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Minutes of the P-14 Committee on Overcurrent Protection Devices
October 4, 2000
Wyndham Hotel San Diego, California

1 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

The Committee unanimously accepted the Minutes of the last meeting as written.

1.4 Correspondence

No correspondence was received.

1.5 DSCC Report

The DSCC report for P-14 is attached (PDF).

2.0 Old business

2.1 EIA/IS-722, "Low Voltage Supplemental Fuse Qualification Specification."

* Motion - SP-4357, Upgrade EIS/IS-722 "Low Voltage Supplemental Fuse Qualification Statement" to ANSI Standard - Vote was Unanimous to re-circulate SP ballot as soon as possible - Action Item

2.2 EIA/IS-772, "User's Application Guide to Fuses"

* Motion - Upgrade EIA/IS-772, "User's Application Guide to Fuses," to ANSI Standard - Vote was Unanimous - Need PN # assigned - Circulate SP ballot as soon as possible - Action Item

2.3 Ad-Hoc Committee updates

a) Mechanical Outlines
PDP-100 - Extensive discussions- will be discussed further at P-4 meeting later in the day. Paul Krystek explained the registration system used by the IPD committee. It was suggested that some high volume surface mount products be put on the ECA web site as a test. Committee members were requested to bring data to the next P-14 meeting such as for 0603 - chip fuse.

-The specific P-Committees such as P-14 will own the data. P-4's role is to decide how to organize and publish the data.

b) Proposal for a PTC specification

It was recommended to base the document on a VDE draft that is formatted like IEC 60738. The VDE draft was sent out to the committee with no comments received. The VDE document was supposed to have been voted on recently. Several committee members will check on its status.
- Motion - Paul Krystek - Pending VDE publication, then do a paper ballot to the committee. Motion carried. Action Item

3.0 New business

- Telecom Fuses - Carl Lindquist volunteered to prepare a draft for discussion at the next meeting. This will be placed on the P-14 web site.
- Circuit Protection - Paul Krystek requested that definitions of all products under circuit protection be sent to him. He will compile the information and send it out as a component bulletin.

ECA web
- Discussion Forums - interest in them - Drafts for comments, definitions of terms
- Would like to get an e-mail when something new is posted to P-14 site on ECA web.
- Change Attendance roster on www to actual Committee roster.

4.0 Selection of next meeting

The next meeting will be in San Antonio, 4/23-25/2001. The Chairman indicated that for the 4/2001 meeting he will be in Japan. Cornelius Clark or Diane Bicknese will be acting chairman for that meeting.

5 Adjournment

The Committee moved, seconded, and unanimously agreed to adjourn at 9:50AM. This meeting was conducted in accordance with the EIA legal guidelines and the manual of organization and procedures.

Bill Travis, Chairperson
Signature on file

Michael Tinkleman, Secretary
Signature on file

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