TweetShareEC President stresses importance of safety aspects of e-mobility

Morand Fachot

ACOS (the Advisory Committee on Safety) organized a workshop on Safety aspects in the area of e-mobility, in Frankfurt, Germany, in February. The aim of the workshop, attended by IEC President Klaus Wucherer, [...]

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Claire Marchand

The April issue of e-tech will focus on transportation and more specifically on EVs (electric vehicles), be they electric cars or electric urban transport vehicles.

Drivers tempted by EVs have more choice today as manufacturers introduce new [...]

TweetShareProfiling Adam Murdoch, Chairman of IEC SC 61H

Adam Murdoch became the Chair of SC (Subcommittee) 61H: Safety of electrically-operated farm appliances on 1 March 2013. He was an IEC 2010 Young Professional. e-tech spoke to Murdoch about his vision for this subcommittee, [...]

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As winter comes to a close, your jacket may give you an electrostatic shock. You may get one from touching a metallic doorknob after crossing a carpeted room or from shaking someone’s hand. Although static electricity is ever present people rarely notice it.

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TweetShareAn app to identify devices in explosive atmospheres

IECEx, the IEC System for Certification to Standards relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres, has launched the first mobile application to show international certificates for equipment used in explosive atmospheres.

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TweetShareSpecific IECEE EMC programme ensures safety and reliability of electrical and electronic devices

Lightning is a huge natural electrostatic discharge between electrically charged areas within a single cloud, from one cloud to another or between a cloud and the earth. The discharge is [...]

TweetShareIEC TC work ensures audiovisual, IT and communication equipment is safe to use for all

Audiovisual and information and communication technology equipment can be found in virtually all homes and working environments. The widespread existence of such electrically powered devices means they have to [...]

TweetShareIEC work helps mitigate consequences of natural phenomena

Electrical installations and supply can be directly and adversely affected by natural phenomena and disasters such as solar storms, hurricanes, extreme cold or heat, bad weather conditions, lightning, etc. A number of IEC TCs (Technical Committees) [...]

TweetShareLatest IEC International Standard for safety of AV and ITE

The latest International Standard for the safety of audiovisual products and information technology equipment is often incorrectly interpreted, clarification is needed. AV (audiovisual) products and ITE (information technology equipment) are found everywhere and used [...]