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Originally Posted by Mike Copioli
The Talon SRX is tested to both EN 61000-6-1 and EN 6100-4-2, 8KV air gap and 4 kV direct contact. This is the standard that most consumer electronics are tested to.
We used the attached TVS diode in several places in the design. It is rated to >+/-30kV.
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Originally Posted by Mike Copioli
Yes.
If the strike's potential is higher than what the device is designed around, you should expect the device to fail.
Would you think your television design was unacceptable if it fried due to a lightning strike? I can almost guarantee it will die if this happens.
BTW lightning is ESD.
There are boundaries to every design. Just because you hit one of these boundaries does not make a product crap or unacceptable.
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Michael
It is expected by those who wrote the standards and those who follow them (customers and manufacturers), that applying levels beyond those called out in the standard can lead to failure of the product. I am not aware of any standards that require a product not fail with no limit on the level of the stimulus.