Re: Remote Power Supply Connection

"Ian Iveson" <IanIveson.home@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.

The problems arise from the careful differential made between
connectors approved for industrial/broadcast/studio/professional
audio and the restrictions as to their use in domestic applications.

> 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.

The LVD (Low Voltage Directive) 2006/95 refers to
DC between 50 and 1 500VDC

I wonder what they consider high voltage DC to be?

Iain