[ARC5] ARC-5 AC Power Supply solutions

[Edward Greeley]

The blurb below pretty much confirms my suspicions about the mindset of 
a certain gun-deprived population, especially after the appearance of 
that pointy-nosed, pencil-necked Wiki-geek Juliette Asang or whatever 
his/her name is. Apparently they thrive on a more nannyfied govt. than 
even we do.

Also, can someone define the meaning of the term "onsell"; I can't seem 
to find it in my Funk & Wagnalls.


Brian Clarke wrote:
> John is right about isolation. And the subsequent comments that isolation of 
> a scramble- or bifilar-wound primary should exceed 300 Vac is not the only 
> concern. It is not just your own personal safety at issue, here.
> 
> In some countries that are signatories to CE principles, you cannot onsell a 
> product you have constructed, even for amateur use, if the primary to 
> secondary isolation does not exceed several thousand Volts. You may care to 
> check the wiring rules [NEMA, CCITT, AS3000 etc] in your own jurisdiction 
> before you commit unknown others, further down the buying chain, to 
> potential harm. (If you construct something for yourself and successfully 
> kill yourself, then the charge of suicide probably would not hold.)
> 
> Such rules in Australia now make it difficult to offer used goods in an 
> auction if they do not carry an approval tag showing conformity to relevant 
> legislation. So, we are obliged to remove power cords, or to have a suitably 
> licensed person carry out the testing and legal tagging. I am not sure that 
> offering goods 'As is' absolves the seller from liability; that might need 
> testing in a court of law; do we really want to go down that path and merely 
> fill the pockets of itinerant wordsmiths?
> 
> Solution? Use transformers properly designed and constructed to meet the 
> safety regulations in your jurisdiction! Then get your pride and joy tagged 
> by a licensed assessor.
> 
> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
> 
> "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com> said on
> Wednesday, February 02, 2011 1:51 AM
> 
> 
> 
>>Another consideration is isolation between halves of the primary. It might
>>not be all that good.
>