International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) announced the release of a new international standard that begins to create a global structure for introducing solutions for the fast charging of electronic vehicles (EV). The standard was published in two parts, IEC 61851-23 and IEC 61851-24.

The signing of this statement of cooperation between the IEC and the Russian Federal standardization and conformity assessment agencies is a large step in supporting increased trade with Russia.

Immunity from voltage sags is vital for reliable operation of our ever more sophisticated electronic controls and equipment. Every electrical product should be able to ride through typical voltage sags, but in many cases the first sag test occurs after equipment is installed and in operation. Select the appropriate sag immunity specification and equipment compliance testing, and you’ll be glad you did.

In this second installment of a two part article, we continue our review of the recent meeting of IEC-CISPR held in October 2010 in Seattle. In the first part of this article, we have described the current changes affecting the basic standard CISPR 16 and the activities of its experts within CISPR sub-committee (SC) A. We now take a look at the activities of the other CISPR sub-committees responsible for preparing the CISPR product standards. We also describe some of the projects shared by CISPR and IEC TC 77B (High Frequency Phenomena).