kevinware
Senior Member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
Here is the situation. I work in the healthcare environment and the hospital is about it implement a new piece of equipment. This equipment is a wireless cart that will be used for patient care data entry so it will be going into the patient room. This cart has a 10 - 16Vdc battery at the bottom of the cart that when not in use is plugged into a 120V rec. along the wall for charging. The battery is used to power a 12Vdc flat panel monitor that is "UL" recognized (E147353) only, and a small HP laptop. The output of the battery (16Vdc) is hard wired to an un-insulated screw terminal block which is the input of a 12Vdc voltage regulator. The output of this regulator is a 12Vdc un-insulated screw terminal block which is being used in this way. The power supply that came with the laptop has an inline transformer with a rectifier to have an output of 19Vdc. The cord on the secondary side is being cut off and being hard wired to the 12Vdc output of the regulator to provide power for the laptop. The un-insulated terminals of the regulator are about one inch from the vent holes of the cover that goes over the regulator. Just right for a small child to stick a paper clip into (that is just my opinion). The battery at the bottom of this cart is listed with "CSA-230691" only as a mobile power supply. Should it be UL listed also? The cart itself has no "UL" listing as an assembly that I can find. And I am wondering, "should it?" I am finding it hard to believe that this cart would be able to pass any "inspection" or "test" just because of the way the laptop is being used. Can I get some opinions?
Thanks,
Kevin
Thanks,
Kevin