltage of their equipment to at least > cover the utility supply tolerance of the region in which it is being sold? > For example, a DoC for an IT item sold in the UK claims conformance with the > requirements of LVD Directive 2014/35/EU and EN62368-1:2014+A11:2017 but it > is not clear to me that the specified voltage rating of 100 - 240 Vac > necessarily covers UK utility supply tolerance of up to 253 Vac, or even in > much of the EU at 243.8 Vac. > > Thanks, > Phil Agar > EMC Compliance > > > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
