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Intrinsic safety in hydrogen/oxygen mixtures

mtlinst wrote 2 weeks ago: Background Occasionally it is necessary to make measurements in hydrogen/oxygen mixtures. The increa … more »

Tags: Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, Intrinsic Safety

Cable parameters and all that

mtlinst wrote 1 month ago: The intrinsically safe [IS] system standard [IEC60079-25] discusses in detail how to draw up the sys … more »

Tags: Cable Parameters, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, IEC60079, Intrinsic Safety

Intrinsically safe multicores

mtlinst wrote 6 months ago: It is an opportune time to review the use of multicores containing more than one IS circuit because … more »

Tags: CENELEC, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, IEC60079, Intrinsic Safety, "Multicore cable", ATEX, EN60079, Safety

The use of mechanical tools in hazardous areas

mtlinst wrote 7 months ago: Purpose of note From time to time concern is expressed about the possible risk of frictional sparkin … more »

Tags: CENELEC, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, IEC, IEC60079, Intrinsic Safety

The future role of the humble paper clip in Hazardous Areas1 comment

mtlinst wrote 7 months ago: Apart from their traditional use of holding the multiple sheets of paper that one is required to hav … more »

Tags: Dust Explosions, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, Intrinsic Safety

Earthing –bonding and all that

mtlinst wrote 10 months ago: The perennial problem of earthing and bonding is raised from time to time. The basic principles that … more »

Tags: Earthing, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, Intrinsic Safety

A non-progress report1 comment

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: My apologies for the long interval between entries on this blog, but my contemplating time has been … more »

Tags: CENELEC, Hazardous Areas, IEC, IEC60079, Intrinsic Safety

ATEX instructions- a paper chase1 comment

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: There exists an ATEX working group/ standing committee, which promulgates interpretations of the ATE … more »

Tags: Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, Intrinsic Safety

The Three Day Expert

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: It is generally acknowledged that there is a lack of expertise in defining and installing electrical … more »

Tags: Experts, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, Intrinsic Safety

Ex d – a non solution to a hot problem2 comments

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: Background Very occasionally someone notices that the IEC apparatus standards usually only consider … more »

Tags: CENELEC, Explosion Protection, Hazardous Areas, Intrinsic Safety

Hieroglyphics didn't come to an end after Ancient Egypt2 comments

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: The marking requirements for electrical equipment for use in hazardous atmospheres has become ludicr … more »

Tags: Intrinsic Safety, IEC

Equipment Protection Levels and all that6 comments

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: One of the evil side effects of the ATEX Directive is that the IEC feels compelled to follow its mor … more »

Tags: Intrinsic Safety

Doubling the Risk ?

mtlinst wrote 1 year ago: The ATEX Directives and recent IEC standards have increased awareness of the risk associated with bo … more »

Tags: Dust Explosions


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