Power supplies win safety standard approval

1st June 2017

Mick Elliott

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The CoolX600 Series of 600W convection-cooled modular power supplies from Excelsys Technologies is now approved to IEC 62368-1 – Part 1, the new safety standard for audio, video, information and communication technology equipment. The standard has been created to provide a single approval covering the increasing overlap in design and functionality of professional and domestic equipment.

The safety of IT and communications equipment is covered by the IEC 60950-1 while IEC 60065 covers the safety of audio, video and similar electronic apparatus. This new standard IEC 62368-1, covering all of these equipment types, was introduced in 2010 and will replace the IEC 60950-1 and IEC 60065 by 2019.

After the 20^th of June 2019 equipment manufacturers will no longer be able to claim compliance to the legacy standards.

The 3^rd edition of the IEC 62368-1 standard is currently under development by TC 108 and due to be released in the 2^nd half of 2018, i.e. before the legacy standards are withdrawn.

IEC 62368-1:2014 covers the safety of electronic equipment within the field of audio, video, information and communication technology, and business and office machines.

Parts of the standard are also applicable to components and sub-assemblies intended for incorporation in such equipment.

Dermot Flynn, Sales Director of Excelsys Technologies, comments, “Excelsys Technologies is an early adopter of the IEC 62368-1 standard in order to ease system compliance for our customers. Our CoolX product family is approved to both IEC 60950-1 and IEC 62368-1 and so that our customers can meet the existing legislative requirements for their product while also providing a future proofed power solution for our customers for the emerging legislation.”