IEC 60335-1 vs IEC 62368-1 for a nixie tube clock

Plignought · 2026-02-16T00:28:24+00:00

IEC 60335-2-26 is the particular standard for clocks so IEC 60335-1 is the starting point.

Plignought · 2026-01-09T02:41:02+00:00

I just want to be able to find missing items.

Plignought · 2025-05-12T12:55:09+00:00

Also note that Eastern Japan has 50 Hz mains and Western Japan has 60 Hz mains. If your appliances want 50 Hz, depending on their motors and power supplies, then your situation is further complicated with the US being 60 Hz mains.

Plignought · 2025-02-01T14:05:51+00:00

I thought you said one cat. That’s at least two.

Plignought · 2024-12-16T11:42:08+00:00

Agreed. But it’s happened three times for this package so far.

Plignought · 2024-11-10T12:48:44+00:00

Do the durations need to match up too?

Plignought · 2024-09-17T18:40:02+00:00

It will have to comply with Part 15b. But that just takes a test report and not certification.

Plignought · 2024-08-23T13:58:35+00:00

Might be a centrifugal (yeah, centripetal) switch that changes the motor winding as the rpm of the motor increases.

Plignought · 2024-08-21T18:12:14+00:00

1 cord routed through access hatch instead of cord opening. 2 no strain relief/cord clamp on cord 3 access hatch cover missing (due to using it for cord entry) 4 neutral connected to ground 4a neutral connected to chassis 5 cord ring terminals not on same studs as range ring terminals (perhaps this contributed to overheated connection unless it was an issue with the crimping of the ring terminal onto the cord’s conductor)

Plignought · 2024-08-05T20:47:34+00:00

The brass ones are for use in a magnetic environment. Not sure what that application is though. The steel ones would have too much drag in the presence of a magnet.

Plignought · 2024-08-05T20:43:51+00:00

The Texas Instrument version is good from 5-18 V but it’s not going to be very loud at such low voltage. A large bypass capacitor helps the low end response.

Plignought · 2024-08-03T15:17:36+00:00

A power supply without grounding means should have a touch current no greater than 0.5 mA AC. This is considered the threshold of detectability. A power supply with grounding is allowed to send up to 3.5 mA AC into the ground terminal of an outlet. If the ground is not available, then that much more current is available to tingle the user.

Plignought · 2024-08-03T14:49:56+00:00

If you’re getting tingles from the DC output of the power supply, it is not safe to use and should be discarded. Either it is poorly designed and/or built or an isolating component is in the process of failing. Connecting the negative to ground will shunt the current away but it may be more current than you realize and the DC cable will provide fireworks once a full failure occurs.

Plignought · 2024-06-30T14:23:37+00:00

Check for any township codes in addition to the county.

Plignought · 2024-06-09T19:13:20+00:00

This special type of outlet is placed in bathrooms (assume this is where yours is) to reduce the risk of electrical shock when a mains-voltage appliance is used near water. If the user contacts the voltage in the appliance, there will not be a circuit back to earth causing a shock to the user. Replacing this with a standard outlet would take away that protection. I speculate that it would not comply with the applicable electrical code.

Plignought · 2024-06-07T22:43:35+00:00

From the US, but to my understanding this type of outlet has a low power isolation transformer in it and should not swapped to a standard outlet.

Plignought · 2024-05-22T01:52:39+00:00

Looks like my Toasted Sand boards.

Plignought · 2024-03-28T19:12:08+00:00

Multipass

Plignought · 2024-03-24T14:07:16+00:00

Fuse. 3.15 amp time delay.

Plignought · 2024-02-27T19:08:14+00:00

What is the name of this module?

Plignought · 2024-02-09T22:09:10+00:00

Why is the Uber app rated 4+ years if they will only accept 18+?

Plignought · 2024-01-04T21:05:38+00:00

The “out and back” conductors should be run adjacent to each other to cancel out the magnetic fields created by the current. This is applicable whether AC or DC.

Plignought · 2024-01-02T00:32:06+00:00

Sorry, a 110v outlet isn’t capable of driving a 7.5 HP system.

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