RE: UK Voltage

["Roger" <roger@xxxxxxx>]

Read the whole Philips paper 'in context'

http://www.philipslampsandgear.co.uk/pdf/statements/european_voltage_harmoni
sation.pdf

Roger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Greenwood [mailto:martin@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 March 2002 15:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UK Voltage
>
>
> At 15:24 15/03/2002 +0000, Ian Lowe wrote:
> >Thanks for the politics Martin,
> >Now would you mind very much not doing it again?
>
> What is happening to this list, why have some people got so
> angry all of a
> sudden?
> Why can't I state my opinion of the futility of the "voltage
> harmonisation"?
>
> >"A 230V lamp operated at 240V will only achieve 55% of its
life.
> >Tests have been carried out on a sample of some domestic ceramic
> >pendant fittings with a single 60W lamp. The user safety was
> >infringed at two locations at 240V - the lamp cap and the
> >bifurcation point. It was infringed at four locations on the
> >lamp/luminaire at 250V - the lamp cap, the bifurcation point, the
> >cord grip at the entry to the lamp holder, and the cable
insulation
> >under the cord grip. The UK supply voltage does at times fluctuate
> >as high as 250V."
>
> This was my point, either they should have actually changed
> the voltages so
> they all match or left it alone, rather than just changing the spec.
>
> Now we have the situation that Ian describes where products may be
> compromised, rather that being made technically correct.
>
> Martin
>
>
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