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Minutes of the P-14 Committee on Overcurrent Protection Devices
April 17, 2002
Sheraton Old Town Inn, Albuquerque, NM

1.0 Committee organization and procedures

1.1 Membership and attendance
Self-introductions were made, attendance taken, and it was determined that a quorum was present.

1.2 Approval of the Agenda
The committee unanimously accepted the Agenda as presented.

1.3 Approval of the Minutes
Motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting with the date being corrected. The minutes were unanimously approved as modified.

1.4 Correspondence
Correspondence was received from Mr. Conlon, (attached). After discussion, the committee decided the letter did not fit our scope and thus not appropriate for this Committee. E. Mikoski will send an official response.

1.5 DSCC Report
No Correspondence was received and no report was made.

2.0 Old business
2.1 SP-4357-A, Low Voltage Supplemental Fuse Qualification Specification - Status

There was one unfavorable vote, (attached), from D. Warren. A teleconference will be scheduled by the Chair to resolve the comment. A letter will then be sent to Mr. Warren.

2.2 SP-4920, User's Application Guide to Fuses - Status
This was published as an ANSI Standard, 10 December 2001.

2.3 Ad-Hoc Committee updates
2.3.1 Mechanical Outlines - C. Lindquist

The P-4 committee has mechanical outlines on-line. There was further discussion during the P-4 and U-1 meetings earlier in the week. The committee members need to review the on-line material and recommend additions/deletions to the outlines. Any suggestions/comments on the format should also be sent to the chair. Finally, the chair will notify B. Travis of the site.

2.3.2 PTC Document Status - B. Travis
It was decided to reference the IEC standard - when published - instead of developing an EIA standard. An update on the status of the IEC document is needed from either B. Travis or M. Maytum. A. Martin from Raychem will also be contacted by the chair.

2.4 Surge Fuses - Discussion of comments received on letter ballot for PN-4951 "Surge Withstand Telecommunications Fuse Qualification Spec"
Editorial comments were received, and the committee agreed with the changes unanimously. Y. Ma questioned the way Military standards were referenced. After much discussion, the group decided to remove the revision letter from the methods. A note in Section 1.3 states the latest revision is to be used. Finally, the PN was voted on and passed unanimously. It now needs to go out on an SP ballot. D. Bicknese to make agreed upon editorial changes and e-mail to Cecilia.

3.0 New business

3.1 New Projects
3.1.1 Polymer ESD Devices
No report. D. Bicknese to pursue with B. Travis on whether or not to keep this as an active item.

3.1.2 Development of Technology Roadmap
The group questioned how to create a roadmap when most information is confidential. D. Bicknese, C. Lindquist, and D. Giblin will develop a map of how we came to this point. The roadmap from the resistor group will then be obtained to assist in development. D. Giblin will obtain from M. Griffith

4.0 Next meeting
The next meeting will be held the week of 7-10 October 2002 at the Downtown Marriott in Charlotte, NC.

5.0 Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:15 PM.

This meeting was conducted in accordance with the EIA Legal Guidelines and the Manual of Organization and Procedures.

Diane Becknese, Chairperson
Signature on file

Dan Giblin, Acting Secretary
Signature on file

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