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30、ME HEALTH CARE SIGNALING EQUIPMENT - UL 16372No Text on This PageUL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULCONTENTSINTRODUCTION1 Scope .82 General 92.1 Components .92.2 Units of measurement .92.3 Undated references 103 Glossary 104 Insta
31、llation and Operating Instructions 11CONSTRUCTIONASSEMBLY5 General .125.1 Adhesives used to secure conductive parts .125.2 Accessibility of uninsulated live parts 135.3 Protection of service personnel 156 Enclosures 166.1 General 166.2 Cast metal 186.3 Sheet metal 186.4 Nonmetallic .216.5 Doors and
32、covers .216.6 Enclosure openings 216.7 Screens and expanded metal .246.8 Enclosure mounting .246.9 Battery compartment (unsealed batteries) 257 Corrosion Protection .25FIELD WIRING8 Power Supply .268.1 General 268.2 Field wiring compartment .268.3 Terminals (general application) 268.4 Terminals (qua
33、lified application) .278.5 Leads 288.6 Cord connected equipment .288.7 Permanently connected equipment 298.8 Grounding 299 Polarity Identification .30INTERNAL WIRING10 General 3111 Wiring Methods .3112 Separation of Circuits .3213 Bonding for Grounding 3214 Secondary (Standby) Power Supply .34DECEMB
34、ER 29, 2006 HOME HEALTH CARE SIGNALING EQUIPMENT - UL 1637 3UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULCOMPONENTS15 General 3515.1 Mounting of components 3515.2 Current-carrying parts .3615.3 Insulating materials .3615.4 Fuseholders .3715
35、.5 Operating mechanisms 3716 Bushings 3717 Transformers, Coils, and Relays 3818 Switches .3819 Overcurrent Protection 3820 Printed Wiring Boards .3921 Capacitors .3922 Semiconductors 3923 Storage Batteries .39SPACINGS24 General 4025 Components .41COMBINATION SYSTEMS26 General 41FCC VERIFICATION27 Ge
36、neral 42PERFORMANCEALL UNITS28 General 4228.1 Test units and data .4228.2 Test voltages 4229 Normal Operation Test 4330 Electrical Supervision Test .4531 Power Supply Supervision Test .4631.1 Battery powered units .4631.2 Residential control unit 4731.3 Central station receiving units 4732 Electrica
37、l Measurements Test 4832.1 Input circuit 4832.2 Output circuit 4832.3 Battery circuit 4932.4 Circuits connected to specific equipment 4933 Volt-Ampere Capacity Test, Low-Voltage Power-Limited Circuits .4934 Undervoltage Operation Test .5135 Overvoltage Operation Test 5136 Jarring Test 5137 Temperatu
38、re Test .52DECEMBER 29, 2006HOME HEALTH CARE SIGNALING EQUIPMENT - UL 16374UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL38 Charging Current Test .5639 Battery Charger Tests .5740 Variable Ambient Temperature Test .5741 Humidity Test 5742 Le
39、akage Current Test .5743 Overload Test 5944 Overload Test Separately Energized Units .5945 Endurance Test 6046 Electrical Transient Tests 6146.1 General .6146.2 Externally induced high-voltage transients .6146.3 Internally induced transients .6346.4 Extraneous transients .6347 Dielectric Voltage-Wit
40、hstand Test .6448 Abnormal Operation Test 6548.1 General .6548.2 Variable autotransformer 6549 Strain Relief Test .6549.1 Flexible cord .6549.2 Plug restraining 6649.3 Field-wiring leads .6650 Drop Test 6651 Mechanical Strength Tests for Enclosures .6652 Polymeric Materials Tests 6752.1 General .675
41、2.2 Temperature test .6752.3 Flame test .6753 Special Terminal Assemblies Test 6853.1 General .6853.2 Disconnection and reconnection .6853.3 Mechanical secureness .6953.4 Flexing test 6953.5 Millivolt drop test .6953.6 Temperature test .70SIGNAL INITIATING UNITS54 General 7055 Vibration Test 7056 St
42、atic Discharge Test .7157 Stability Test .7158 Battery Replacement Test .7259 Polarity Reversal Test .7260 Sensitivity and Range Tests 7261 Photoelectric .7261.1 Foreign light .7261.2 Operating speed .7361.3 Beam cutoff .7361.4 Range 73DECEMBER 29, 2006 HOME HEALTH CARE SIGNALING EQUIPMENT - UL 1637
43、 5UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULMOVEMENT DETECTORS62 Microwave .7362.1 General .7362.2 Sensitivity .7362.3 Range 7462.4 Maximum power density 7463 Sonic and Ultrasonic 7463.1 General .7463.2 Sensitivity .7463.3 Range 7564 Pas
44、sive Infrared 7564.1 General .7564.2 Sensitivity .7564.3 Stability .7564.4 Range 7665 Multiplex Systems 7665.1 General .7665.2 Operation .7665.3 Private radio facilities .7766 Digital Communicator Units 7867 Program-Controlled Units and Systems 7867.1 General .7867.2 Program access and control .78SH
45、ORT RANGE RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES68 General 7969 Reference Level Determination .7969.1 Method 1 7969.2 Method 2 8170 Interference Immunity .8471 Frequency Selectivity 8572 Time to Report Alarm .8673 Inoperative Transmitter Reporting .8674 Clash 8675 Error (Falsing) Rate .8776 Throughput Rate 8877 Ma
46、ximum Duration of Transmission .8978 Battery Status Indication .8979 Transmitter Stability Tests .9080 Transmitter Accelerated Aging Test .9081 Installation Instructions and User Manual 90MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION LINE TESTS82 Production-Line Dielectric Voltage-Withstand Test 9183 Production-Line
47、 Grounding Continuity Test .92MARKING84 General 92DECEMBER 29, 2006HOME HEALTH CARE SIGNALING EQUIPMENT - UL 16376UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULAPPENDIX AStandards for ComponentsA1DECEMBER 29, 2006 HOME HEALTH CARE SIGNALING
48、EQUIPMENT - UL 1637 7UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION ORDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ULINTRODUCTION1 Scope1.1 These requirements cover the individual units that comprise a home health care system intended foruse in ordinary indoor residential locations.1.2 Thes
49、e requirements also cover a complete home health care system in which a signal initiating device(both routine monitoring and medical emergency signals) may be connected directly or indirectly toreceiving equipment at a residence or to continuously monitored receiving equipment at a centralsupervising station. The system is arranged so that a predetermined change in the status of the signalinitiating circuits or devices automatically causes transmission of a signal over a communication chan
