AC-DC Power Supply Efficiency Testing for Regulatory Standards

gwenwilcox — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:23:57 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by gwenwilcox on 10/6/2021 9:23:57 PM

A Guide for Pre- or Full-compliance Efficiency Testing

The attached application note will help engineers who design and test power supplies, to make efficiency and standby power measurements accurately, quickly and safely.

It will also aid design engineers involved in pre-compliance testing in early design cycles who wish to reduce re-runs at third party compliance labs.

Although the focus of this application note is on the Level VI efficiency standard, the principle and underlying methods can be used for any AC-DC power supply or similar converters.

Areas covered include:

Efficiency Standards
Test Method
Test Equipment Requirements
How to Test Efficiently
How to Test Standby Power (IEC 62301)

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Attachments:

community.element14.com/.../1KW_2D00_60782_2D00_0_5F00_AC_2D00_DC_5F00_PowerSupplyTestingAppNote-_2800_1_2900_.pdf

1KW-60782-0_AC-DC_PowerSupplyTestingAppNote (1).pdf

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