Re: Remote Power Supply Connection

Iain Churches wrote

>>> You have to use a method (something like a sensing loop
>>> with a relay) to shut of the DC from the connectors if 
>>> the
>>> cable is disconnected at either end.  If a round 
>>> connector
>>> is chosen, it must be one one with a deep screw collar 
>>> or
>>> bayonet latch, so there is no access to the pins while 
>>> the
>>> connector is still making contact. That is why an octal 
>>> plug
>>> socket cannot be used, although Patrick seems to have
>>> found an innovative way to make that combination safe.
>>
>> Not safe enough to be legal here.
>
>
> Ian. Can you ****ne any light on specific taboos or
> requirements of EN 60065 ?

Electrocution and safety, respectively, probably.

> I can find nothing that relates to HVDC cables
> between pieces of equipment.

Quite.

> Chapter and verse would be of great interest.

Might have been, but I don't think our penchant for 
umbilical cords got much of a look-in. If you have the 
do***ent in front of you, can you say how HV equipment must 
be powered? From the mains, IIRC. Using a cable and 
connectors as defined therein.

Ian