The following is a list of standards, publications, and other resources that may be of use to the International Design Engineer. Major sources of documents and publications which we believe are pertinent to the Interpower Corporation product lines are also noted.
AEA (American Electronics Association) — Washington D.C. Office, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., North Building, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004. Telephone: (202) 682-9110. Fax: (202) 682-9111.Santa Clara Office, 5201 Great America Parkway #520, Santa Clara, CA 95054-1120. Telephone: (408) 987-4247. Fax: (408) 986-1247. American Electronics Association is an association for the high-tech industry. www.aeanet.org.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute) — 25 West 43rd Street 4th floor, New York, NY 10036. Telephone: (212) 642-4900. Fax: (212) 398-0023. www.ansi.org. ANSI is an organization composed of many special working groups that concentrate on particular technical areas. U.S. representation at the IEC is organized through ANSI. In addition, ANSI is a major distributor of North American and international publications, such as VDE, DIN, IEC, and others.
BS 546: This standard describes a grounded plug system with three round contacts oriented in triangular geometry. BS 546 specifies three different connectors for ratings of 2, 5, and 15A. These connectors are not intermateable because both contact diameters and spacing increase with the increasing current rating. BS 546 is being replaced by BS 1363. However, the 15A rated connector, currently the basis for the Indian standard, is used in several African countries, and in Malaysia on air conditioning units.
BS 1362: Defines the parameters for a fuse that is installed in all British plugs conforming to BS 1363 (see below).
BS 1363: This standards document describes a grounded primary power connector system with solid rectangular contacts. The plug is always fused, and the rating is 13A. This is the current British standard, and it is used in countries like Malaysia for circuits rated up to 13A.
Note: European Standards may be purchased from ANSI or BSI.
Canadian Standards Association Catalog, published yearly and available directly from CSA.
Toys (88/378/EEC, Amended by 93/68/EEC)To obtain European Directives contact:EuroPort — 29 Waterman Road, Gloucester, MA 01930. VDE, IEC, EN, ISO standards in English. Telephone: (978) 282-8895. Fax (978) 282-9788. www.europort.com.
IHS Global Engineering documents (div. of Information Handling Services) — 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112. Source for UL, VDE, DIN, British standards, ISO, and other international agency documents. Telephone: (800) 854-7179, (303) 397-7956. Fax: (303) 397-2740. www.global.ihs.com.
IECEE—CB Scheme is the same as the old CEE—CB Scheme that issued CEE standards. This is a worldwide program for reciprocal recognition of safety testing results of electrical equipment, among participating countries. Over 30 countries now have membership on the IECEE, including Japan, all members of CEN/CENELEC, and some Eastern European countries. The IECEE is headquartered at the IEC, in Geneva (see IEC for address). A bulletin covering many issues including national deviations from the IECEE standards is available from the IEC. www.cbscheme.com.
AS/NZS 3191: Electric Flexible cords.
New Zealand Standards current Catalog lists standards.
New Zealand Buyers guide includes a list of products that carry the New Zealand certification mark.
See combined AS/NZS Standards listed above.
UL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.) — 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062. Telephone: (847) 272-8800. Fax: (847) 272-8129. www.ul.com. Go to www.comm-2000.comfor UL standards.UL is a testing agency in the United States with headquarters at Northbrook, Illinois, and additional testing facilities at Santa Clara, California; Melville, New York; Research Triangle, North Carolina; Camas, Washington; Denmark (DEMKO A/S); and at various locations in Asia. UL maintains a Client Advisor office at each facility. They will guide you on all of your UL safety compliance needs. UL publishes an annual "Standards for Safety" catalog of publications of standards and proposed editions of new standards. Informative brochures on UL are available such as "Testing for Public Safety" on the organization, purposes, procedures, and services of UL. Individual UL standards are published separately (see below).UL standards are available from IHS Global Engineering documents.
VDE (Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker) — German national testing agency. VDE issues standards in the form of regulations (VDE-Bestimmungen), leaflets (VDE Druckschriften), instructions (VDE Merkblaetter), and guiding principles (VDE Richtlinien).Detailed information on the respective conditions to be complied within the case of approval tests and test reports, the submission of applications, etc. may be obtained free from VDE-Prufstelle, Merianstrasse 28, 63069, Offenbach, Germany. Telephone: (49) 69 8306 0. Fax: (49) 69 8306 555. www.vde.com.